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 petence (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. disappoint1---20 DBBCD DBACB ADCCA BBDAC
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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。