In my early childhood, my parents and teachers taught me to be persistent (执着) in every task I devoted myself to. I was that persistence is the only way towards success. But a small made me change my mind.
One day my twoyearold son, at a dozen of “stood” color markerpens, cheered excitedly，“Mummy, look! I did it.” Afterwards, he collected some ballpens, to do the same. Hard though he tried, the ballpens just lay . He turned to me for help. Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said ， “Mummy can't help you.” To my surprise, he wouldn't listen and continued trying... I was dumbfounded by his persistence.
My son's behaviour reminded me of George who was always in his work and rarely talked to anyone. To him, ， there was no such thing called weekends or holidays. Our boss praised about him and us to look up to him as a role model.
One day I met George. “Gonna work late again tonight？”
“Probably can't leave till midnight，” he said.
“How many hours have you put in here each week, eighty or ninety？”
“ .”
“Don't you have time to be with your family at all？”
He shook his head slowly and a sigh. “It's not what I wanted. But I have worked on it for so long. It's much too to even think about letting go.”
A year later I resigned. The thing I heard about him was that his wife divorced him. Since then I've never seen him. But occasionally his aged would e to my mind.
Until that day, knowing why the ballpens couldn't stand up, the twoyearold had the impossibility after many failures. He put aside all the ballpens and kept only those water markers for his “game”. ， he already learned to let go of his previous attempts.
In our daily life, many headaches can be avoided if we know how to them and then decisively let go of them immediately.
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解析：文章大意：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过自己儿子以及以前一位同事的例子说明了，当意识到目标无法实现时，应该学会接受失败，懂得放手的道理。
【小题1】D 考察形容词辨析。A有信心的；B持续的；C神志清醒的；D确信的；句义：我相信执着是通向成功的唯一途径。根据句义说明D正确。
【小题2】B 考察名词辨析。A重大事件；B小事件；C意外事件；D麻烦事；句义：但是一件小事让我改变了想法。根据下文的small可知B正确。
【小题3】A 考察动词辨析。A指向；B叫喊；C尖叫；D大笑；句义：我两岁的儿子，指着几个站立的彩笔，激动地对我说。根据句义说明A正确。
【小题4】C 考察动词辨析。句义：之后，他找了一些圆珠笔，也打算去那样做；A坚持；B要求；C打算；D强烈要求。根据句义说明C正确。
【小题5】A考察形容词辨析。句义：尽管他努力尝试，圆珠笔还是站不起来；根据stood说明这里使用flat故A正确。
【小题6】B 考察副词辨析。A故意地；B随便地；C并非故意地；D热情地；句义：他向我求助，我看到圆珠笔的头要么是尖的，要么是圆的。我就说妈妈也帮不了你。根据句义说明B正确。
【小题7】D 考察形容词辨析。句义：儿子的行为让我想起了George，他总是埋头苦干，很少与人说话。A感兴趣的；B忠诚的，全心全意地；C项要和to连用；D项和in连用；根据后面的in说明D正确。
【小题8】A 考察副词辨析。根据上文的always…in his work and rarely talked to anyone可知上下文是因果关系。故使用A正确。
【小题9】答案：B 考查固定搭配。句意为：我们老板对他高度赞扬……praise highly about sb.意为“高度赞扬某人”，是固定搭配。故答案选B。
【小题10】C 考察动词辨析。A承诺；B要求；C鼓励；D呼吁；appeal to sb to do sth呼吁某人做某事；故C正确。
【小题11】D 考察介词短语辨析。A随便地；任意地；B有时候；C最多；D至少；最少；此处表示他每周最少工作80或者90小时。故D正确。
【小题12】B 考察动词短语辨析。句义：那你岂不是根本没有时间和家人在一起吗？…他慢慢摇摇头，叹气说…;let out放出，发泄；let out a sigh叹气。故B正确。
【小题13】答案：C 考查形容词辨析。A项意为“令人鼓舞的”；B项意为“舒适的”；C项意为“痛苦的”；D项意为“羞愧的”。根据句意和上下文语境可知，答案选C。
【小题14】C 考察短语辨析。A两种中的后者；B时间上的以后；C最后的；D近来；根据下文的since then I’ve never seen him。可知last正确。
【小题15】D 考察名词辨析。句义：从那以来，我再也没有见到过他，但偶尔会想起他年迈的形象。A图片，照片；B数字，人物；C反应，反射；D形象，影像；根据句义说明D正确。
【小题16】C 考察介词辨析。句义：直到那天，一个两岁的孩子，虽然不知道为什么圆珠笔立不起来。但在经历了多次的失败以后，接受了失败的现实。根据句义可知C项正确。
【小题17】B 考察动词辨析。A客观上收到；B主观上接受；C拒绝；D排斥；根据下文可知他接受了圆珠笔不能立起来的事实。故B正确。
【小题18】D 考察副词辨析。句义：他把圆珠笔放在一边，只玩竖立彩笔的游戏。很显然，他已经学会去放手那些他以前无效的尝试。A一般说来；B最后；C而且；；D明显；根据句义说明D正确。
【小题19】答案：A 考查形容词辨析。A项意为“无效的，无用的”；B项意为“无止境的”；C项意为“充满希望的”；D项意为“有意义的”。根据句意和上文内容可知，答案选A。
【小题20】C 考察动词辨析。句义：在我们的日常生活中，如果我们最大如何去识别那些让人头疼的事情，果断放手，那么很多那样的事情是可以避免的。A澄清；B区别；C识别；D承认，答谢；根据句义说明C正确。