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      !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe      .

   These comments may come from stories about us that have been       for years—often from     childhood. These stories may have no     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       my development? I was never       to work on cars or be around      . 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,     , 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. For my strong points, I       down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking. ” For the       , I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills. ”

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

   Suddenly I realized that I didn’t       from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to      . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been       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.      , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have genetic defects that we can never get over, we can do well in almost       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. evidence           B. wisdom        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. short      B. other            C. weak  D. latter

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. challenging     B. advanced    C. common       D. normal

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

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

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

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

20.A. everything       B. something  C. nothing        D. none

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

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：本文通过作者自己的故事告诉我们，做任何事情要有自信，如果我们自己不认为自己有基因的缺陷，我们就能做好我们所选择的任何事情。

1. B。固定搭配.put off推迟，延误；put up搭建，留宿；put down写下，记下；put away根据上文可以看出我总是推迟事情。

2.C。A他们B我自己C你自己D其他人；句意为：可能你常用上面的情况来描述你自己。根据句意，选C。

3.D。根据for many years 可以知道“这种评论来源的故事已经重复多年了。”从后文也可知道我反复说自己“You can’t do this！”久而成真。

4.B。A只要C和，同，也，并；D多达；这种评论已经许多年了，而且可以追溯到儿童时代。as far back as 早在，远在。

5.A。名词辨析。A证据B智慧C原因D意义；根据后文可知,“这些故事实际上是没有依据的”。

6.C。动词辨析。A带领B提高，改善C影响D改变；从后文的考试成绩最差可以知道母亲的话对我的发展影响有多大。

7. A。动词辨析。A鼓励B要求C希望D同意从来没有人鼓励我从事汽车工具类事情。

8. B。名词辨析。A方法B工具，技能C设备D锤子；根据前文的机械类的技能可以知道这里应选B。

9.D。虽然我的考试成绩很差，六年后我还是上大学了。由上下文可以看出是转折关系。

10.C。动词短语辨析。Take down写下，记下。根据后面write 可以知道前面是take down 写下的意思。

11. C。形容词辨析。A短的B其他的C虚弱的，消极的D较晚的；与前面positive 形成对比所以选C。

12.A。名词辨析。A经历B旅行C道路D通道；我向老师解释我的经历。

13.B。告诉老师我的经历和糟糕的考试成绩。前文提到自己的考试成绩很差，所以选B。

14. D。上下文串联。根据ask 一词可以判断用why。

15. A。形容词辨析。A有挑战性的B先进的C普通的D正常的。从后面simple一词可以知道此处应是“复杂的”的意思。

16. C。suffer from遭受……之苦，患……病。其它短语均不符合句意。

17.A。语境理解,从前面老师说我能解决复杂的数学题，而不能解决简单的机械类问题，所以我意识到我没有这方面的遗传缺陷，而我仅仅实现了我所选择的我相信的期望。

18. B。作者明白了不是家人和朋友强化了我相信自己在机械方面无望，而是我自己的反复认为自己不行。

19.D。上下文串联。与前文形成对比。相反，如果我们自己不认为自己有基因的缺陷，我们就能做好我们所选择的任何事情。

20.A。词义辨析。A所有事情B一些事情C没有事情D一个也没有。相反，如果我们自己不认为自己有基因的缺陷，我们就能做好我们所选择的任何事情。

考点：考察人生哲理类短文阅读