Question

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 (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is ___ because he doesn't understand how to make the ____ of his mental faculties (才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning new things because of their ____.

A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real ____ because he feels that it would be useless. He won't go at a job with the confidence necessary for ___， and he won't work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is ____ likely to fail, and the failure will ____ his belief in his incompetence (無能)．

Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had ____ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor ___ in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not ____ too much of him. In his way, they two ____ the idea. He accepted ____ mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless ____ and was very poor at maths, ____ as they expected.

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

Alder ___ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now ___ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at maths. He not only ____ that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learnt ____ in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may ____himself as well as others by his ability.

1.A.clever B．shy C．useless D．stupid

2.A.biggest B．most C．highest D．deepest

3.A.ability B．age C．brain D．knowledge

4.A.decision B．success C．effort D．trouble

5.A.work B．study C．improvement D．success

6.A.truly B．really C．however D．therefore

7.A.lead to B．strengthen C．increase D．add to

8.A.an experience B．an example C．a thought D．a story

9.A.state B．mind C．start D．ending

10.．A.blame B．expect C．get D．win

11.A.developed B．organized C．discovered D. found

12.A.his B．her C．its D．their

13.A.managing B．succeeding C．trying D．acting

14.A.only B．almost C．just D．then

15.A.none B．no C．no one D．nobody

16.A.gave B．succeeded C．failed D．believed

17.A. lived B．worked C．played D．graduated

18.A.made B．took C．expected D．proved

19.A.early B．deeply C．late　 D．simple

20.A.encourage B．love C．astonish D．disappoint

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

1.1】答案　D　[A、B不符合本文主旨。從該句的mental faculties (智力) 一詞可知是認為自己笨，而不是無用。]

2.2】答案　B　[固定詞組。make full use of / make the best of / make the most of充分利用。]

3.3】答案　B　[和前面的older搭配用age。]

4.4】答案　C　[認為自己在某方面缺乏天賦的人往往不會在這一方面真正投入精力，因為他認為做了等于白做還不如不去努力。從下文的事例也可推知答案。]

5.5】答案　D　[本題和41,42題呼應。自信是成功的必備因素。necessary for success作定語修飾confidence。]

6.6】答案　D　[不認真工作又缺乏信心，失敗也是理所當然。固選therefore。]

7.7】答案　B　[多次失敗往往會使人形成一種錯誤的認識，更加認為自己在某方面真的無能。在此之前他已經形成此觀點，故排除A。]

8.8】答案　A　[作者以Alfred Alder為例就是因為Alfred Alder曾經有過和本文所講同樣的經歷。]

9.9】答案　C　[從a small boy 可知是回憶數學啟蒙時候的事情。]

10.10】答案　B　[和49后的as they expected相呼應。老師認為他在數學上無天賦體現出老師對他在數學方面的期望值不高，告訴家長不要指望其兒子在數學方面有什么成就。]

11.11】答案　A　[在聽了老師的看法之后，家長也就自然對兒子形成了一種新的認識。organized / found一般是建立某機構，C不符合文意。故選A。]

12.12】答案　D　[他接受了他們(老師和父母)的錯誤看法。]

13.13】答案　C　[既然老師和父母都認為自己不行，自己肯定不行，在數學上先天不足再努力也沒用。try努力。]

14.14】答案　C　[因為沒有用功所以學得很差，這種結果剛好和老師和家長的看法一致。]

15.15】答案　A　[沒有學生能解決的問題。]

16.16】答案　B　[succeed in doing sth 成功做某事。]

17.17】答案　B　[現在他帶著興趣，意志和目的學數學。]

18.18】答案　D　[用自己的經歷證明了一個道理。]

19.19】答案　B　[從自己的經歷他悟出了一個道理，用deeply才能表達出悟出道理這個漫長的過程。]

20.20】答案　C　[從一個數學白癡到數學天才當然會讓人astonish。]