Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

　　A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work.

　　He may have the 1 that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make the 2 of his mental faculties (官能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of 3 anything new because of their age.

　　A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real 4 , because he feels that it 5 be useless, he won't go at a job with the confidence necessary for success, and he won't work his hardest, even though he may 6 he is doing so. He is 7 likely to fail, and the failure will 8 his belief in his incompetence (无能).

　　Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had 9 like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor 10 in maths. His teacher told his 11 he had no ability in maths in order that they would not 12 too much of him. In this way, they also 13 the idea. He accepted 14 mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to 15 , and was very poor at maths, 16 as they expected.

　　One day he worked out a problem which 17 of the other students had been able to solve.

　　Adler succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now 18 with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at 19 . He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned early 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．

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A．belief　　　　　　B．way

C．fact　　　　　　　D．condition

2．

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A．biggest　　　　　　B．most

C．highest　　　　　　D．deepest

3．

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A．teaching　　　　　　B．learning

C．accepting　　　　　　D．using

4．

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A．decision　　　　　　B．success

C．effort　　　　　　　D．trouble

5．

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A．would　　　　　　B．should

C．must　　　　　　　D．could

6．

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A．forget　　　　　　B．think

C．guess　　　　　　D．understand

7．

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A．truly　　　　　　　B．really

C．however　　　　　　D．therefore

8．

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A．lead to　　　　　　　B．strengthen

C．increase　　　　　　D．add to

9．

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A．an experience　　　　　　B．an example

C．a thought　　　　　　　　D．a story

10．

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A．state　　　　　　B．mind

C．start　　　　　　D．ending

11．

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A．classmates　　　　　　B．friends

C．neighbors　　　　　　D．parents

12．

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A．blame　　　　　　B．expect

C．get　　　　　　　D．win

13．

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A．developed　　　　　　B．organized

C．discovered　　　　　　D．found

14．

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A．his　　　　　　B．her

C．its　　　　　　D．their

15．

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A．manage　　　　　　B．succeed

C．try　　　　　　　　D．act

16．

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A．only　　　　　　B．almost

C．just　　　　　　D．then

17．

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A．none　　　　　　B．all

C．many　　　　　　D．most

18．

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A．lived　　　　　　 B．worked

C．played　　　　　　D．graduated

19．

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A．lessons　　　　　　B．medicine

C．subjects　　　　　　D．maths

20．

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A．encourage　　　　　　B．love

C．astonish　　　　　　　D．disappoint

Answer 1

答案：A;B;B;C;A;B;D;B;A;C;D;B;A;D;C;C;A;B;D;A
解析：

1．A　belief意为“信仰，信条”；way意为“道路，方法”；fact意为“事实”；condition意为“情况”。 2．B　make the most of为固定词组，意为“尽量利用”。 3．B　老年人也许会错误地认为自己学不会新东西是因为自己年龄的问题。 4．C　make an effort为固定词组，意为“作出努力”。 5．A　表示自然的结果。 6．B　think意为“认为”。 7．D　therefore表因果关系，由于上述原因，所以他会失败。 8．B　strengthen意为“加强”。而这种失败又更会加强他认为自己无能的想法。 9．A　通读全文方可作出判断，这个著名的医生也有过类似的经历。 10．C　start意为“开始，开端”。当他还是个小孩子时，他的数学就不好。 11．D　由下文可知，老师将这一情况先告诉了他的父母。 12．B　expect意为“期盼，期望”。老师希望他的父母对他不要期望太高。 13．A　develop意为“发展”。他的父母也这样认为。 14．D　their指代他的老师和他的父母。 15．C　try意为“尝试”。他认为尝试是没有用的。 16．C　just as为固定词组，意为“正像……”。 17．A　只有他在全班无人做出答案，而仅有他做出了答案，才会使他信心大增。 18．B　work with意为“带着……工作”。 19．D　由上下文可知，他很快变得非常擅长数学。 20．A　encourage意为“鼓舞，激励”；astonish意为“惊讶”；disappoint意为“失望”。