Question

H.完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from do?ing good work. He may have the belief that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is    18    because he doesn't understand how to make the 19 of his mental faculties(才會^). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning new things because of their 20 .

A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real 21 because he feels that it would be useless. He won't go at a job with the con?fidence necessary for  22  ， and he won't work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is 23  likely to fail, and the fail?ure will  24  his belief in his incompetence(無能).

Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had25 like this. When he was a small boy? he had a poor 26 in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not 27 too much of him. In his way, they two 28 the idea. He accepted 29 mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless 30 and was very poor at maths, 31 as they expected.

One day he worked at a problem which 32of the other students had been able to solve. Adler 33 in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now 34 with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at maths. He not only 35 that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learnt 36 in his life from his own expe?rience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may 37  himself as well as others by his ability.

18.  A. clever            B.  shy           C.  useless         D. stupid

19.  A, biggest           B,  most          C.  highest         D. deepest

20.  A. ability           B.  age           C.  brain            D. knowledge

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

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

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

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

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

26.  A. state              B.  mind           C.  start           D. ending

27.  A. blame            B.  expect          C.  get              D. win

28.  A. developed            B.  organized       C.  discovered      D. founded

29.  A. his               B.  her            C.  its               D. their

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

31.  A. only              B.  almost         C. just             D. then

32.  A. none             B.  no              C. no one         D. nobody

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

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

35.  A. made             B.  took            C.  expected       D. proved

36.  A. early            B.  deeply         C.  late            D. simple

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

Answer 1

. 18. D A、B兩項不符合本文主旨。useless常用來修飾物。故選D。

19. B make full use of/make the best of/make the most of充分利用。

20. B和前面的older搭配用age。

21. 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人精力，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。

22. D  自信是成功的必備因素。necessary for success作定語修飾confidence。

23. D不認真工作而且缺乏信心，失敗也是理所當然，故選therefore,

24. 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(jīng)形成此觀點，故排除A。

25.A作者以Alfred Adler為例就是因為Alfred Adler曾經(jīng)有過和本文所講的同樣的經(jīng)歷。

26. C從a small boy可知是回憶數(shù)學啟蒙時候的事情。

27. B   和后文as they expected相呼應。老師認為他在數(shù)學上無天賦，體現(xiàn)出老師對他在數(shù)學方面的期望值不髙，故告訴家長不要指望其兒子在數(shù)學方面有什么成就。

28.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。organize/found 一般是建立某機構，discover不符合文意，故選A。

29. D  their指老師和家長的。

30.C既然老師和父母都認為自己不行，Alfred Adler認為自己肯定不行，再努力也沒用。try努力。

31. 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。

32. A

33.B  succeed in doing sth成功地做了某事。

34. B 此句表示他目前的狀況，可將句子補全：He now worked at maths with inter?est, determination, and purpose...

35. D他用自己的經(jīng)歷證明了他可以學好數(shù)學。

36. B從自己的經(jīng)歷中他悟出了一個道理。用deeply才能表達出道理的深刻和悟出道理這個漫長的過程。

37. C Alfred Adler從一個數(shù)學白癡到數(shù)學天才當然會讓人吃驚（astonish^