题目内容
A person who believes that he is incapable will no make a real 5 , because he feel that it should be useless. He won't go at a job with the confidence (信心) necessary for 6 , and he won't try his best, even though he may 7 he is doing so. He is 8 likely to fail, and the failure will increase his belief in his incompetence (无能).
Alfred Adier, a famous doctor, had a (an) 9 like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor 10 in math. His teacher told his 11 he had no ability in math in order that they wouldn’t expect too much of him. In this way, they too 12 the idea. He accepted 13 mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to14 , and was very poor at math, 15 as they expected.
One day he worked on a problem which 16 of the other students had been able to solve. Adler succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now 17 with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at 18 . He not only proved that he could learn math well, but luckily he learned 19 in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may 20 himself as well as others by his ability.
1. A. belief B. way C. fact D. condition
2. A. clever B. shy C. useless D. stupid
3. A. teaching B. learning C. accepting D. using
4. A. ability B. age C. brain D. knowledge
5. A. decision B. success C. effort D. trouble
6. A. work B. study C. improvement D. success
7. A. forget B. think C. guess D. understand
8. A. truly B. really C. however D. therefore
9. A. experience B. example C. though D. story
10. A. state B. mind C. start D. ending
11. A. classmates B. friends C. neighbors D. parents
12. A. developed B. organized C. discovered D. found
13. A. his B. her C. its D. their
14. A. manage B. succeed C. try D. act
15. A. only B. almost C. just D. then
16. A. none B. all C. many &tnbsp; D. most
17. A. lived B. worked C. played D. graduated
18. A. lessons B. medicine C. subjects D. math
19. A. early B. badly C. late D. simply
20. A. encourage B. love C. astonish D. disappoint
The Mullah couldn’t break his word. That would be 1 for an important person in the village. He certainly 2 to sell his donkey for a dollar. So he said, “ 3 me at the donkey fair (集市) on 4 . I shall sell her at that time. I shall 5 my donkey to the one who will treat her most 6 .”
Everybody was kind to animals in the village. So the Mullah 7 out a plan. He wanted to 8 his word and also to keep his donkey.
On the night before the donkey fair, the Mullah bought a piece of 9 .No one had any idea why the Mullah should want that.
On Saturday, man and boy in the village came to the donkey fair.
They found a 10 tied with a piece of rope 11 the tail of the Mullah’s donkey! Beside them stood the Mullah, who looked 12 .
“It is 13 , I’ll sell my donkey for a dollar,” said the Mullah. “Just one 14 , though, my donkey and my cat are very good friends. They must not be 15 . The kind man who 16 my donkey must buy my cat also.”
“How much is your cat?” asked many 17 .
“Oh, my cat is a very 18 animal,” said the Mullah. “Her father 19 a mouse for a king. Her mother caught a mouse for 10 .She is one of the finest cats. For such a great cat I want one hundred dollars”.
The men laughed, and gave up the idea of owning the donkey.
1.A. right B. wrong C. impossible D. strange
2. A. didn’t want B. wanted
C. hadn’t decided D. intended
3. A. Meet B. Pay C. Talk D. Help
4. A. tomorrow afternoon
B. the day after tomorrow
C. the evening
D. Saturday
5. A. give B. take C. sell D. show
6. A. cruelly B. warmly C. kindly D. carefully.
7. A. put B. thought C. carried D. made
8.A. say B. keep C. break D. send
9.A. bread B. paper C. cloth D. rope
10.A. cat &nb?sp; B. dog C. cock D. rope
11.A. with B. on C. to D. around
12.A sad B happy C tired D fine
13.A. a lie B. true C. real D. a pity
14.A. matter B. problem C. thing D. question
15.A. killed B. sold C. beaten D. parted
16.A. sees B. buys C. likes D. wants
17.A. voices B. sounds C. noises D. cries
18.A. pretty B. cruel C. strong D. important
19.A. looked after B. caught C. drove D. grasped
20.A. me B. her father C. the Queen D. her