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　　A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the belief that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is 1 because he does not understand how to make the 2 of his mental faculties(官能). Older people may be 3 that they are incapable(无能力) of learning anything new because of their age.

　　A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real 4 , because he feels that it would be useless. He won't go at a job with the confidence necessary for 5 , and he won't work his hardest, even though he may think he is doing so. He is 6 likely to fail, and the failure will strengthen his belief 7 his incompetence(无能).

　　Alfred Adler, a famous doctor; had 8 like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor 9 in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not 10 too much of him. In this way, they two 11 the idea. He accepted 12 mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to 13 and was very poor at maths, 14 as they expected.

　　One day he worked at a problem which 15 of the other students had been able to solve. Adler 16 solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now worked 17 interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at maths. He not only 18 that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned 19 in his life from his experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may 20 himself as well as others, by his ability.

1．

[　　]

A．clever

B．shy

C．useless

D．stupid

2．

[　　]

A．biggest

B．most

C．highest

D．deepest

3．

[　　]

A．wrong

B．right

C．understood

D．mistaken

4．

[　　]

A．decision

B．success

C．effort

D．trouble

5．

[　　]

A．success

B．study

C．improvement

D．work

6．

[　　]

A．truly

B．really

C．however

D．therefore

7．

[　　]

A．at

B．in

C．on

D．of

8．

[　　]

A．an experience

B．an example

C．a thought

D．a story

9．

[　　]

A．state

B．mind

C．start

D．ending

10．

[　　]

A．blame

B．expect

C．get

D．win

11．

[　　]

A．developed

B．organized

C．discovered

D．found

12．

[　　]

A．his

B．her

C．its

D．their

13．

[　　]

A．manage

B．succeed

C．try

D．act

14．

[　　]

A．only

B．almost

C．just

D．then

15．

[　　]

A．none

B．all

C．many

D．most

16．

[　　]

A．tried

B．managed

C．succeeded

D．enjoyed

17．

[　　]

A．for

B．about

C．with

D．in

18．

[　　]

A．suggested

B．insisted

C．admitted

D．proved

19．

[　　]

A．early

B．deeply

C．late

D．simply

20．

[　　]

A．encourage

B．love

C．astonish

D．disappoint

Answer 1

答案：D;B;D;C;A;D;B;A;C;B;A;D;C;C;A;C;C;D;A;C
解析：

这篇文章主要讲有时候人认识不到自己身上的潜力，而且往往受别人评价的影响，这些因素可以使人不能够成功。 　　1．D　　stupid意为“笨的”，可以从这句话的后半部分得出。 　　2．B　　make the most of相当于make the most use of, make和另外三个词不能搭配。这句话的意思是：一个孩子因为不明白怎样利用他的精神官能，可能认为他很笨。 　　3．D　　mistake是“误解，错误地理解”的意思。wrong就是表示客观的“错了”。 　　4．C　　根据上下文，一个人相信自己没有能力，就不会努力。因为后文中有“it would be useless”，很明显it指代前面的a real…，所以只能说effort is useless，而不能说success is useless。 　　5．A　　自信是成功所必需的。 　　6．D　　此句和上句之间是因果关系，所以用therefore。 　　7．B　　这句话意为“他的失败更加使他坚信他的无能”，in是介词，表示“在……方面”。 　　8．A　　下文讲的是这个人的经历，即experience，作可数名词；而不是thought，story，这是他的亲身经历。 　　9．C　　have a poor start in意为“在……方面没有好的开端”，start作“开始，开端”解。 　　10．B　　因为他的老师告诉他的父母他没有学数学的能力，所以他的父母也就不会对他期望过高了。expect too much of意为“对某人期望过高”。 　　11．A　　develop是“形成”之意，即：他们形成了这种想法。blame意为“责备”，后一般接人。 　　12．D　　从上文，their指他的老师和父母。 　　13．C　　try是“努力”之意，manage后须接宾语。 　　14．C　　正如他们预料的那样。 　　15．A　　根据句意，他算出了一道题，而这道题班内无一人做出。这样才有“This gave him confidence”一句。 　　16．C　　根据惯用法，是succeed in doing sth，in也可省略。 　　17．C　　介词with表示伴随，意为“具有……”。 　　18．D　　prove是“证明” 　　19．A　　最后的一句的意思是“很幸运的是他早年就从这段经历中认识到一个人带着决心和目的去做事，他的能力不仅使别人也会使他自己感到震惊。 　　20．　　astonish相当于surprise，意为“震惊”。