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1.Which book might a young man faced with difficulties in his career choose?
A. Life On Air. B. Our Zoo.
C. Nigella Christmas D. Doctor Who
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. This passage is probably taken from a newspaper column.
B. People are likely to get a discount whichever book they purchase.
C. Each of the reviewers thinks highly of the four books.
D. All of the four books don't belong to a certain book series.
Someone recently asked me when I became more confident about my abilities as an entrepreneur. I thought it was a funny question, ____ I’ not very confident at all, and constantly filled with _____ about every decision I make.
It doesn’t exactly hold me back in my work; it’s just that I am very _______ of what I do, and I’m always _____ on the way I work, think and talk. I have also learned over the years that making a decision is often more important than making the _______ decision. Preferably your decisions are the right ones, but inaction or indecisiveness is more _____ than making the wrong decisions every now and then.
There is one thing I have learned over the years that I wish I had learned earlier in my career. And that is the ____ that I am not stupid.
It sounds logical, but I often sat in on meetings and heard people explain things and then ____ to myself, “ I don’t understand that. Maybe I’m stupid?” or I would hear about a startup and I wouldn’t ______ their business model and think I’m stupid. Or I would hear an entrepreneur speak and think, “ That all like ______ bullshit, but I must be stupid, because other people seem to love it.”
A couple of years ago, I came to the ______ that I was not stupid at all. When people in meetings say things I don’t’ understand I _______ up and tell them so. Usually, I hear a sigh of ______ in the room and find out nobody understood what was being talked about.
When I don’t understand a business model it usually means there is not one, or it ______. Turns out I’m not stupid and ______ I don’t understand it, most people won’t understand it at all. ______ doubting my own abilities I’ve learned to ______ my “bullshit radar” a bit more and not understanding something is a clear sign that something is _______.
My advice to young entrepreneurs is this: you are not stupid! If something does not make _____, if it sounds stupid, if you don’t understand it, something is wrong! Trust your gut( 本能的) ______. Feel free not to know and be honest when you don’t’ understand something!
1.A. if B. unless C. because D. when
2.A. disappointment B. doubt C. terror D. curiosity
3.A. conscious B. tired C. ashamed D. fond
4.A. insisting B. working C. relying D. reflecting
5.A. right B. tough C. firm D. final
6.A. boring B. costly C. disgusting D. significant
7.A. truth B. concept C. realization D. reputation
8.A. thought B. referred C. smiled D. came
9.A. mind B. know C. love D. understand
10.A. tastes B. sounds C. smells D. looks
11.A. compromise B. conclusion C. point D. agreement
12.A. speak B. look C. hang D. cheer
13.A. despair B. pleasure C. relief D. impatience
14.A. disappears B. ceases C. approaches D. sucks
15.A. since B. if C. as D. while
16.A. Instead of B. Apart from C. As well as D. Regardless of
17.A. operate B. differentiate C. trust D. inspect
18.A. in B. up C. on D. off
19.A. progress B. history C. money D. sense
20.A. feeling B. level C. happiness D. Comfort
--- Ann, our department may be named the Department of the Year because of the outstanding performance.
--- _______.
A. Good to know B. I’ll say
C. I hear you on that one D. Can’t argue with that
Microsoft, in a(n) _______ from tradition, has already released similar touch-friendly Office apps for Apple Inc’s iPad and iPhone.
A. independence B. absence
C. departure D. Survival
I ________ able to catch the fist light home, but my watch betrayed me.
A. were B. had been
C. would be D. would have been
To survive in the world, we have to act _______ others, but to survive as ourselves, we have to act alone.
A. in honor of B. in concert with
C. in light of D. in contact with
