We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects(缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been for years—often from childhood. These stories may have no in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical （操作机械的） skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life. ” How did these expectations my development? I was never to work on cars or be around . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. For my strong points, I down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking. ” For the , I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills. ”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life and told him about my performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ is it that you can solve mathematical problems, but you can’t solve easy mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have genetic defects that we can never get over, we can do well in almost we choose.
| 小题2: | | A．them | B．myself | C．yourself | D．others |
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| 小题3: | | A．said | B．spoken | C．spread | D．repeated |
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| 小题4: | | A．as long as | B．as far back as | C．as well as | D．as much as |
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| 小题5: | | A．evidence | B．wisdom | C．cause | D．meaning |
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| 小题6: | | A．lead | B．improve | C．affect | D．change |
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| 小题7: | | A．encouraged | B．demanded | C．hoped | D．agreed |
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| 小题8: | | A．means | B．tools | C．facilities | D．hammers |
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| 小题9: | | A．therefore | B．somehow | C．instead | D．however |
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| 小题10: | | A．settled | B．turned | C．took | D．got |
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| 小题11: | | A．short | B．other | C．weak | D．latter |
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| 小题12: | | A．experiences | B．trips | C．roads | D．paths |
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| 小题13: | | A．unexpected | B．poor | C．excellent | D．average |
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| 小题15: | | A．challenging | B．advanced | C．common | D．normal |
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| 小题16: | | A．handle | B．separate | C．suffer | D．come |
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| 小题17: | | A．believe | B．doubt | C．adopt | D．receive |
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| 小题18: | | A．weakening | B．strengthening | C．questioning | D．accepting |
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| 小题19: | | A．As a result | B．At the same time | C．In addition | D．Instead |
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| 小题20: | | A．everything | B．something | C．nothing | D．none |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:D
小题20:A |
试题分析：本文通过作者自己的故事告诉我们，做任何事情要有自信，如果我们自己不认为自己有基因的缺陷，我们就能做好我们所选择的任何事情。
小题1: B。固定搭配.put off推迟，延误；put up搭建，留宿；put down写下，记下；put away根据上文可以看出我总是推迟事情。
小题2:C。A他们B我自己C你自己D其他人；句意为：可能你常用上面的情况来描述你自己。根据句意，选C。
小题3:D。根据for many years 可以知道“这种评论来源的故事已经重复多年了。”从后文也可知道我反复说自己“You can’t do this！”久而成真。
小题4:B。A只要C和，同，也，并；D多达；这种评论已经许多年了，而且可以追溯到儿童时代。as far back as 早在，远在。
小题5:A。名词辨析。A证据B智慧C原因D意义；根据后文可知,“这些故事实际上是没有依据的”。
小题6:C。动词辨析。A带领B提高，改善C影响D改变；从后文的考试成绩最差可以知道母亲的话对我的发展影响有多大。
小题7: A。动词辨析。A鼓励B要求C希望D同意从来没有人鼓励我从事汽车工具类事情。
小题8: B。名词辨析。A方法B工具，技能C设备D锤子；根据前文的机械类的技能可以知道这里应选B。
小题9:D。虽然我的考试成绩很差，六年后我还是上大学了。由上下文可以看出是转折关系。
小题10:C。动词短语辨析。Take down写下，记下。根据后面write 可以知道前面是take down 写下的意思。
小题11: C。形容词辨析。A短的B其他的C虚弱的，消极的D较晚的；与前面positive 形成对比所以选C。
小题12:A。名词辨析。A经历B旅行C道路D通道；我向老师解释我的经历。
小题13:B。告诉老师我的经历和糟糕的考试成绩。前文提到自己的考试成绩很差，所以选B。
小题14: D。上下文串联。根据ask 一词可以判断用why。
小题15: A。形容词辨析。A有挑战性的B先进的C普通的D正常的。从后面simple一词可以知道此处应是“复杂的”的意思。
小题16: C。suffer from遭受……之苦，患……病。其它短语均不符合句意。
小题17:A。语境理解,从前面老师说我能解决复杂的数学题，而不能解决简单的机械类问题，所以我意识到我没有这方面的遗传缺陷，而我仅仅实现了我所选择的我相信的期望。
小题18: B。作者明白了不是家人和朋友强化了我相信自己在机械方面无望，而是我自己的反复认为自己不行。
小题19:D。上下文串联。与前文形成对比。相反，如果我们自己不认为自己有基因的缺陷，我们就能做好我们所选择的任何事情。
小题20:A。词义辨析。A所有事情B一些事情C没有事情D一个也没有。相反，如果我们自己不认为自己有基因的缺陷，我们就能做好我们所选择的任何事情。 |
核心考点
试题【We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects(缺陷) that c】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we realize that those challenges are the very things that us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with .
When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two . We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing the challenge isn"t worth the and call it quits. Although there are certainly when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most all that is needed is and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. you can say to a friend, "I got my feeling hurt," "You hurt my feelings," you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for they are: small hurdles you need to jump or on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is to get over, and hurt only to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it to everyone, and some day you will all of this and say, "Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing."
| 小题1: | | A．seem to | B．come to | C．hope to | D．try to |
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| 小题2: | | A．design | B．promote | C．direct | D．shape |
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| 小题3: | | A．confidence | B．pressure | C．friendship | D．difficulty |
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| 小题4: | | A．opportunities | B．expectations | C．choices | D．aspects |
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| 小题5: | | A．demanding | B．deserving | C．predicting | D．presenting |
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| 小题6: | | A．comment | B．loss | C．trouble | D．expense |
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| 小题7: | | A．spans | B．times | C．dates | D．ages |
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| 小题8: | | A．cases | B．fields | C．parts | D．occasions |
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| 小题9: | | A．assessment | B．commitment | C．encouragement | D．adjustment |
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| 小题10: | | A．doubtful | B．shameful | C．harmful | D．painful |
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| 小题11: | | A．keep | B．control | C．face | D．catch |
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| 小题12: | | A．space | B．plan | C．topic | D．room |
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| 小题14: | | A．other than | B．rather than | C．or rather | D．or else |
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| 小题15: | | A．what | B．who | C．where | D．which |
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| 小题16: | | A．pass by | B．come across | C．get through | D．run over |
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| 小题17: | | A．unnecessary | B．necessary | C．impossible | D．possible |
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| 小题18: | | A．serves | B．means | C．aims | D．attempts |
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| 小题19: | | A．opens | B．appeals | C．goes | D．happens |
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| 小题20: | | A．look down on | B．look back on | C．look forward to | D．look up to |
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The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.
“Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is . But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?” the child asked.
Dad felt it was his to give a more satisfying answer. “Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each in a very special way. We can test it right now,” he said.
The child stood up, put out his hands, and as snowflakes landed on his gloves. “These snowflakes are all different on my gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more_ and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don"t they well?”
“Choice,”Dad said. "Their choices them what they are.”
“ choice is a bad thing?” the boy asked.
“Oh, no. Only when we choose the things.”
“How do we tell right from wrong?" the child asked.
Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation of his son"s . He reached down and began to with the snow. He the snow into two sides, three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.
“Which side did the right thing?” he asked the boy.
The child looked at both sides but answer. Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.
“It’ s a snowman! The side made me snowman!” the boy replied with
Yes, all these people came together and recognized how special each of them was, so they joined in a(n) to build up mankind,” Dad said.
The child then stood up and an arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the other small piles of snow. He said,”This is what happens when people can"t work together. They have a(n) .”
Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and him tightly, whispering to him, “I hope that your world will learn to work and live together. I hope you will make the right
and learn to build the best snowman ever.”
| 小题1: | | A．different | B．similar | C．freezing | D．special |
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| 小题2: | | A．challenge | B．responsibility | C．trouble | D．position |
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| 小题3: | | A．private | B．associated | C．unique | D．isolated |
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| 小题4: | | A．inspected | B．watched | C．glanced | D．glared |
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| 小题5: | | A．beautiful | B．effective | C．comfortable | D．significant |
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| 小题6: | | A．cheer up | B．take care | C．get along | D．break up |
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| 小题7: | | A．remain | B．appear | C．become | D．make |
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| 小题8: | | A．Though | B．However | C．So | D．While |
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| 小题9: | | A．exact | B． Wrong | C．fortunate | D．coincident |
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| 小题10: | | A．interest | B．concern | C．worry | D．faith |
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| 小题11: | | A．communicate | B．mix | C．work | D．relate |
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| 小题12: | | A．separated | B．divided | C．distinguished | D．parted |
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| 小题13: | | A．couldn" t | B．shouldn" t | C．wouldn" t | D．needn" t |
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| 小题15: | | A．disappointment | B．frustration | C．enthusiasm | D．humour |
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| 小题16: | | A．power | B．effort | C．organization | D．attempt |
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| 小题17: | | A．gathered | B．sorted | C．threw | D．formed |
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| 小题18: | | A．agreement | B．debate | C．war | D．negotiation |
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| 小题19: | | A．trembled | B．swung | C．pulled | D．held |
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| 小题20: | | A．steps | B．turns | C．choices | D．points |
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A young executive was traveling down a neighborhood street．He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something．As his car passed，no children appeared．Instead，a brick smashed into his door! He slammed on the brakes(make his car stop)．The angry driver then jumped out of the car, caught the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car，shouting，“What was that all about and who are you?”
The young boy was apologetic．“Please，Mister．．．Please，I’m sorry…I didn’t know what else to do．I threw the brick because no one else would stop…”
With tears dripping down his face，the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car．“It’s my brother，”he said．“He fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up．”
Now sobbing(crying silently)，the boy asked the executive，“Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me．’’
Moved beyond words，the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat．He hurriedly lifted the boy back into the wheelchair，then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed(a light touch) at the fresh scrapes and cuts．A quick look told him everything was going to be okay．“Thank you and may God bless you．”the grateful child told the stranger．Shaken up for words，the man simply watched the little boy push his wheelchair—bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home．
God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts．Sometimes when we don’t have time to listen，he has to throw a brick at us．Don’t go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!
小题1:The executive slowed down because______. .| A．he saw a boy throw a brick to his car | | B．he saw a boy rush out from between cars | | C．he was afraid some boys suddenly rushed out | | D．a brick smashed into his door |
小题2:The boy threw the brick to the car in order to_________.| A．disturb the driver on purpose | | B．destroy the car of the stranger | | C．ask someone to drive him home | | D．stop someone to help him |
小题3:Knowing the reason why the boy threw the brick at his car the executive must feel .| A．sympathized and excited | | B．regretful and sympathized | | C．ashamed and regretful | | D．angry and regretful |
小题4:After the boy’s brother fell off his wheelchair, .| A．the boy threw bricks at several cars | | B．the boy tried to stop several cars | | C．the boy’s brother was hurt seriously | | D．the boy’s brother wanted to stop a car |
小题5:From the last paragraph we can learn that .| A．you shouldn’t drive so fast that someone throws at you | | B．it is common to throw a brick at a car running too fast | | C．you can’t go through your life without a brick throwing at you | | D．you should pay more attention to others and help them |
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A little part of me thought about going to another checkout line．This one had the shortest ，there was only one guy in it，but he was in a and there seemed to be some difficulties ．
We stepped in behind him．At first, he to be having difficulty getting his groceries onto the counter．But after a while，I realized that what he was actually doing was it into two parts．
I offered to help，but he and the checkout lady had it under ．He asked Julie if she would mind putting his basket away．Then he for his wallet which was in a bag on one side of his chair．The he was positioned and the fact he only had one usable arm this troublesome for him，so I helped there．
The checkout operator came around and gave him his and the goods he needed to have to hand．She one bag of groceries over a handle at the back of his chair．
I offered to get the other bigger bag and he said，“No． you could do me a favor．Take that bag along to the entrance and give it to Angela．"
Angela，it ，was collecting food for people who might go hungry! I hadn’t even her before.
This guy，in spite of the limitations，had bought more than twice as shopping as he needed—and given the bigger bag away to help people!
He didn’t let the fact that he needed help him from being a help．He may have been limited ，but his heart was more than able to overcome all that．
| 小题1: | | A．queue | B．space | C．figure | D．time |
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| 小题2: | | A．supermarket | B．wheelchair | C．helmet | D．uniform |
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| 小题3: | | A．going on | B．holding on | C．paying off | D．setting down |
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| 小题4: | | A．happened | B．seemed | C．used | D．pretended |
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| 小题5: | | A．selecting | B．wrapping | C．handing | D．separating |
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| 小题6: | | A．charge | B．control | C．improvement | D．settlement |
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| 小题7: | | A．empty | B．heavy | C．large | D．broken |
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| 小题8: | | A．felt | B．searched | C．reached | D．seized |
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| 小题9: | | A．spot | B．direction | C．distance | D．way |
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| 小题10: | | A．caught | B．carried | C．made | D．solved |
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| 小题11: | | A．basket | B．bag | C．wallet | D．change |
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| 小题12: | | A．arranged | B．hung | C．loaded | D．connected |
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| 小题14: | | A．turned out | B．found out | C．pointed out | D．put out |
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| 小题15: | | A．already | B．always | C．otherwise | D．fairly |
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| 小题16: | | A．noticed | B．known | C．understood | D．greeted |
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| 小题17: | | A．many | B．much | C．few | D．little |
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| 小题18: | | A．wealthy | B．ordinary | C．other | D．normal |
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| 小题19: | | A．stop | B．require | C．lead | D．persuade |
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| 小题20: | | A．financially | B．morally | C．mentally | D．physically |
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Now you’re a fool for helping. “I don’t want to get ” seems to have become a national motto. One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California to New Orleans, Louisiana. In the middle of the desert, I passed a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time when you’d be called a jerk (混蛋) for passing by somebody _ ___ .
Several days later I was still _ _ about the hitchhiker (搭便车的人), about how I didn’t even lift my foot _ _ the accelerator (加速踏板) for him. “Does anyone stop any more?” I wondered. I Blanche DuBois’s famous line—”I have always depended on the kindness of .” Was that possible these days? One way to this would be for a person to journey across the US without any money, just __ _ _ on the good will of others. What would happen? Would he find food, shelter and support?
The idea intrigued (激起兴趣) me.
The week I turned 37, I realized that I had never done something truly crazy. __ _ _ I decided to really do it: travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. I would only accept __ _ of rides, food and places to sleep. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. I was treated kindly everywhere I went. I was __ _ _ by people’s readiness to help a stranger.
In Oregon, a house painter named Mike __ _ _ the cold weather and asked if I had a coat. I didn’t, so he gave me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker in Michigan named Tim invited me to a(n) _ _ _ _ dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me a tent. I , but Tim insisted, packing it into my bag himself. I found people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or __ _ _ with them whatever they happened to have. Those who had the _ _ _ _ to give often gave the most.
I’m __ _ _ to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter and their gifts. My faith in ordinary folks was __ _ _. I am proud to live in a country where people are still willing to help. Now about the hitchhiker I met the other day, I am feeling __ _ that I did not stop to take him along .
| 小题1: | | A．involved | B．crazy | C．blamed | D．rejected |
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| 小题3: | | A．in danger | B．in need | C．in action | D．in favor |
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| 小题4: | | A．worrying | B．considering | C．concerning | D．thinking |
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| 小题6: | | A．concluded | B．recalled | C．polished | D．submitted |
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| 小题7: | | A．strangers | B．relatives | C．friends | D．colleagues |
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| 小题8: | | A．guide | B．test | C．handle | D．conduct |
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| 小题9: | | A．basing | B．relying | C．insisting | D．relating |
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| 小题11: | | A．jobs | B．supplies | C．helps | D．offers |
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| 小题12: | | A．frightened | B．annoyed | C．disappointed | D．amazed |
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| 小题13: | | A．noted | B．saw | C．felt | D．sensed |
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| 小题14: | | A．simple | B．rich | C．awesome | D．interesting |
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| 小题15: | | A．understood | B．refused | C．paused | D．disobeyed |
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| 小题16: | | A．supplied | B．offered | C．shared | D．provided |
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| 小题17: | | A．grandest | B．most | C．least | D．best |
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| 小题18: | | A．careful | B．grateful | C．hopeful | D．helpful |
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| 小题19: | | A．created | B．reminded | C．renewed | D．returned |
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| 小题20: | | A．guilty | B．sceptical | C．delighted | D．shallow |
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