Question

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 (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is ___ because he doesn't understand how to make the ____ of his mental faculties (才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning new things because of their ____.

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

Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had ____ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor ___ in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not ____ too much of him. In his way, they two ____ the idea. He accepted  ____ mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless ____ and was very poor at maths, ____ as they expected.

One day he worked at a problem which ____ of the other students had been able to solve.

Alder ___ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now ___ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at maths. He not only ____ that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learnt ____ in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may ____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.ability  B．age  C．brain  D．knowledge

4.A.decision  B．success  C．effort  D．trouble

5.A.work  B．study  C．improvement  D．success

6.A.truly  B．really  C．however  D．therefore

7.A.lead to  B．strengthen  C．increase  D．add to

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.managing  B．succeeding  C．trying  D．acting

14.A.only  B．almost  C．just  D．then

15.A.none  B．no  C．no one  D．nobody

16.A.gave  B．succeeded  C．failed  D．believed

17.A. lived  B．worked  C．played  D．graduated

18.A.made  B．took  C．expected  D．proved

19.A.early  B．deeply  C．late　  D．simple

20.A.encourage  B．love  C．astonish  D．disappoint

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

1.1】答案 D [A、B不符合本文主旨。从该句的mental faculties (智力) 一词可知是认为自己笨，而不是无用。]

2.2】答案 B [固定词组。make full use of / make the best of / make the most of充分利用。]

3.3】答案 B [和前面的older搭配用age。]

4.4】答案 C [认为自己在某方面缺乏天赋的人往往不会在这一方面真正投入精力，因为他认为做了等于白做还不如不去努力。从下文的事例也可推知答案。]

5.5】答案 D [本题和41,42题呼应。自信是成功的必备因素。necessary for success作定语修饰confidence。]

6.6】答案 D [不认真工作又缺乏信心，失败也是理所当然。固选therefore。]

7.7】答案 B [多次失败往往会使人形成一种错误的认识，更加认为自己在某方面真的无能。在此之前他已经形成此观点，故排除A。]

8.8】答案 A [作者以Alfred Alder为例就是因为Alfred Alder曾经有过和本文所讲同样的经历。]

9.9】答案 C [从a small boy 可知是回忆数学启蒙时候的事情。]

10.10】答案 B [和49后的as they expected相呼应。老师认为他在数学上无天赋体现出老师对他在数学方面的期望值不高，告诉家长不要指望其儿子在数学方面有什么成就。]

11.11】答案 A [在听了老师的看法之后，家长也就自然对儿子形成了一种新的认识。organized / found一般是建立某机构，C不符合文意。故选A。]

12.12】答案 D [他接受了他们(老师和父母)的错误看法。]

13.13】答案 C [既然老师和父母都认为自己不行，自己肯定不行，在数学上先天不足再努力也没用。try努力。]

14.14】答案 C [因为没有用功所以学得很差，这种结果刚好和老师和家长的看法一致。]

15.15】答案 A [没有学生能解决的问题。]

16.16】答案 B [succeed in doing sth 成功做某事。]

17.17】答案 B [现在他带着兴趣，意志和目的学数学。]

18.18】答案 D [用自己的经历证明了一个道理。]

19.19】答案 B [从自己的经历他悟出了一个道理，用deeply才能表达出悟出道理这个漫长的过程。]

20.20】答案 C [从一个数学白痴到数学天才当然会让人astonish。]