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 __1__ because he doesn’t understand how to make the __2__ of his mental faculties (才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their __ 3__.
A person who believe 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 confidence necessary for __5__ , and he won’t  work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is __6__ likely to fail, and the failure will __7__ his belief in his competence (才能) .
Alfred Alder, 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 __11__ the idea. He accepted __12__ mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to __13__ and was very poor at maths, __14__ as they expected.
One day he worked at a problem which __15__ of the other students had been able to solve.
Alder __16__ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence (信心). He now __17__ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at __18__. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned __19__ in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may __20__ 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. manage               B. succeed             C. try                         D. act
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. lessons                  B. medicine           C. subjects                  D. maths
19. A. early                  B. deeply               C. late                        D. simply
20. A. encourage           B. love                  C. astonish                  D. disappoint

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本文以Alfred Alder醫(yī)生在小學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)數(shù)學(xué)的事情為例，說(shuō)明了自信心對(duì)于人的學(xué)習(xí)、工作的重要性。
1、D。根據(jù)前文 He may have the belief that he is not capable of it可確定選stupid。
2、B。 make the most of 意為“盡量利用、獲得最大利益”，為固定搭配。
3、B。老年人誤認(rèn)為他們不能學(xué)習(xí)新東西的原因在于他們的年齡。
4、C。  make an effort指“盡力、努力”，此句意為：一個(gè)認(rèn)為自己無(wú)能的人是不會(huì)盡一切努力的，因?yàn)樗械竭@樣做也沒(méi)有用。
5、D。 confidence necessary for success指獲得成功所必須具備的自信心。
6、D。 therefore表示“因此，從而”。
7、B。 strengthen指“強(qiáng)化、加強(qiáng)”。此句意為：失敗進(jìn)一步加強(qiáng)了他認(rèn)為自己無(wú)能這一觀念。
8、A.。an experience指一次經(jīng)歷。
9、C。根據(jù)下文，后來(lái)Alfred Alder 數(shù)學(xué)學(xué)得很好。因此只是開始（start ）學(xué)得不好。
10、B。expect too much of him指對(duì)他期望過(guò)高。
11、A。 develop在此指“強(qiáng)化、增大”，此句意為：老師和家長(zhǎng)兩方面的態(tài)度進(jìn)一步強(qiáng)化了他缺少數(shù)學(xué)才能這一觀點(diǎn)。
12、D。根據(jù)上文選their,指老師和家長(zhǎng)們的觀點(diǎn)。
13、C。try在此指“努力、嘗試”。
14、C.。 just as they expected表示“正如家長(zhǎng)和老師們所預(yù)料的那樣”。just 相當(dāng)于exactly。
15、A。根據(jù)文章意思，一天他在做他們班其他同學(xué)都不會(huì)做的題目。
16、B.。succeed in doing sth 指“成功做成某事”。
17、B。此句意為：他做出了他們班上其他同學(xué)都不會(huì)做的題目這件事給了他信心，現(xiàn)在他學(xué)習(xí)時(shí)有興趣、決心和目的了。
18、D。根據(jù)文章意思，很容易確定答案。
19、A。early in his life指年輕時(shí)。類似的短語(yǔ)有early in the morning等。
20、C。astonish意為“使吃驚，使震驚”,符合題意。
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