题目内容
完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 31 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 32 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 33 for years—often from 34 childhood. These stories may have no 35 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 36 my development? I was never 37 to work on cars or be around 38 . 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, 39 , 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. On the positive side, I 40 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 41 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 42 and told him about my 43 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 44 is it that you can solve 45 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 46 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 47 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 48 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. 49 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 50 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. basis B. plot 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. goods D. hammers
9.A. therefore B. somehow C. instead D. however
10.A. settled B. turned C. took D. got
11.A. passive B. active C. negative D. subjective
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. complex B. advanced C. common D. primary
16.A. arise B. separate C. suffer D. come
17.A. believe B. suspect C. adopt D. receive
18.A. weakening B. strengthening C. abandoning D. accepting
19.A. As a result B. At the same time C. In addition D. On the contrary
20.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. all
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】略
