Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first_______back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an _______, he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His dad couldn’t afford the _______ at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done_______his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities_______he didn’t have the time or the _______. He had only one good suit. He tried_______the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too _______. During this period Dale was slowly_______an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could__________him from achieving his real potential. She__________that Dale join the debating team, believing that__________in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts__________made it. This proved to be a__________point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the__________he needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in __________. Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they, __________, were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle to__________his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to__________an idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And,__________it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.
1.A.admitted B.filled C.supplied D.recognized
2.A.assignment B.education C.advantage D.instruction
3.A.training B.board C.teaching D.equipment
4.A.between B.during C.over D.through
5.A.while B.when C.because D.though
6.A.permits B.interest C.talent D.clothes
7.A.on B.for C.in D.with
8.A.light B.flexible C.optimistic D.outgoing
9.A.gaining B.achieving C.developing D.obtaining
10.A.prevent B.protect C.save D.free
11.A.suggested B.demanded C.required D.insisted
12.A.presence B.practice C.patience D.potential
13.A.hopefully B.certainly C.finally D.naturally
14.A.key B.breaking C.basic D.turning
15.A.progress B.experience C.competence D.confidence
16.A.horse-riding B.football C.speech D.farming
17.A.in return B.in brief C.in turn D.in fact
18.A.convey B.overcome C.understand D.build
19.A.express B.stress C.contribute D.repeat
20.A.besides B.beyond C.like D.with
I took my driving license with me on holiday, ________ I wanted to hire a car.
A.in case B.even if
C.ever since D.if only
—When will the visas be ready, sir?
—_______everything goes well, you should get them in 14 workdays.
A.Although B.As far as C.Unless D.As long as
—When is he willing to lend somebody some money?
—Only when hard enough.
A.to press B.pressing C.pressed D.presses
One day Mary’s mother told her best friend of all her .
A.hope and fear B.hope and fears
C.hopes and fears D.hopes and fear
The computer system crashed and I lost of work.
A.three hour’s worth B.three hours’ worth
C.three hours’ worthy D.three hour’s worthy
