A person may have a false idea about himself that will stop him from doing good work.
He may have the belief that he is unable to do it. A child may think he is because he doesn’t understand how to make use of his mental gifts. Old people may have a false idea that they are unable to learn new things because of their .
A person who believes that he is stupid will not make a real because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for . Besides, he won’t work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. , he is likely to fail, and the failure will his belief in his inpetence（无能）in turn.
Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor_ in math. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in math in order that they would not too much of him. In this way, his teacher and parents the idea. He their false judgment of his ability, feeling that it was useless to . Then, he was very poor at math, as they expected.
But one day everything changed. He worked out a problem which of the other students had been able to solve. He in solving the problem which gave him confidence. Soon he became especially good at .
Alder now with interest, determination and purpose. He not only proved that he could learn math well, but luckily he learned it , not too late. From his own experience, we can tell that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may himself as well as others by his ability.
【小题1】A．stupidB．shyC．uselessD．clever【小题2】A．bigB．full C．highD．straight【小题3】A．ability B．ageC．brain D．knowledge【小题4】A．decisionB．planC．promiseD．effort【小题5】A．workB．studyC．pleasureD．success【小题6】A．ThereforeB．ReallyC．HoweverD．Truly【小题7】A．lead to B．strengthenC．improveD．get rid of【小题8】A．a thoughtB．an exampleC．an experienceD．an idea【小题9】A．stateB．mind C．start D．ending【小题10】A．blameB．expectC．getD．win【小题11】A．discovered B．organizedC．developed D．found【小题12】A．brokeB．refusedC．doubtedD．accepted【小题13】A．manage B．argueC．actD．try【小题14】A．onlyB．almostC．justD．then【小题15】A．noneB．all C．someD．most【小题16】A．succeededB．broke C．failedD．believed【小题17】A．physicsB．medicineC．EnglishD．math【小题18】A．studiesB．playsC．worksD．graduates【小题19】A．earlyB．deeplyC．lateD．simply【小题20】A．discourage B．love C．surpriseD．disappointA
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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。
【小题1】考查形容词：A. stupid愚蠢的，B. shy害羞的，C. useless无用的，D. clever聪明的， 从前面的He may have the belief that he is unable to do it.他可能认为自己没有能力做。可知他认为自己愚蠢，选A。
【小题2】考查词组：make full use of 意为“尽量利用、获得最大利益”，为固定搭配。选B。
【小题3】考查动词：A. ability能力，B. age年龄，C. brain 大脑，D. knowledge知识，有些人误认为他们不能学习新东西的原因在于他们的年龄。选B。
【小题4】考查名词：A. decision决定，B. plan计划，C. promise许诺，D. effort努力， 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。选D。
【小题5】考查情态动词，A. work工作，B. study学习，C. pleasure快乐，D. success成功，一个认为自己愚蠢的人是不会有真正的成功的，选D。
【小题6】考查动词：A. Therefore因此，B. Really真的，C. However然而D. Truly真的，
即使他认为他在这么做也不会尽力去做。因此他有可能失败。选A
【小题7】考查词组：A. lead to 导致，B. strengthen加强，C. improve提高D. get rid of消除，失败会增加他认为自己无能的想法。选B
【小题8】考查词组：A. a thought想法B. an example例子 C. an experience经历D. an idea想法，Alfred Adler一个著名的医生有过这样的经历。选C
【小题9】考查名词：A. state状态，B. mind思维，C. start开始，D. ending结束，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。选C
【小题10】考查动词：A. blame 责备，B. expect期望，C. get得到，D. win赢得，expect too much of sb为了不让父母对他期望过高。选B
【小题11】考查动词：A. discovered 发现，B. organized组织，C. developed发展，D. found发现，老师形成一种想法。选C
【小题12】考查名词：A. broke打破，B. refused拒绝，C. doubted怀疑，D. accepted接受，实际上，他也接受这点。选D
【小题13】考查动词：A. manage管理，B. argue 争论，C. act表现，D. try尝试，他认为努力没有用。
选D
【小题14】考查副词，A. only唯一的，B. almost几乎，C. just仅仅，D. then那时，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。选C
【小题15】考查代词：A. none没有人，B. all 所有人C. some一些人，D. most大多数，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。选A
【小题16】考查动词：A. succeeded成功，B. broke打破，C. failed失败，D. believed相信，他成功的算出了题目使他充满自信，选A
【小题17】考查名词：A. physics 物理，B. medicine药品，C. English英语，D. math数学，从后面的He not only proved that he could learn math well,可知很快他就很擅长数学了，选D
【小题18】考查动词：A. studies学习，B. plays玩，C. works工作，学习D. graduates毕业，现在他学习时有兴趣、决心和目的了。选C
【小题19】考查副词，A. early早地，B. deeply深深地，C. late迟的，D. simply简单的，从 not too late很容易确定：答案A
【小题20】考查动词：A. discourage 劝阻，B. love爱，C. surprise使惊讶，D. disappoint使失望，他使自己和别人都感到惊讶。 C符合题意。