Question

When I was 17 , I met a famous doctor named Paul Bragg . He gave me one of the most valuable ______ of my life : a statement that was filled with words of ______ . To this very day , I still ______ it : I am a genius（天才） , and I apply my wisdom .

______ , I was a high school dropout（辍学学生） and was living in a tent in Hawaii . I had a very limited vocabulary and had never ______ reading a single book . When Dr. Bragg taught me this statement , he told me to say it with feelings ______ it were true. To do so seemed so far away from ______ that it was funny . After saying it many times , ______ , I began to feel what those powerful words meant . ______ every day I continued to say it , and it became ______ to believe : I am a genius , and I apply my wisdom .

It was two and a half years later when I really saw the ______ of the statement . I was sitting in a college library ______ by fellow students whom I was helping with higher mathematics . I heard one of the students speak ______ to another . “John is really a ______ !” At the moment , I ______ what Dr. Bragg had taught me , and I ______ to say this statement for the rest of my life .

I can’t quite put into words what a(n) ______ this statement has made in my life . ______ it , I was able to change from a dropout to the top of my college class . I think that the key to ______ is putting your true feelings into a statement you ______ and saying it over and over every day .

1.A. Enjoyments B. parts C. gifts D. knowledge

2.A. idea B. comfort C. praise D. power

3.A. like B. need C. say D. use

4.A. At the time B. For a while C. All at once D. For the moment

5.A. advised B. finished C. minded D. admitted

6.A. as if B. so that C. in case D. now that

7.A. history B. hope C. life D. reality

8.A. moreover B. however C. otherwise D. anyhow

9.A. Until B. Since C. So D. After

10.A. easier B. funnier C. more unusual D. more impossible

11.A. evidence B. purpose C. details D. results

12.A. followed B. surrounded C. assisted D. invited

13.A. loudly B. kindly C. softly D. directly

14.A. star B. Spokesman C. kid D. genius

15.A. read B. remembered C. Showed D. doubted

16.A. decided B. asked C. expected D. learned

17.A. difference B. problem C. improvement D. impression

18.A. Except for B. More than C. Instead of D. Because of

19.A. love B. Success C. happiness D. understanding

20.A. think about B. look for C. believe in D. dream about

Answer 1