Question

【題目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.

If you have lost 12 times in a row (連續(xù)地), will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, 【1】k________ trying. And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.

Carnegie was born in 1888 to a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy didn’t take a 【2】t_________ until he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 3 a.m. every day to milk the cows in his family.

When Carnegie first entered the college, he felt hopeless because of his clothes and ordinary looks. His mother encouraged him: “Why not try to be 【3】b__________ in other things instead of just dress and good looks?”

Carnegie tried to be more active in college. He【4】 j_________ the debate team. But one after another, he lost 12 meets. The young man was very disappointed in himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself after so many failures.

But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work paid off (得到好的結(jié)果) at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech contest and became【5】w______ known.

The young man made his own words come true:” Believe that you will succeed, and you will.”

In order to【6】 s_________ his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers include “How to Win Friends and Influence(影響) People” and “How to Stop Worrying and Star Living”. More than 50 million copies of his books have been printed in 38 languages. They are still helping people on the【7】 r_________ to success.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】kept

【2】train

【3】better

【4】joined

【5】widely/ well

【6】share

【7】road

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了一位在公眾演講和自我發(fā)展方面的先驅(qū)：Dale Carnegie的生平故事。他的一生在不斷努力嘗試中度過，他通過向世人展示如何成功而聞名于世。

【1】句意：卡耐基，在公開演講和自我發(fā)展的先鋒，不斷嘗試。此題考查keep doing sth一直做某事。根據(jù)句意，故填kept。

【2】句意：這個男孩沒有乘坐過火車直到他十二歲的時候。此題考查名詞，根據(jù)句意，故填train。

【3】句意：他的母親鼓勵他，“為什么不嘗試在其他事情上做得更好，而不只是穿衣服和好看的東西”。此題考查副詞比較級，根據(jù)句意，故填better。

【4】句意：他參加了辯論隊。此題考查動詞，根據(jù)句意，故填joined。

【5】句意：在1906，卡耐基贏得了一場著名的演講比賽，并成為眾所周知的。此題考查形容詞，根據(jù)句意，故填widely/ well。

【6】句意：為了分享他的成功，卡耐基開設(shè)了學(xué)校，并寫了書。此題考查動詞，根據(jù)句意，故填share。

【7】句意：他們?nèi)栽趲椭�人們走向成功之路。此題考查名詞，根據(jù)句意，故填road。