A person may have a false idea about himself that will stop him from doing good work．
He may have the belief that he is unable to do it．A child may think he is
36 because he doesn’t und
erstand how to make
37 use of his mental gifts．Old people may have a false idea that they are unable to learn things new because of their
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A person who believes that he is stupid will not make a real
39 because he feels that it would be useless．He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for
40 ．Besides, he won’t work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so．
41 , he is likely to fail, and the failure will
42 his belief in his incompetence（无能） in turn．
Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had
43 like this．When he was a small boy, he had a poor
44 in maths．His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not
45 too much of him．In this way, his teacher and parents
46 the idea．He
47 their fa
lse judgment of his ability, feeling that it was useless to
48 ．Then, he was very poor at maths,
49 as they expected．
But one day everything changed．He worked out a problem which
50 of the other students had been able to solve．He
51 in solving the problem which gave him confidence （信心）．Soon he became especially good at
52 ．
Alder now
53 with interest, determination and purpose．He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned it
54 , not too late．From his own experience, we can tell that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may
55 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3: | | A．age | B．ability | C．brain | D．knowledge |
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| 小题4: | | A．decision | B．plan | C．effort | D．promise |
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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．improve | D．get rid of |
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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12: | | A．broke | B．refused | C．doubted | D．accepted |
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| 小题13: | | A．manage | B．argue | C．try | D．act |
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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．all | C．some | D．most |
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| 小题16: | | A．broke | B．succeeded | C．failed | D．believed |
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| 小题17: | | A．physics | B．medicine | C．English | D．maths |
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| 小题18: | | A．studies | B．works | C．plays | D．graduates |
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| 小题19: | | A．early | B．deeply | C．later | D．simply |
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| 小题20: | | A．discourage | B．love | C．surprise | D．disappoint |
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