It’s good to make mistakes, and here is why.
First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It’s always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try anything new, how can you improve? How can you make yourself stronger? The simple answer is “You can’t.” Look around you. With very few exceptions(例外), either everything you see in your world or every single detail of every single thing is the result of someone trying something new．
Another good thing about mistakes is this: When you are making mistakes, you are learning．Consider this: Edison failed 10,000 times before he perfected the light bulb. When asked how it felt to fail that many times, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work．
Finally, when you make a mistake you are much closer to success. Why? Because when all is said and done, you will have tried some numbers of things before you succeed．Every time you make a mistake, you eliminate one of those things and are one step closer. But this all doesn’t mean that you should go ahead without considering the consequences(后果) of a mistake. However, when you try something new you have to be willing to set some reasonable limits（限度） so that in the event that it doesn’t work out the way you want it to, you will be in a normal place to try again．
We all have limited time and money so don’t blow them all on one problem. Realize that it probably won’t be perfect the first time and deal with these resources(资源) properly so you can learn, make corrections, and try it again．If you accept and use your mistakes in this way ,you can make great progress in your business and your career．
There is an old saying that goes, “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.”
So go ahead and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And succeed．
【小题1】From the second paragraph, we can know that _______．

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　　It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible for homework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home.

　　You give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent(独立的).

　　My daughter Carla's fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class feel special. When students receive less than a perfect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could make up what they had missed. You can use the same technique when you evaluate(评价) your child's work at home. Don't always scold(责骂) and give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he had done right, not about what he hasn't done. If your child completes a difficult task, reward(奖励) him with a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad.

1．The whole passage deals with ________.

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2．The author thinks that ________.

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A．there is no way to get children to help at home

B．it is very difficult to make children responsible for housework

C．the more encouragement and praise, the more responsible and helpful children will become

D．children can be forced to help with housework

3．The article gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate your child's work at home. That is to ________.

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4．The author advises readers to ________.

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A．learn from himself, for he has a good way of teaching

B．take pride in Carla's fifth-grade teacher

C．do as what Carla's teacher did in educating children

D．follow Carla's example because she never fails in the test

5．Having read the last paragraph, we can conclude that ________.

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A．pride goes before a fall

B．practice makes perfect

C．no pains, no gains

D．failure is the mother of success

The story told to all American children about honesty(诚实) is about the cherry tree(樱桃树) that President George Washington cut when he was a boy．When his father returned home, he asked George if he knew anything about who cut the tree down．George replied, "Father, I can not tell a lie．It was I who cut down the cherry tree．"

In China, every child knows the story of Lei Feng, the young soldier who helped everyone and was very honest．The stories of George Washington and Lei Feng help us understand the importance of being honest．

Every teacher wants his or her students to be honest．If every student can be honest in their childhood, they will be honest when they become adults(成年人)．The country will then be known as an honest country and it will be respected(尊敬，尊重) by everyone．

Usually, it is the father and the mother who give the first lessons of honesty．George Washington learned honesty from his father．

A favorite Chinese story is about a young man who went to the market to buy food for his mother．There was a very young girl there who was selling flowers．The young man was asked to see and smell one flower and when the girl served another person, the young man stole the flower．

When he went home, he began to think what he had done．He went back to the market to see the girl．He told her that he was sorry and that he wanted to pay for the flower．

The little girl refused and said, "You do not need to pay for the flower, elder brother．Since you took it I thought you had a reason to take it．So I did not worry, about receiving money for it．"

The young man was ashamed(羞愧) that he stole the flower．He never forgot the kind-hearted peasant girl．To him it was a strong personal lesson and he could never forget about the importance of being honest．

1．According to the text, George Washington learned honesty from      ．

A．the textbook        B．his teacher                     C．his father         D．his mother

2．Who in human society is the first person to give lessons of honesty?

A．The parents．

B．George Washington’s father．

C．The eleventary school teachers．

D．A young girl who was a flower seller as told in a Chinese story．

3．Why is the education of honesty so important in school education?

A．Because it is one of the lesson required for study in every country．

B．Because if a child is honest in his/her childhood, he/she will be honest when growing up．

C．Because honest people are becoming less and less in most countries．

D．Because teachers are afraid of students stealing things when they are still in school．

4．The writer gives the favourite Chinese story             ．

A．as an example of a touching love story

B．to show what may happen to a dishonest person

C．as an example of the meaning of " honesty" in Chinese

D．to show that society as well as parents and teachers may also have an effect on the building up of a person’s character of honesty

5．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．If a person is honest in his childhood, he will be honest when he becomes an adult．

B．The story about George Washington’s childhood is known to everyone in the USA．

C．The young man who stole the flower admitted his wrong doing to his parents．

D．The young man was ashamed of his wrong doing and could never forget the lesson he received from the kind-hearted peasant girl．