是不是每次面对英语任务型阅读题，都感觉像是在迷雾森林中寻宝？
文章里的信息看似清晰，可一到答题，就仿佛被一团乱麻缠住了手脚，像藏在迷雾中的谜题，苦思冥想也找不到答案。
别担心，今天这篇文章，咱们就一同练习一篇中考任务型阅读！Practice makes perfect！多加练习，自然会进步！
练习题目
Nobody likes to fail, even though it’s said that failure is the best teacher. However, some studies have shown that failure is not a bad thing.
Being wrong 15 percent of the time is the secret to learning new things, according to researchers at the University of Arizona, US.
In a series of experiments, they taught computers to do simple tasks, such as picking an odd or even number (奇数或偶数). They found that when the error rate (错误率) was 15 percent, the computers learned faster.
In education, teachers think students learn better when they are challenged to understand something outside of their existing (现有的) knowledge. Making tasks too hard will cause students to give up easily. But if they are too easy, students will not learn anything useful.
However, it’s not clear where the “sweet spot” is. In the experiment, 15 percent was the answer, but the researchers are not sure if it will work in education. They simply hope to help teachers. Students should remember that they don’t have to be frustrated (沮丧的) if they aren’t 100-percent right all the time.
If failure is normal, then __________ do we learn from it and succeed? Another study by Northwestern University, US, can tell us.
You’ve probably heard the saying “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” However, the study found that persistence (坚持) only works if you learn from your failures. “You have to figure out what worked and what did not, and then focus on what needs to be improved,” a researcher said.
The time taken between different tries also matters. The faster you try, the better your chances of future success. But the more time you take between tries, the more likely (可能的) you are to fail again.
阅读文章，完成下列任务。
1. What did the researchers at the University of Arizona find in their experiments?
_______________________________
2. Is the “sweet spot” in education exactly the 15 percent found in the experiments?
_______________________________
3. What is the correct word for the blank in Paragraph 6?
A. how B. when C. why
4. Why is the saying “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” partly correct?
_______________________________
5. How does the timing of your tries affect your chances of succeeding?
_______________________________
参考答案
1. Computers learned faster when the error rate was 15 percent.
2. It’s not clear.
3. A
4. Because persistence only works if you learn from your failures.
5. The faster you try, the better your chances of future success.
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