A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the1 that he is not capable (能够) of it. A child may think he is2  because he does not understand how to make the deepest of his mental faculties (才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of 3  anything new because of their 4 .

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

 

  阅读下面 短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项ABCD中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

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.

1A. 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

8A. say       B. keep         C. break         D. send

9A. bread       B. paper         C. cloth         D. rope

10A. cat &nb?sp;        B. dog          C. cock        D. rope

11A. with       B. on         C. to         D. around

12A sad         B happy       C tired          D fine

13A. a lie       B. true         C. real          D. a pity

14A. matter     B. problem       C. thing         D. question

15A. killed      B. sold        C. beaten        D. parted

16A. sees        B. buys         C. likes        D. wants

17A. voices       B. sounds       C. noises         D. cries

18A. pretty       B. cruel        C. strong         D. important

19A. looked after     B. caught       C. drove         D. grasped

20A. me       B. her father        C. the Queen       D. her

 

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
     A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day.
He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow…1.____
     Time went by…The little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree. One day, the boy
came back to the tree and looked sad. "Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy." I am on longer a
kid. I don't play around trees anymore." The boy replied, "I want toys. I need money to buy them." "Sorry,
but I don't have money…but you can pick all my apples and sell them. Sp, you will have money." The boy
was so excited. 2.____ The boy didn't come back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad.
     One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited. "Come and play with me!" the tree said. "I don't
have time to play. I have to work for my family. 3.____ Can you help me?" "Sorry, but I don't have a house.
But you can cut off my branches to build your house." So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left
happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy didn't appear since then. The tree was again lonely
and sad.
     One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. "Come and play with me!" the tree said.
"I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?" "Use my trunk to build
the boat. You can sail and be happy." So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. 4.____
     Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. "Sorry, my boy. But I don't have anything for you
anymore. No more apples for you." the tree said. "I don't have teeth to bite." the boy replied. "No more trunk
for you to climb on." "I am too old for that now." the boy said. "I really want to give you something… the only
thing left is my dying roots." The tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired
after all these years." the boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest. Come here,
please sit down with me and have a rest." 5.____
A. We need a house for shelter.
B. The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...
C. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
D. The boy went away, tears in his eyes.
E. He picked all the apples on the tree and left happily.
F. He went sailing and did not show up for a long time.
G. He was happy and had a pleasant trip abroad.

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