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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