16. A. means　 　　　　　　 B. reflects 　　 　　C. reads　 　　　　　　 D. explains

30. A sound　　　　 B. voice　　　　　 C. noise　　　　 D. echo

答案　 21-25 ACBDB　　 26-30 ADBBC

[09年11月更新]

Passage 10

(贵州省高武中学2010届高三10月月考)

Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence. That _16___ two out of every three people simply don’t know the _17___ they already have to be successful when it’s _18___ there in their hands!_19 __if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first. Remember: “No one can make you feel inferior(差的)unless you　 __20___ them.” A successful businessman says, “You can’t push anyone up a ladder __21__ he knows he can climb himself.”

Many of us have an image _22___, the image we have of ourselves. __23____one guy put it: “You can’t win a horse race if you think you look _24___on a horse.” To succeed, the first person you have to _25___ is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself. Just __26___ your mind and you’ll change your life.

One of the most harmful weapons that can kill your success in life are the two little words: “__27___”. You know that people used to _28___ that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would　 _29___our circulation of blood and kill us? Thank goodness a few people didn’t believe so__30____thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today. You’ll never know until you_31____

Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. But_32___he did it, most people in the world didn’t think it was even _33__. Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly__34____all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll___35__do it.

29. A. astonished　　 B .annoyed　　　 C. disappointed　 D. excited

28. A. tasting　　　 B. hunting　　　　 C. searching　　 D. eating

27. A. changed　　　 B. sunk　　　　　 C. reduced　　　 D. fallen

26. A. released　　　 B abandoned　　　 C. predicted　　 D. relieved

25. A. stop　　　　 B. decrease　　　 C. increase　　　 D. improve

24. A. sympathy　 　　B enthusiasm　　 C. excitement　　 D. concern

23. A. activity　　　 B. organization　 C. area　　　　 D. avenue

22. A. refreshed　　 B. discovered　　 C. threatened　 D. witnessed