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 incompetence（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．stupid | B．shy | C．useless | D．clever |
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| 小题2: | | A．big | B．full | C．high | D．straight |
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| 小题3: | | A．ability | B．age | C．brain | D．knowledge |
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| 小题4: | | A．decision | B．plan | C．promise | D．effort |
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| 小题5: | | A．work | B．study | C．pleasure | D．success |
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| 小题6: | | A．Therefore | B．Really | C．However | D．Truly |
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| 小题7: | | A．lead to | B．strengthen | C．improve | D．get rid of |
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| 小题8: | | A．a thought | B．an example | C．an experience | D．an idea |
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| 小题9: | | A．state | B．mind | C．start | D．ending |
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| 小题10: | | A．blame | B．expect | C．get | D．win |
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| 小题11: | | A．discovered | B．organized | C．developed | D．found |
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| 小题12: | | A．broke | B．refused | C．doubted | D．accepted |
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| 小题13: | | A．manage | B．argue | C．act | D．try |
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| 小题14: | | A．only | B．almost | C．just | D．then |
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| 小题16: | | A．succeeded | B．broke | C．failed | D．believed |
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| 小题17: | | A．physics | B．medicine | C．English | D．math |
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| 小题18: | | A．studies | B．plays | C．works | D．graduates |
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| 小题19: | | A．early | B．deeply | C．late | D．simply |
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| 小题20: | | A．discourage | B．love | C．surprise | D．disappoint |
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