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　　If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weakness．Success or 　　1　　 in your work would depend, to 　　2　　 great extent, 　　3　　 your ability to use your strengths and weakness to the best advantage．　　4　　 the utmost importance is your attitude．A person 　　5　　 begins a job convinced that he isn’t going to like it or is 　　6　　 that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success．On the other hand, a person who is secure 　　7　　 his belief that he is probably as capable 　　8　　 doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt 　　9　　 it possesses a certain strength of purpose．The chances are that he will do well．

　　　　10　　 the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength．Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness．A book keeper who can’t add or a carpenter who can’t cut a straight line with a saw 　　11　　 hopeless cases．

　　This book has been designed to help you capitalize 　　12　　 the strength and overcome the 　　13　　 that you bring to the job of learning．But in group to measure your development, you must first 　　14　　 stock of where you stand now．　　15　　 we get further along in the book, we’ll be 　　16　　 in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening 　　17　　 skills．However, 　　18　　 begin with, you should pause 　　19　　 examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school：your 　　20　　, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits．

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　　Chinese swimmer Xiong Guoming made a record at the 1993 Asian Games in Japan, but was punished for taking banned medicine．His record was 　　1　　 and he was not 　　2　　 to take part in any other competitions for two years．

　　It was a great 　　3　　 and 　　4　　 for Xiong, one of the best-known swimmers in the world．This bad news harmed the fame of the Chinese swimming team, and resulted 　　5　　 in all Chinese records in swimming．However, the so-called banned medicine was, in fact, 　　6　　 traditional Chinese health food．

　　It may have been 　　7　　 to Xiong, as he had no 　　8　　 of some of the banned chemical elements in the health food．The failure was a sudden blow to him．He became very disappointed．　　9　　 only 20 years old, he 　　10　　 the life style of a retired man, passing his time in doing such things as keeping pets and growing flowers．Day after day, he was worried and displeased．

　　Back to the training pool was all the more difficult to him．To other people, it was just a 　　11　　 of getting prepared for a competition, but to him, it was to rebuild self-confidence first．He did not lose heart, after all．　　12　　 advice and help of his coach and leaders of the swimming team, Xiong decided to 　　13　　 swimming again as his career．

　　　　14　　 expected, Xiong took first place again．In the recent Eighth National Games, he took a number of titles, and broke an Asian record．Tears ran down his cheeks as he was receiving the gold medals．In the thundering applauses(鼓掌欢迎)Xiong felt as if he had been given a new birth．“I want to 　　15　　 the world that I am a good swimmer, and that I do not cheat anyone 　　16　　．My 　　17　　 depends upon my sweat,”Xiong said．He also 　　18　　 thankful to those who had helped and cared for him when he was 　　19　　．

　　Xiong, the young swimmer with a brighter future, is well 　　20　　 his way to the coming Olympic Games．

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　　Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more 　　1　　 and parents have noticed another kind of 　　2　　, which came from the printed papers 　　3　　 on the streets．

　　These printed things 　　4　　 newspapers but have hardly 　　5　　 to do with them．You can only find reading materials badly made up there－some are too strange for anyone to 　　6　　; others are 　　7　　 stories of something 　　8　　．However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such 　　9　　 reading, which 　　10　　 them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares(噩梦)and 　　11　　 ideas in return．Homework was left 　　12　　; daily games lost．

　　These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well．The writers, publishers and printers, 　　13　　 they are, we never know, are 　　14　　 their silent money．

　　The sheep-skinned wolf’s story seems to have been forgotten once again．Why not 　　15　　 this kind of things? Yes, 　　16　　 the teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers．　　17　　, the more you want to stop it, 　　18　　 they want to have a look at it．　　19　　 you may even find out several children, driven by the curious natures, 　　20　　 one patched paper, which has travelled from hand to hand．