10. A. silence B. sit
C. seat
D. stand
训练题2
A person may have an
idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work . He may have the
belief that he is not capable of it . A child may think he is 1 because he does not understand how to
make the 2 of his mental faculties. Older people may
be 3
that they are incapable
of learning 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 would be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary
for 5 , and he won’t work his
hardest, even though he may think he is doing so. He is 6 likely to fail , and the failure will
strengthen his belief 7 his incompetence (无能).
Alfred Adler , a famous doctor, had 8 like this . When
he was a small boy, he had a poor 9 in maths.
His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths
in order that they would not 10 too much of him .
In this way, they two developed the idea. He accepted their mistaken thinking
of his ability, felt that it was useless to try and was very poor at maths, just as they expected .
