Each of us fails from time to time.If we are wise,we accept these failures as a__1__partof the learning process.But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this__2__right to our children.When I see a child__3___to this kind of pressure,I th

Each of us fails from time to time.If we are wise,we accept these failures as a__1__partof the learning process.But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this__2__right to our children.When I see a child__3___to this kind of pressure,I th
Each of us fails from time to time.If we are wise,we accept these failures as a__1__part
of the learning process.But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this__2__right to our children.
When I see a child__3___to this kind of pressure,I think of Donnie.
Donnie was my youngest third grader.His __4__of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed.He__5__answered questions—he might be wrong.
I tried my best to build his__6_.But nothing changed until midterm,when Mary Anne,
a student teacher,was assigned(安排）to our classroom.
She was young and pretty,and she loved children.My pupils,Donnie included,__7__her.
One morning,we were working math problems at the chalkboard.Donnie had__8__the problems with painstaking neatness.Pleased with his progress,I__9__the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials.When I returned,Donnie was in__10__.He'd missed the third problem.
My student teacher looked at me in despair.Suddenly her face__11__.From the desk we shared,she got a container filled with pencils.
"Look,Donnie,"she said,kneeling beside him and gently__12__the tear—stained face from his arms."I;ve got something to__13__you."She removed the pencils,one at a time,and placed them on his desk.
"See these__14___,Donnie,"she continued."They belong to Mrs.Lindstrom and me.
See how the erasers are_15___?That's because we make mistakes too.But we erase the mistakes and try again.That's what you__16___learn to do,too."
She kissed him and stood up."Here,"she said,"I'll leave one of these pencils on__17___
desk so you'll remember that everybody makes mistakes,__18____teachers."Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.
The pencil became Donnie's__19____possession.That,together with Mary Anne's frequent encouragement,gradually__20___him that it's all right to make mistakes—as long as you erase them and try again.
1.A small B basic C necessary D large
2.A correct B same C important D natural
3.A suffering B object C fall D subject
4.A fear B lesson C chance D sense
5.A always B often C never D seldom
6.A self-protection B self-improvement C self-confidence D self-learning
7.A respected B disliked C avoided D minded
8.A worked out B copied C gone over D learned
9.A left B offered C missed D parted
10.A surprise B astonishment C anger D tears
11.A darkened B brightened C pulled D loosened
12.A lifting B picking C holding D pushing
13.A help B show C reward D promise
14.A pencils B mistakes C marks D containers
15.A used B built C worn D danaged
16.A may B must C will D can
17.A my B someone's C the teacher's D your
18.A still B also C even D not
19.A prized B own C kept D expected
20.A warned B informed C persuaded D reminded

Each of us fails from time to time.If we are wise,we accept these failures as a__1__partof the learning process.But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this__2__right to our children.When I see a child__3___to this kind of pressure,I th
1.C necessary
2.D natural
3.C fall
4.A fear
5.C never
6.C self-confidence
7.A respected
8.A worked out
9.A left
10.D tears
11.B brightened
12.A lifting
13.B show
14.A pencils
15.C worn
16.D can
17.D your
18.C even
19.A prized
20.D reminded