题目
题型：不详难度：来源：
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 (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is __1__ because he doesn’t understand how to make the __2__ of 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 believe that he is incapable will not make a real __4__ because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for __5__ , and he won’t work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is __6__ likely to fail, and the failure will __7__ his belief in his competence (才能) .
Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had __8__ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor __9__ in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not __10__ too much of him. In this way, they two __11__ the idea. He accepted __12__ mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to __13__ and was very poor at maths, __14__ as they expected.
One day he worked at a problem which __15__ of the other students had been able to solve.
Alder __16__ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence (信心). He now __17__ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at __18__. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned __19__ in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may __20__ himself 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. manage B. succeed C. try D. act
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. lessons B. medicine C. subjects D. maths
19. A. early B. deeply C. late D. simply
20. A. encourage B. love C. astonish D. disappoint
答案
1---20 DBBCD DBACB ADCCA BBDAC
解析
本文以Alfred Alder医生在小学学习数学的事情为例，说明了自信心对于人的学习、工作的重要性。
1、D。根据前文 He may have the belief that he is not capable of it可确定选stupid。
2、B。 make the most of 意为“尽量利用、获得最大利益”，为固定搭配。
3、B。老年人误认为他们不能学习新东西的原因在于他们的年龄。
4、C。 make an effort指“尽力、努力”，此句意为：一个认为自己无能的人是不会尽一切努力的，因为他感到这样做也没有用。
5、D。 confidence necessary for success指获得成功所必须具备的自信心。
6、D。 therefore表示“因此，从而”。
7、B。 strengthen指“强化、加强”。此句意为：失败进一步加强了他认为自己无能这一观念。
8、A.。an experience指一次经历。
9、C。根据下文，后来Alfred Alder 数学学得很好。因此只是开始（start ）学得不好。
10、B。expect too much of him指对他期望过高。
11、A。 develop在此指“强化、增大”，此句意为：老师和家长两方面的态度进一步强化了他缺少数学才能这一观点。
12、D。根据上文选their,指老师和家长们的观点。
13、C。try在此指“努力、尝试”。
14、C.。 just as they expected表示“正如家长和老师们所预料的那样”。just 相当于exactly。
15、A。根据文章意思，一天他在做他们班其他同学都不会做的题目。
16、B.。succeed in doing sth 指“成功做成某事”。
17、B。此句意为：他做出了他们班上其他同学都不会做的题目这件事给了他信心，现在他学习时有兴趣、决心和目的了。
18、D。根据文章意思，很容易确定答案。
19、A。early in his life指年轻时。类似的短语有early in the morning等。
20、C。astonish意为“使吃惊，使震惊”,符合题意。
核心考点
试题【A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good wo】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant , and ancient for a sportsman, Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age. but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.
A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, “ Fifty is what forty used to be . ”He had made an inspirational point, Am I over the hill ?People keep telling me that the hill has been moved, and I keep telling them that he high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.
“ Your are not getting older, you are getting better . ” says Dr. Joyce Brothers . This, however, is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.
And so. as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net. I am moves to share some thoughts on aging with you. I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally. Getting older. of course, is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies(悼词). In fact , a poet named Robert Browning considered it the best change of all :
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to me.
Whether or not Browning was right , most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by. I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend ( 混合) of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher(哲学家) was right when he said . ”Old is always fifteen years from now. ”
44. The author seems to tell us in Paragraph I that
A time alone will tell B time goes by quickly
C time will show what is right D time makes one forget the past
45. When the author turned fifty , people around him
A. tried to comfort him B. got inspiration with him
C. were friendlier with him D. found him more talkative
46. The author considers his fifty years of life
A peaceful B. ordinary C. satisfactory D. regretful
47. We can infer from the passage that
A. the old should led a simple life B. the old should face the fact of aging
C. the old should take more exercise D. the old should fill themselves with curiosity
All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all things clean and tidy.
You could turn your back for a moment in my mother"s house, leave a half written letter on the dining room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had "put it back where it belonged." as she explained.
My wife, on one of her first visits to my mother"s house, placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and went to the kitchen to fetch a drink. When she returned, she found the packet had been removed. Confused(疑惑的), she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits, only to return to find that her drink had disappeared. Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks, so as not to make water rings on the end tables. Now she knows better.
These disappearances had a confusing effect on our family. We were all inclined to (有......的倾向) forgetfulness, and it was common for one of us, upon returning from the bathroom, to find the every sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly. "Do you remember what I was doing?" was a question frequently asked, but rarely answered.
Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of clean windows, and my brother does the cleaning in his house, perhaps to avoid having to be the one to lift his feet. I try not to think about it too much, but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week.
68. Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?
A. She enjoyed removing others" drinks. B. She became more and more forgetful.
C. She preferred to do everything by herself. D. She wanted to keep her house in good order.
69. My wife could not find her biscuits and drink in my mother"s house because _______.
A. she had already finished them B. my mother had taken them away
C. she forgot where she had left them D. someone in my family was holding them
70. The underlined part to the fifth paragraph suggests that my sister _______.
A. is happy to clean windows B. loves to clean used windows
C. is fond of clean used windows D. likes clean windows as my mother did
71. This passage mainly tells us that _______.
A. my mother often made us confused B. my family members had a poor memory
C. my mother helped us to form a good habit
D. my wife was surprised when she visited my mother
When I learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble – a word game – against herself, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggested we give her a computer to play against. I wasn’t sure my mother was ready for it. After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’home. And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of computers.
It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything. She has been the one teaching me all my life: to cook and sew; to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back.
It wasn’t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing(文字处理). This proved to be a bigger challenge(挑战) to her, so I gave her some homework I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces.
“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked.
“No, of course not,” I said. “They already know how to use a computer.”
My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy(过敏反应). For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother would answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we’ve had in the past 20 years.
49. What does the author do?
A. She is a cook. B. She is a teacher.
C. She is a housewife. D. She is a computer engineer.
50. The author decided to give her mother a computer .
A. to let her have more chances to write letters
B. to support her in doing her homework
C. to help her through the bad times D. to make her life more enjoyable
51. The author asked her mother to write her a letter .
A. because her mother had stopped using the telephone
B. because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother
C. so that her mother could practice what she had learned
D. so that mother could be free from housework
52. After the computer was brought home, the author’s father .
A. lost interest in cooking B. took more phone calls
C. played more games D. began to use it
I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother"s words as if it were yesterday: “Kerrel, I don"t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him.”
AIDS wasn"t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father"s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.
We couldn"t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn"t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher"s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not share my burden (负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. she saved my life.
I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn"t want to call attention to AIDS. I do.
60. What does Kerrel tell us about her father?
A. He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.
B. He depended on the nurses in his final days.
C. He worked hard to pay for his medication.
D. He told no one about his disease.
61. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
A. Kerrel couldn"t understand her teacher.
B. Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.
C. Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.
D. Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher"s words.
62. Why did Kerrel keep her father"s disease a secret?
A. She was afraid of being looked down upon. B. She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.
C. She found no one willing to listen to her. D. She wanted to obey her mother.
63. Why did Kerrel write the passage?
A. To tell people about the sufferings of her father.
B. To show how little people knew about AIDS.
C. To draw people"s attention to AIDS.
D. To remember her father.
At a few minutes past five, Dave noted that the blanket of darkness was lifting. He was just able to make out the heavier masses that eventually appeared as the familiar trees that lined the road at the base of the hill. The upper reaches of the sky showed lighter shades of gray.
Dave got out of bed quietly and dressed quickly. He mixed a spoonful of instant chocolate into a glass of cold water, and his impatience forced him to finish the drink in gulps.
As he walked down toward the lake, Dave paused to reach for the fishing pole and gear box on the bench where he had left them the night before.
By the time he reached the small boat, a thick white mist (雾气) had spread over the surface of the water. He stepped into the boat, sat down, and rowed out of the weed beds that lined the edge of the shore.
The outer fringe (边缘) of the lake disappeared as the boat moved forward noiselessly. All he could see was the enveloping whiteness. He could not tell where the boat and the surrounding air met the surface of the lake.
Dave rowed steadily ahead, relying on a mental picture of the surroundings. Then the mist began to rise, slowly. It soon rested inches above the still surface of the lake. The heavy silence was now being broken by the fish breaking through the surface as they leaped out of the water for low-flying insects.
The magic time had arrived. Dave raised his pole. Dawn was broken. He was excited with expectancy.
39. Dave got up early in the morning to ______
A. enjoy the scene of the lake B. seek adventure at the lake
C. go fishing in the lake D. take a walk by the lake
40. According to the story, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Dave broke the quietness of the lake. B. Dave was familiar with the surroundings.
C. Dave took a picture of the lake with him. D. Dave forgot the fishing pole at the beginning.
41. The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 6 refers to ______
A. fish B. boat C. silence D. mist
42. What can we learn from the end of the story?
A. Dave was hopeful of catching a lot of fish. B. Dave wished the weather would be better.
C. Dave was happy that dawn was broken. D. Dave expected someone else would come.
最新试题
- 1赵洋家住在××小区七楼，他设计了预防火灾和发生火灾时自救方案，其中错误的是（ ）A．准备灭火器B．发生火灾时应打开门窗
- 2已知反应Ba（OH）2•8H2O+2NH4Cl═BaCl2+2NH3•H2O+8H2O为吸热反应，对该反应的下列说法中正
- 3He was _____ to hear that he failed in the exam. He thought
- 4下列各物质中，属于合成材料的是（ ）A．陶瓷B．钢筋混凝土C．生铁D．塑料
- 5下列关于学习的认识，正确的是①现代社会，学习已经成为生存的一种方式 ②学习是我们的权利，可以行使，也可以自由放弃③学习是
- 6给出下列说法，其中正确的是（ ）①关于的一元二次方程(≠0)，若，则方程一定没有实数根；②关于的一元二次方程(≠0)，若
- 7圆x2+y2-6x-4y+12=0上一点到直线3x+4y-2=0的距离的最大值为______．
- 8下列活动中，属于履行政府职能的是 [ ]①中共中央召开党的十六届三中全会 ②实施南水北调工程 ③2004年1月3
- 9一个均匀的正方体木块，每个面上都是分别标有1、3、5、7、9、11，任意掷出正方体木块，朝上的数字为偶数的可能性是[
- 10将1mol A（g）和2mol B（g）置于2L某密闭容器中，在一定温度下发生反应：A（g）+B（g）C（g）+D（g）
热门考点
- 1对于分式x2-1x+1，当x______时，分式有意义．
- 2学了本册的一二两个单元，老师想请同学以“我爱文学”为主题出一期手抄报。 ① 请为你的手抄报取个比较有文学色彩的名称（如“
- 3下列交叉分类法正确的是（ ）A．B．C．D．
- 4下面是Sarah给Sue的e-mail, 请你仔细阅读原文, 然后根据你的情况,以Sue为名给Sarah发一封e-mai
- 5的展开式中的常数项是 ．（用数字作答）
- 6假如你是张林，刚进入高三学习，需要购买一本英语书面表达的书，请根据下列提示，写信给你在外文书店工作的朋友Jack ，请他
- 7我国是人民当家作主的法治国家。人民行使当家作主权力的机关是 [ ]A．国务院 B．全国人民代表大会和地方各级人民
- 8－The Greens are not here. If you need help, you should _____
- 9如图所示，一束平行光线经过某光学器件后变为发散光，则这个光学器件为 透镜。
- 10直线y=x与函数f(x)=2，x＞mx2+4x+2，x≤m的图象恰有三个公共点，则实数m的取值范围是______．