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　　If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weakness．Success or 　　1　　 in your work would depend, to 　　2　　 great extent, 　　3　　 your ability to use your strengths and weakness to the best advantage．　　4　　 the utmost importance is your attitude．A person 　　5　　 begins a job convinced that he isn’t going to like it or is 　　6　　 that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success．On the other hand, a person who is secure 　　7　　 his belief that he is probably as capable 　　8　　 doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt 　　9　　 it possesses a certain strength of purpose．The chances are that he will do well．

　　　　10　　 the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength．Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness．A book keeper who can’t add or a carpenter who can’t cut a straight line with a saw 　　11　　 hopeless cases．

　　This book has been designed to help you capitalize 　　12　　 the strength and overcome the 　　13　　 that you bring to the job of learning．But in group to measure your development, you must first 　　14　　 stock of where you stand now．　　15　　 we get further along in the book, we’ll be 　　16　　 in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening 　　17　　 skills．However, 　　18　　 begin with, you should pause 　　19　　 examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school：your 　　20　　, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits．

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Only once a year, on his birthday, did Charlie Bucket ever get to taste a bit of chocolate(巧克力糖)．The whole family 　　1　　 up their money for that 　　2　　 occasion(时刻), and when the great day arrived, Charles was always 　　3　　 with one small chocolate bar(条)to eat 　　4　　．And each time he 　　5　　 it, on those wonderful birthday mornings, he would place it 　　6　　 in a small wooden box that he 　　7　　, and treasure it as though it were a bar of solid 　　8　　; and 　　9　　 the next few days, he would 　　10　　 himself only to look at it, but never to 　　11　　 it．Then at last, when he could 　　12　　 it no longer, he would peel(剥)back a tiny 　　13　　 of the paper wrapping at one corner to 　　14　　 a tiny bit of chocolate, and then he would take a tiny nibble(轻咬)－just enough to allow the lovely sweet taste to 　　15　　 out slowly over his 　　16　　．Then next day, he would take 　　17　　 tiny nibble, and so on, and so on．And 　　18　　 this way, Charlie would make his six-penny bar of birthday chocolate 　　19　　 him for more than a 　　20　　．

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　　The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848．One of his 　　1　　 important inventions was the train．He 　　2　　 his first train when he was forty-four years old．When he was experimenting with the 　　3　　 engine on the train, he met with 　　4　　 from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country．They said that the noise and the smoke would 　　5　　 cows, horses and sheep, that the 　　6　　 would burst or that the hot coals from it would 　　7　　 their houses．At that time, 　　8　　 people believed what they said．

　　George Stephenson 　　9　　 the people that the train could go on small 　　10　　, could pull carriages 　　11　　 goods and passengers and there was 　　12　　 to them．It was a very 　　13　　 matter for him to 　　14　　 them believe．However, after 　　15　　, he was able to do it; and the first train that 　　16　　 by Stephenson himself 　　17　　 what he had said．

　　The first day 　　18　　 the people along the way 　　19　　 the noises of the train 　　20　　 and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius(妖怪)．They did not dare to come out until it had passed．