Question

We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects （缺陷） that can never be changed．“I’m impatient．” “I’m always behind．” “I always put things   21 !” You’ve surely heard them．Maybe you’ve used them to describe   22 ．

These comments may come from stories about us that have been   23  for years—often from   24  childhood．These stories may have no   25  in fact．But they can set low expectations for us．As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical （操作机械的） skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life．” How did these expectations   26  my development? I was never   27  to work on cars or be around   28 ．When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test．My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!

Six years later,   29 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree．One of my professors, Dr．Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do．On the positive side, I   30   down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking．” On the   31  side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills．”

Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills．I explained my life   32  and told him about my   33  performance on the Army test．Bob then asked, “  34  is it that you can solve   35  mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t   36  from some sort of genetic defect．I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to   37 ．At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been   38  my belief that I was mechanically hopeless．And it wasn’t just the Army test, either．I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true．  39  , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost   40  we choose．

1.	A．away B．off C．up D．down

2.	A．them B．myself C．yourself D．others

3.	A．said B．spoken C．spread D．repeated

4.	A．as long as B．as far back as C．as well as D．as much as

5.	A．basis B．plot C．cause D．meaning

6.	A．lead B．improve C．affect D．change

7.	A．encouraged B．demanded C．hoped D．agreed

8.	A．means B．tools C．facilities D．hammers

9.	A．therefore B．somehow C．instead D．however

10.	A．settled B．turned C．took D．got

11.	A．passive B．active C．negative D．subjective

12.	A．experiences B．trips C．roads D．paths

13.	A．unexpected B．poor C．excellent D．average

14.	A．When B．What C．How D．Why

15.	A．complex B．advanced C．common D．primary

16.	A．arise B．separate C．suffer D．come

17.	A．believe B．suspect C．adopt D．receive

18.	A．weakening B．strengthening C．abandoning D．accepting

19.	A．As a result B．At the same time C．In addition D．On the contrary

20.	A．anything B．something C．nothing D．all

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12. A

13.B

14. D

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.D

20. A

【解析】

试题分析：

1.B 短语辨析。Put off延误，耽误。我总是会把事情延误。

2.C 句意分析。我们也经常这样来描述自己，说自己在这方面不行，那方面也不行。

3.D 动词辨析。A/B说C传播D重复；这这样的话多次被重复，就成了真的，对人有很强的心理暗示作用。

4.B短语辨析。A只要B回顾到C除…之外D多达；指这样的事情能够回顾到我们的童年。

5.A 名词辨析。A基础B情节C原因D意思；这样的故事实际上是没有说明基础来源的。

6.C 动词辨析。A带领B改善C影响D改变；这样的期待会影响我们的个人发展。

7.A 动词辨析。A鼓励B要求C希望D同意；我从来没有被鼓励从事于这样的工作或者类似的机械工具。

8.B 名词辨析。A方法B工具C设施D锤子；句意同上句解释。

9.D 副词辨析。A因此B设法C代替D然而；然而，几年以后我在加利福尼亚大学读博士的时候。

10.C 固定词组。Take down写下，记下；指我在积极的那一面写下自己擅长的东西。

11.C 形容词辨析。A被动B积极C消极D客观；在消极的那一面我写下了我不善长的东西。

12.A 名词辨析。A经历B旅行C道路D路径；我把我以前的经历告诉了老师，

13.B 上下文串联。根据上文My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!我的表现很糟糕。

14.D 句意分析，为什么你能解决那么复杂的数学题呢》

15.A 形容词辨析。A复杂B先进C普通D初级；句意同上句解释。

16.C 固定词组。Suffer from…患有…病；指我并没有患有那种基因方面的缺憾。

17.A 动词辨析。A相信B怀疑C收养D接受；我在实践着我自己选择相信的那种期待。

18.B 动词辨析。A减弱B加强C抛弃D接受；指我的家人和朋友在一次次加深这种影响。

19.D 短语辨析。A结果B同时C另外D相反；恰恰相反，如果我们不把自己当成那种没有能力的人，我们就可以做好我们选择坐的任何事情。

20.词义辨析。A任何事情B一些事情C没有事情D所有事情；句意同上句解释。

考点：考查教育类短文阅读