南昌市2014高考英语完形填空训练（二十二）及答案或解析.docVIP

南昌市2014高考英语完形填空训练（22）及答案或解析 完型填空：(（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分） 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 16 because he doesn’t understand how to make the 17 of his mental faculties(才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their 18 . A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real 19 because he feels that it would be useless. He won抰 go at a job with the confidence necessary for 20 , and he won抰 work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is 21 likely to fail, and the failure will 22 his belief in his incompetence. Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had 23 like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor 24 in math. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in math in order that they would not 25 too much of him. In this way, they two 26 the idea. He accepted 27 mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless 28 and was very poor at math, 29 as they expected. One day he worked at a problem which 30 of the other students had been able to solve. Alder 31 in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now 32 with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at math. He not only 33 that he could learn math well, but luckily he learnt 34 in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job, with determination and purpose, he may 35 himself as well as others by his ability. 16. A. clever B. shy C. useless D. stupid 17. A. biggest B. most C. highest D. deepest 18. A. ability B. age C. brain D. knowledge 19. A. decision B. success C. effort D. trouble 20. A. work B. study C. improvement