阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 1because he doesn’t understand how to make the 2of 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 4because 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 6likely to fail, and the failure will 7his belief in his incompetence.
Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had 8like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor 9in math. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in math in order that they would not 10too much of him. In this way, they two 11the idea. He accepted 12mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless 13and was very poor at math, 14as they expected.
One day he worked at a problem which 15of the other students had been able to solve.
Alder 16in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now 17with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at math. He not only 18that he could learn math well, but luckily he learnt 19in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job, with determination and purpose, he may 20himself 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
With nine months _______,we feel sad that our school life will be ending for we’ll have to say good-bye.
A. going B. gone C. goes D. to go
Most museums are just for looking. But today some of them have things for you to touch. The signs say, "________!"
A. Be touching B. To touch C. Do touch D. No touch
I spent the whole day repairing the motorbike. The work was ________easy.
A. nothing but B. anything but C. something D. all except
—Does Bill do his new job well?
— ________ his old job. I’m afraid there’s no hope for him.
A. Not better than B. No better than C. Not so well as D. Not as well as
—I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.
—You ________ your temper but that’s OK.
A. have lost B. had lost C. did lose D. were losing
