33.
--So you missed
the meeting.
--____. I got there five minutes before it finished.
A.Not at all B.Not exactly C.Not
especially
D.Not really
34. I spent the whole day repairing the motorbike. The work was ____ simple.
A.nothing but B.anything but C.something of D.all except
35. --“Dear Frank, when will our wedding be?”
--“Ah, when? God knows.” He said, and ____ away from
her, walked rapidly away.
A.turning B.turned C.turn D.to
turn
SECTION B
Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or
phrases marked with A,B,CandD.Fill in each blank with the words or phrases that
best fits the context.
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 stupid because he doesn’t
understand how to make the __36__ of his mental faculties. Older people may be
mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their age.
A person who believe that he is incapable will not make a real __37__
because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with confidence
necessary for __38__ , and he won’t
work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is
therefore likely to fail, and the failure will __39__ his belief in his
competence .
Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had an experience like this. When he was
a small boy, he had a poor __40__ in maths. His teacher told his parents he had
no ability in maths in order that they would not __41__ too much of him. In
this way, they two __42__ the idea. He accepted their mistaken thinking of his
ability, felt that it was useless to __43__ and was very poor at maths, just as
they expected.
One day he worked at a problem which __44__ of the other students had
been able to solve.
Alder __45__ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now __46__
with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at
maths. 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 __47__ himself as well as others by
his ability.