完形填空 (共20小题,每小题1分.满分20分) 请认真阅读下面短文.从短文后各题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中.选出最佳选项.并在答题卡上将该项涂黑. We

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We often talk about ourselves asif we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’malways behind.” “I always put things   31  !” You’vesurely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe   32  .

These comments may come fromstories about us that have been   33   for years—often from   34  childhood. These stories may have no   35  infact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said tome, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will never have anymechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations  36  my development? I was never   37   to workon cars or be around    38  . When I was 18, I tookthe US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for theentire nation!

Six years later,   39 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of myprofessors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well andthings I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I   40   down,“research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the   41   side,I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob asked me how I knew I had nomechanical skills. I explained my life   42   andtold him about my   43   performance on the Armytest. Bob then asked, “  44   is it that you cansolve    45   mathematical problems, but youcan’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 46   from some sort of genetic defect. I was just livingout expectations that I had chosen to  47 . At that point, it wasn’tjust my family and friends who had been  48   my beliefthat I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. Iwas the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that aslong as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true.   49  ,if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can dowell in almost   50   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. basis              B.plot             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. goods            D.hammers 

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

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

11.A. passive       B.active       C. negative         D.subjective 

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. complex       B.advanced         C. common           D.primary 

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

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

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

19.A. As a result  B. At thesame time  C. In addition      D. On thecontrary 

20.A. anything B.something        C. nothing              D.all

试题答案

【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】略