完形填空（共15小题, 每小题1分， 满分15分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
For years we have been told that encouraging a child’s self-respect is important to his or her success in life.
__41__ child experts are now learning that __42__ praise can lead to the opposite effect. Praise-aholic(受表扬上瘾的) kids who __43__ it at every turn may become teens who try to get the same kind of __44__ from friends when asked if they want to go in the backseat of the car.
The meaning of saying “You are the __45__ girl in class,” or talking about the goals she scored but not her general __46__, is that you love her __47__ when she looks the best, scores the highest, achieves the most. And this __48__ over to the classroom.
Social psychologist Carrol Dweck, PhD, tested the effects of overpraise on 400 fifth graders __49__ she was at Columbia University. She found that the kids who were __50__ for “trying hard” did better on tests and were more likely to take on difficult tasks than __51__ praised for being “smart”.
“Praising qualities or abilities leads to a false __52__ that success will come to you because you __53__ that quality, and it devalues(贬值) effort. __54__, children are afraid to take on challenges, ” says Dweck, now at Stanford University, “They think they’d better __55__while they’re ahead.”
小题1:
小题2:
| A．enough | B．a little | C．too much | D．some |
小题3:
| A．expect | B．rescue | C．notice | D．design |
小题4:
| A．education | B．praise | C．competition | D．direction |
小题5:
| A．prettiest | B．youngest | C．tallest | D．fattest |
小题6:
| A．ability | B．value | C．kindness | D．effort |
小题7:
| A．still | B．only | C．already | D．yet |
小题8:
| A．carries | B．looks | C．turns | D．takes |
小题9:
| A．while | B．because | C．until | D．unless |
小题10:
| A．set down | B．looked through | C．picked up | D．thought highly of |
| 小题12: | | A．idea | B．plan | C．schedule | D．decision |
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小题13:
| A．have | B．like | C．advise | D．make |
| 小题14: | | A．After all | B．At first | C．As a result | D．In addition |
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小题15:
| A．move | B．stop | C．fight | D．work |
