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(2022·南昌市摸底)
When we feel failure，we learn to figure it out. In the process，we learn, we __1.A__， and we become more understanding. But without that __2.B__ failure, this beautiful chain reaction doesn’t even have a chance to begin.
The other day, I was __3.C__ six kids at my house, and while my oldest son was playing with the other kids, he started acting __4.A__ and aggressively. Of course，I tried to stop it. I corrected him and separated him from the group. I even punished him. __5.B__ was working, until eventually, one of the other kids said，“We don’t want to __6.C__ you anymore.” And the rest agreed.
My son kept trying to __7.A__ the group. He walked to the other side of the circle to see if another __8.D__ would let him in. He said please. He went to his room to find some toys to __9.C__ everyone. But it was too late. He was refused. My first instinct (直觉) was to ask the other kids to __10.D__ him. But then, I realized that if I did that, I’d be __11.C__ my son the greatest lesson that the painful exclusion (排斥)resulted from his bad behavior.
And so, next time you want to __12.D__ your child from skinned knees or a bruised ego or missing the bus, you might be cheating them out of the greatest __13.C__ they could ever have: the power of knowing that there are natural __14.D__ for their actions, and that they are finally __15.A__ for the choices they make.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者在照看一群孩子时发现大儿子表现得粗鲁、好斗，作者纠正了他不好的行为，甚至惩罚了他，但这并没有起作用，直到最终其他孩子把他孤立了起来。这时，作者没有前去帮助他，而是让他自己明白：万事皆有因果，必须为自己的行为负责。
1．A.grow B．regret
C．enjoy D．risk
解析：考查语境推断。此处表达的是在查明失败原因的过程中，我们学习、成长、变得善解人意。故选A。
2．A.huge B．initial
C．complete D．instant
解析：考查语境推断。但是没有最初的失败，精彩的连锁反应甚至都没有机会开始。B项“最初的”；C项“完全的，彻底的”；D项“立即的，立刻的”。故选B。
3．A.training B．raising
C．watching D．directing
解析：考查语境推断。此处是说作者在家中照看六个孩子。故选C。
4．A.rudely B．nervously
C．talkatively D．confidently
解析：考查语境推断。根据空后的“好斗地”并结合选项可知，此处是说大儿子开始表现得粗鲁。故选A。
5．A.Everything B．Nothing
C．Everybody D．Nobody
解析：考查语境推断。根据空前的“even”可知，作者甚至惩罚了他，但是这些都不起什么作用。故选B。
6．A.attend to B．rely on
C．play with D．care about
解析：考查语境推断。A项“照料，关怀”；B项“依赖”；C项“和……玩”；D项“关心”。故选C。
7．A.rejoin B．observe
C．rebuild D．offend
解析：考查语境推断。根据下文中作者大儿子的行为可知，他一直努力想重新加入小组。D项“冒犯”。故选A。
8．A.player B．worker
C．parent D．kid
解析：考查词汇复现。根据第3空后的“six kids”可知，他走到圆圈的另一端去看看其他的孩子是否愿意让他加入。故选D。
9．A.owe B．make
C．offer D．buy
解析：考查语境推断。他为了取悦大家，去自己房间里找一些玩具给大家玩。offer sb. sth.“自愿给予某人某物”。故选C。
10．A.help B．notice
C．comfort D．include
解析：考查语境推断。孩子被拒绝，作为父母的第一直觉应该是，请求其他孩子让他重新加入小组。include sb.“让某人加入”。故选D。
11．A.reminding B．curing
C．sparing D．warning
解析：考查语境推断。作者意识到，自己如果那样做的话，会让儿子逃过接受最大教训的机会。A项“提醒，使想起”；B项“治愈”；C项“省得，免去”；D项“警告”。故选C。
12．A.hide B．discourage
C．distinguish D．save
解析：考查语境推断。所以，下次你想让你的孩子避免膝盖破皮或自尊心受到伤害或错过公交车时，也许你正在阻止他们得到他们曾遇到的最重要的教育。save“避免，免得(出现困难或不愉快的事)”。故选D。
13．A.criterion B．challenge
C．education D．comment
解析：考查语境推断。根据冒号后面的内容可知，此处是指最重要的教育。A项“(评判或作决定的)标准，原则”。故选C。
14．A.decisions B．explanations
C．differences D．consequences
解析：考查语境推断。根据作者大儿子的经历可知，此处是指他们的行为会产生自然的结果。故选D。
15．A.responsible B．eager
C．sorry D．grateful
解析：考查语境推断。此处是指他们最终要为自己作出的选择负责。故选A。
