2022年高考英语四月完形填空、阅读理解课外练习（5）阅读理解【xx湛江市普通高考测试一】When you make a mistake，big or small，cherish it as its the most precious thing in the world.Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes，beat ourselves up about it，feel like failures，and get mad at ourselves.And thats only natural：Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad，and we should try to avoid mistakes.Weve been scolded when we make mistakesat home，school and work.Maybe not always，but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.Yet without mistakes，we could not learn or grow.If you think about it that way，mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world：They make learning possible；they make growth and improvement possible.By trial and errortrying things，making mistakes，and learning from those mistakeswe have figured out how to make electric lights，to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel，and to fly.Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler，make speech possible，and make works of genius possible.Think about how we learn：We dont just consume information about something and instantly know it or know how to do it.You dont just read about painting，or writing，or puter programming，or baking，or playing the piano，and know how to do them fight away.Instead，you get information about something，from reading or from another person or from observing usually.then you construct a model in your mind.then you test it out by trying it in the real world.then you make mistakes.then you revise the model based on the results of your real world experimentation.and repeat，making mistakes，learning from those mistakes，until youve pretty much learned how to do something.Thats how we learn as babies and toddlers，and how we learn as adults.Mistakes are how we learn to do something newbecause if you succeed in something，its probably something you already knew how to do.You havent really grown much from that successat most its the last step on your journey，not the whole journey.Most of the journey is made up of mistakes，if its a good journey.So if you value learning，if you value growing and improving，then you should value mistakes.They are amazing things that make a world of brilliance possible.1Why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes?ABecause mistakes make us suffer a lot.BBecause its a natural part in our life.CBecause weve been taught so from a young age.DBecause mistakes have ruined many peoples careers.2According to the passage，what is the right attitude to mistakes?AWe should try to avoid making mistakes.BWe should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.CWe should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.DWe should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.3The underlined word “toddler” in Paragraph 6 probably means_.Aa small child learning to walk Ba kindergarten child learning to drawCa primary pupil learning to read Da school teenager learning to write4We can learn from the passage that_.Amost of us can really grow from successBgrowing and improving are based on mistakesCwe learn to make mistakes by trial and errorDwe read about something and know how to do it right away5The author wants to tell us_.Awhat you should do when meeting with difficultiesBwhere you can find your mistakesChow you can avoid making mistakesDwhy you should celebrate your mistakes语篇解读本文是一篇说明文，主要说明错误是生活中不可避免的事情，我们应该正确对待错误，在修正错误中不断地学习和成长。6解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第一句话中“Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad，and we should try to avoid mistakes.”可知，C项符合题意。答案：C7解析：推理判断题。根据文章第一段“When you make a mistake，big or small，cherish it as its the most precious thing in the world”以及下文的表述可推断，人们在错误中学习和提高，故选C项。答案：C8解析：词义猜测题。根据该词所在句子中“walking”和“smallest”可猜测，此处toddler应指“蹒跚学步的孩子”。句意为：错误使幼小的孩子学会走路成为可能，使学会讲话成为可能故选A项。答案：A9解析：推理判断题。根据第八段第三句话中“ You havent really grown much from that success”可知，A项与文章不符；根据第五段第一句话“By trial and errortrying things，making mistakes，and learning from those mistakes”可知，C项与文章不符；根据第七段第一、二句话可知，D项与文章不符。根据第四段中“they make growth and improvement possible”可推断B项与文章相符。答案：B10解析：推理判断题。文章开头提出了文章的写作主旨，即我们应该珍惜错误。全文叙述了为什么我们应该珍惜并庆祝我们的错误。答案：D。阅读理解One reaction to all the concern about tropical deforestation（砍伐森林） is a blank（茫然的） stare that asks the question, Since I dont live there, what does it have to do with me? The answer is that your way of life, wherever you live in the world, is tied to the tropics in many ways. If you live in a house, wash your hair, eat fruits and vegetables, drink soda, or drive a car, you can be certain that you are affected by the loss of tropical forests. Biologically, we are losing the richest regions on earth when, each minute, a piece of tropical forest, the size of ten city blocks, disappears. As many as five million specie