Question

Are you so sure your mistakes are just mistakes? Or could they be building blocks to a success beyond any you imagined?

When my friend Dorothy goes home to visit her family each Thanksgiving, her mother serves the traditional “mistake salad”. The dish was born many years ago. Dorothy explains, when mother was using a cookbook to make a salad. In the process, mother accidentally included half the salad ingredients(原料)from a recipe(食谱)on the left side of the open cookbook, and half the ingredients from a different salad recipe on the opposite page. Everyone enjoyed the salad so much that she continue to serve it every year. So it was really not a mistake at all.

Then there was the fellow named Alfred, who invented dynamite(炸药). When Alfred’s brother died, the city newspaper confused the two and printed an abituary(讣告)saying that the dead’s most notable act was the creation of bombs. Surprised to consider that his name would forever be connected with destruction, Alfred sought to leave a more positive fame to humanity. So he set a prize for people who contributed to world peace. Now the Nobel Prize, established by Alfred Nobel, is the most respected award in the world.

Everything is part of something bigger, and mistakes are no exception. In his brilliant book Illusions, Richard Bach explains that every problem comes to you with a gift. If you focus only on what went wrong, you miss the gift. If you are willing to look deeper and ask for the bright, the problem will disappear. You are left only with the learning, and you go forward on your path.

1.What does the underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refer to?

A. the cookbook

B. the “mistake salad”

C. the recipe

D. the ingredient

2.Why did Alfred Nobel set an award for those who made great contributions to the world peace?

A. Because his brother was dead in an explosion

B. Because he wanted people to connect him with peace

C. Because he wanted to make the world a better place

D. Because he wanted to show off his fortune

3.What should we do when we make a mistake according to the passage?

A. We should correct the mistake as soon as possible

B. We should find out what causes the mistake and fix it timely

C. We should look deeper and find something better from it

D. We should find the solutions from the book called Illusions

4.Who will most probably like to read this passage?

A. A cook who is good at making salad

B. A person who wants to have a reputation

C. A student who is afraid of making mistakes

D. A writer who is a good friend of Richard Bach

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】试题分析：错误一定是问题吗？作者通过讲述一些例子说明，一切都是生活的一部分，错误也不例外，如果我们集中在错误的事情上，我们会错过礼物。我们应该深入思考，看到光明的一面，问题就消失了，通过学习一直向前。

1.词句猜测题。根据画线句上文可知，一次无意识的错误，妈妈在制作沙拉时错放了调料，但是一家人非常喜欢这样的沙拉，于是每年妈妈都会继续做这种“错误的沙拉”，因此推断此处it指代上文提到的“错误的沙拉”。故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段倒数二、三两句“Surprised to consider that his name would forever be connected with destruction, Alfred sought to leave a more positive fame to humanity. So he set a prize for people who contributed to world peace.”可知，Alfred想要给人们留下更加积极的名声，因此他为致力于世界和平的人设置了奖项，因此推断他设置和平奖是想让世界更美好。故选C.

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段倒数第二句“If you are willing to look deeper and ask for the bright, the problem will disappear.”可知，如果我们犯了错误，我们应该深入了解，从中找到光明的一面，这样问题就解决了。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据文章第一段和最后一段可知，文章讲述你犯的错误有时候可以为成功舔砖加瓦，面对错误，我们理应深入了解，看到光明的一面，继续向前。因此推断害怕犯错误的学生很可能喜欢读这篇文章。故选C。