Whenaskedtoidentifythequalitiesthatleadtosuccessinlife,...

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When asked to identify the qualities that lead to success in life, experts often list the ability to overcome obstacles. Getting over the difficulties, through determination and persistence, is the characteristic of the greatest leaders, the most successful parents and the most prized employees. Those who make no excuses, who do whatever it takes to get something done, are the ones who have the capacity to achieve greatness.

In education, we focus a lot on meeting our students' needs.  It's our job to teach them.  But to truly help them be successful, we ourselves have to have the “no excuses”  attitude.  The problem is that by allowing ourselves no excuses, and doing whatever it takes to make students successful, we often find ourselves accepting excuses from them. Students don't complete an assignment, and we give them a second chance. A test is failed and we provide a chance to retake it, or do test corrections for extra credit.

     But there's always a reason for a child's behavior. It's important to understand the reason, but it's equally important to remember that a reason is not an excuse.

     There's a girl in my class with terrible handwriting. “Maybe if I had a mother who had taught me that, I would have better handwriting！” she says.  She has been in and out of foster care (寄养照管) for years. She has an explanation for her bad handwriting, but when does it become an excuse that reduces her ability to communicate for the rest of her life?

We must understand the kids and work to find ways for them to succeed.  Simultaneously (同时), we must draw lines, set limits, show them the difference between right and wrong. The real work is figuring out when we stop letting reasons be excuses, and start to teach kids about taking responsibility for themselves.

     Maybe there is failure on the path to success.  Sometimes a child has to fail in order to discover the line that he cannot cross.

篇章导读：本文是一篇议论文，主要介绍教师在教育学生的过程中要培养他们“不找借口”的态度，使他们对自己的言行负责。

13．The example of the girl in Paragraph 4 shows that ________.

A．children can't tell a reason from an excuse

B．children need to improve their ability to communicate

C．children's behavior is greatly affected by their parents

D．children have reasonable explanations for their behavior

14．What is a teacher's real work in the author's opinion?

A．To show kids the difference between right and wrong.

B．To help kids become responsible for themselves.

C．To set specific limits to the behavior of kids.

D．To meet the needs of different kids.

15．What does the author try to express in the last paragraph?

A．Children should try to avoid failure.

B．Failure may benefit children in the long run.

C．Children should be careful on their way to success.

D．Failure is easy to conquer if children are confident.

16．The passage is probably written by ________.

A．a working parent

B．a college student

C．an experienced teacher

D．a newspaper reporter

【回答】

13.A　推理判断题。结合第三段尾句中的“but it's equally important to remember that a reason is not an excuse”可知，原因不等于借口，女孩的例子正是说明了孩子们往往无法辨别借口和原因，故选A。

14.B　细节理解题。从倒数第二段最后一句可知，一个教师真正的工作是弄清楚什么时候不再让理由变成借口，并开始教孩子们要对他们自己的言行负责，故选B。

15.B　推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第二句“Sometimes a  child has to fail in order to discover the line that he cannot  cross.”可以推断，从长远来看，让孩子经历失败并不一定是坏事，孩子们能从中受益，故选B。

16.C　推理判断题。根据第二段第一、二句“In education, we focus  a lot on meeting our students' needs. It's our job to teach  them.”以及第四段首句“There's a girl in my class with  terrible handwriting.”可推知，这篇文章很可能是由一个有经验的教师写的。

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