I heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important achievements.What made him  41 from others?

  He said it all came from  42 that happened when he was two years old. He tried to 43 a bottle of milk away from the fridge, but the slippery(光滑的) bottle fell, spilling its milk all over the  44 floor.

  When his mother came in, 45 shouting at him, she said, “Robert, what a great mess(一團(tuán)糟) you have made! I have never seen such a big puddle(水坑) of milk. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes  46 we clean it up?”

  Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, when you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last. So,  47 would you like to do that? We would use a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the towel and together they cleaned up the milk.

  His mother then said, “We had a failed 48 in how to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands in the kitchen. Let’s go out and fill the bottle with water and see if you can 49 a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip(杯口) with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

  This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to 50 .So, what have you learnt from the story?

41. A. serious      B. similar       C. different     D. important

42. A. an experience   B. advice       C. a promise     D. an idea

43. A. pass       B. bring       C. drink       D. take

44. A. kitchen     B. bedroom      C. bathroom     D. living room

45. A. from      B. with        C. because of    D. instead of

46. A. after       B. before       C. as soon as     D. since

47. A. when      B. what       C. how       D. why

48. A. experiment    B. condition     C. survey      D. research

49. A. look       B. discover      C. recognize    D. develop

50. A. clean the floor   B. spill milk     C. make mistakes   D. realize mistakes

【主旨大意】本文講述一個著名的科學(xué)家在兩歲時,從冰箱里取牛奶時灑了牛奶,而他的媽媽沒有責(zé)罵他,而是鼓勵他找到正確的方法去取奶。從此他知道他不需要害怕犯錯誤。因此取得了很多的成就。

41. D【解析】根據(jù)句意“什么使他不同于其他人”,可知選D。

42.A【解析】根據(jù)下文的故事可知那時他在兩歲時發(fā)生的一次經(jīng)歷。因此選A。

43. D 【解析】take.. away為固定短語意為“取走”。

44.A【解析】冰箱應(yīng)該放在廚房里。因此選A。

45. D【解析】because of 意為“因為”,instead of意為“相反”。根據(jù)下文可知他的母親沒有對他喊叫。因此選D。

46. B【解析】根據(jù)句意“在我們打掃干凈之前,你愿意下來在牛奶里玩嗎?”可知選B。

47.C 【解析】根據(jù)句意“你想如何做那個?”可知選C

48.A【解析】根據(jù)句意“我們有了一個失敗的經(jīng)驗”可知選A。

49.B【解析】根據(jù)句意“看你是否能發(fā)現(xiàn)一種取牛奶而不掉落的方法”。Discover意為“發(fā)現(xiàn)”,因此選B。

50.C【解析】根據(jù)文章大意可知“他知道他不需要害怕犯錯了”。因此選C。

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