Question

We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects(缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things      !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe      .

   These comments may come from stories about us that have been       for years—often from     childhood. These stories may have no     in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical （操作機械的） skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life. ” How did these expectations       my development? I was never       to work on cars or be around      . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!

   Six years later,     , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. For my strong points, I       down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking. ” For the       , I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills. ”

   Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life       and told him about my       performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “      is it that you can solve        mathematical problems, but you can’t solve easy mechanical problems?”

   Suddenly I realized that I didn’t       from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to      . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been       my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true.      , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have genetic defects that we can never get over, we can do well in almost       we choose.

1.A. away          B. off       C. up         D. down

2.A. them         B. myself          C. yourself       D. others

3.A. said           B. spoken         C. spread         D. repeated

4.A. as long as          B. as far back as       C. as well as     D. as much as

5.A. evidence           B. wisdom        C. cause           D. meaning

6.A. lead          B. improve       C. affect           D. change

7.A. encouraged       B. demanded            C. hoped          D. agreed

8.A. means      B. tools    C. facilities       D. hammers

9.A. therefore          B. somehow    C. instead         D. however

10.A. settled  B. turned         C. took    D. got

11.A. short      B. other            C. weak  D. latter

12.A. experiences  B. trips    C. roads            D. paths

13.A. unexpected  B. poor    C. excellent     D. average

14.A. When   B. What  C. How     D. Why

15.A. challenging     B. advanced    C. common       D. normal

16.A. handle  B. separate      C. suffer           D. come

17.A. believe            B. doubt           C. adopt           D. receive

18.A. weakening      B. strengthening      C. questioning          D. accepting

19.A. As a result      B. At the same time          C. In addition  D. Instead

20.A. everything       B. something  C. nothing        D. none

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過作者自己的故事告訴我們，做任何事情要有自信，如果我們自己不認為自己有基因的缺陷，我們就能做好我們所選擇的任何事情。

1. B。固定搭配.put off推遲，延誤；put up搭建，留宿；put down寫下，記下；put away根據(jù)上文可以看出我總是推遲事情。

2.C。A他們B我自己C你自己D其他人；句意為：可能你常用上面的情況來描述你自己。根據(jù)句意，選C。

3.D。根據(jù)for many years 可以知道“這種評論來源的故事已經(jīng)重復多年了。”從后文也可知道我反復說自己“You can’t do this！”久而成真。

4.B。A只要C和，同，也，并；D多達；這種評論已經(jīng)許多年了，而且可以追溯到兒童時代。as far back as 早在，遠在。

5.A。名詞辨析。A證據(jù)B智慧C原因D意義；根據(jù)后文可知,“這些故事實際上是沒有依據(jù)的”。

6.C。動詞辨析。A帶領B提高，改善C影響D改變；從后文的考試成績最差可以知道母親的話對我的發(fā)展影響有多大。

7. A。動詞辨析。A鼓勵B要求C希望D同意從來沒有人鼓勵我從事汽車工具類事情。

8. B。名詞辨析。A方法B工具，技能C設備D錘子；根據(jù)前文的機械類的技能可以知道這里應選B。

9.D。雖然我的考試成績很差，六年后我還是上大學了。由上下文可以看出是轉折關系。

10.C。動詞短語辨析。Take down寫下，記下。根據(jù)后面write 可以知道前面是take down 寫下的意思。

11. C。形容詞辨析。A短的B其他的C虛弱的，消極的D較晚的；與前面positive 形成對比所以選C。

12.A。名詞辨析。A經(jīng)歷B旅行C道路D通道；我向老師解釋我的經(jīng)歷。

13.B。告訴老師我的經(jīng)歷和糟糕的考試成績。前文提到自己的考試成績很差，所以選B。

14. D。上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)ask 一詞可以判斷用why。

15. A。形容詞辨析。A有挑戰(zhàn)性的B先進的C普通的D正常的。從后面simple一詞可以知道此處應是“復雜的”的意思。

16. C。suffer from遭受……之苦，患……病。其它短語均不符合句意。

17.A。語境理解,從前面老師說我能解決復雜的數(shù)學題，而不能解決簡單的機械類問題，所以我意識到我沒有這方面的遺傳缺陷，而我僅僅實現(xiàn)了我所選擇的我相信的期望。

18. B。作者明白了不是家人和朋友強化了我相信自己在機械方面無望，而是我自己的反復認為自己不行。

19.D。上下文串聯(lián)。與前文形成對比。相反，如果我們自己不認為自己有基因的缺陷，我們就能做好我們所選擇的任何事情。

20.A。詞義辨析。A所有事情B一些事情C沒有事情D一個也沒有。相反，如果我們自己不認為自己有基因的缺陷，我們就能做好我們所選擇的任何事情。

考點：考察人生哲理類短文閱讀