完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I recently heard a story from Stephen Glenn about a famous research scientist. He had made several very important medical 36 . Once, he was being interviewed by a newspaper journalist who asked why he was able to be so much more creative than the 37 person. What set him so far apart from others?

He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from a(n) 38 with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to 39 a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, 40 its contents all over the kitchen floor - a veritable sea of milk!

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of 41 at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful 42 you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the 43 has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes 44 we clean it up?"

Indeed, he did. After a few 45 , his mother said, "You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and 46 everything to its proper order." And together they cleaned up the spilled milk.

His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a 47 experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and 48 water into the bottle and see if you can discover a way to carry it without 49 it." The little boy 50 that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could make it. What a wonderful 51 !

This renowned scientist then 52 that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just 53 for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific 54 are all about. Even if the experiment "doesn't work," we usually learn something 55 from it.

36. A. choices B. breakthroughs C. headlines D. decisions

37. A. normal B. usual C. extraordinary D. average

38. A. experience B. association C. event D. fiction

39. A. boil B. cook C. remove D. freeze

40. A. spoiling B. spraying C. spreading D. sweeping

41. A. pointing B. yelling C. smiling D. glancing

42. A. discovery B. mess C. arrangement D. joke

43. A. disaster B. destruction C. harm D. damage

44. A. when B. while C. after D. before

45. A. days B. hours C. minutes D. seconds

46. A. restore B. recover C. relieve D. renew

47. A. succeeded B. failed C. conducted D. fascinated

48. A. fill B. keep C. store D. save

49. A. falling B. dropping C. quitting D. breaking

50. A. studied B. researched C. learned D. witnessed

51. A. class B. course C. curriculum D. lesson

52. A. recited B. recommended C. remarked D. reported

53. A. environment B. situations C. opportunities D. settings

54. A. skills B. approaches C. developments D. experiments

55. A. valuable B. essential C. awful D. merciful

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