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 (无能)．
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.
| 小题1: | | A．clever | B．shy | C．useless | D．stupid |
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| 小题2: | | A．biggest | B．most | C．highest | D．deepest |
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| 小题3: | | A．ability | B．age | C．brain | D．knowledge |
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| 小题4: | | A．decision | B．success | C．effort | D．trouble |
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| 小题5: | | A．work | B．study | C．improvement | D．success |
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| 小题6: | | A．truly | B．really | C．however | D．therefore |
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| 小题7: | | A．lead to | B．strengthen | C．increase | D．add to |
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| 小题8: | | A．an experience | B．an example | C．a thought | D．a story |
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| 小题9: | | A．state | B．mind | C．start | D．ending |
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| 小题10: | | A．blame | B．expect | C．get | D．win |
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| 小题11: | | A．developed | B．organized | C．discovered | D．found |
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| 小题13: | | A．managing | B．succeeding | C．trying | D．acting |
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| 小题14: | | A．only | B．almost | C．just | D．then |
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| 小题15: | | A．none | B．no | C．no one | D．nobody |
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| 小题16: | | A．gave | B．succeeded | C．failed | D．believed |
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| 小题17: | | A．lived | B．worked | C．played | D．graduated |
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| 小题18: | | A．made | B．took | C．expected | D．proved |
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| 小题19: | | A．early | B．deeply | C．late | D．simple |
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| 小题20: | | A．encourage | B．love | C．astonish | D．disappoint |
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