Question

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 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 believes 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 the 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 incompetence (无能).

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 his way, they two 　 11 　the idea. He accepted　 12 mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless 　 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. He now 　17 with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at maths. He not only 18 that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learnt 　 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. managing　　　　 B. succeeding　　　 C. trying 　　　　　 D. acting

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. made　　　　　　 B. took　　　　　　 C. expected　　　 　 D. proved

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

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

 

Answer 1

此篇文章主要阐述了由于人对自己缺乏足够的认识，不能正确看待自身的潜力而产生不好的后果。并通过一则事例说明凡事不要想当然，要充分挖掘自身的潜力，相信自己，不要轻易言败。可借本篇鼓励学生特别是后进生最后一博，在高考中展示新的自我。

1.         D A. B.不符合本文主旨。useless常用来修饰sth故选D.

2.         B 固定词组。充分利用make full use of / make the best of / make the most of

3.         B 和前面的older搭配用age.

4.         C 认为自己在某方面缺乏天赋的人往往不会在这一方面真正投入精力，因为他认为做了等于白做还不如不去努力。从下文的事例也可推知答案。

5.         D 本题和51，52题呼应。自信是成功的必备因素。necessary for success作定语修饰confidence

6.         D 不认真工作+缺乏信心，失败也是理所当然。固选therefore.

7.         B多次失败往往会使人形成一种错误的认识，更加认为自己在某方面真的无能。在此之前他已经形成此观点，故A不选

8.         A 作者以Alfred Alder为例就是因为Alfred Alder曾经有过和本文所讲同样的经历。

9.         C 从a small boy 可知是回忆数学启蒙时候的事情。

10.     B 和49后的as they expected相呼应。老师认为他在数学上无什么天赋体现出老师对他在数学方面的期望值不高，告诉家长不要指望其儿子在数学方面有什么成就。

11.     A 在听了老师的看法之后，家长也就自然对儿子形成了一种新的认识。Organized / found一般是建立某机构,C不符合文意。故选A

12.     D

13.     C.和第一段意思一样，既然老师和父母都认为自己不行，自己肯定不行，在数学上先天不足再努力也没用。try努力

14.     C 因为没有用功所以学得很差，这种结果刚好和老师和家长的看法一致。

15.     A

16.     B

17.     B此句表示他目前的状况，可将句子补全。He now worked at maths with great interest, determination, and purpose.

18.     D 用自己的经历证明了一个道理。

19.     B 从自己的经历他悟出了一个道理，用deeply才能表达出悟出道理这个漫长的过程。

20.     C从一个数学白痴到数学天才当然会让人astonish。