The secret of success is what you say not what you think. Several years ago, I started representing a new service in the . I started out like a wildfire and within a few days I had reached stardom(明星的地位) within the company. About a year into it. I started to work with a young lady who always said the most and defeating things I’d ever heard in my life. , I found myself repeating the very same defeatism(失败情绪), which my sales dropping and my shining stardom fading away, and I couldn’t understand . At first, I myself to say negative things about , and then after some , the tables turned and I began to those things about myself. Before long, I had 51 myself into being a failure. Did it happen ? No, it snuck(偷偷跑来) its way into my life; little by little. I’m sure you’re what I did to get out of that hole that I dug for myself. I started to talk myself back into being ; I printed lists of things to say about myself, most of which was the exact of what I felt about myself at the time. In order to achieve anything in life, you have to believe that you can achieve it; in order to believe that you can achieve you have to think it’s possible; in order to think it’s possible you have to tell yourself it is. Yes, it will take time for you to get to a place where you finally believe you can accomplish what you set out to achieve, but the first person you have to is yourself. I dare you to write positive things down about yourself and start saying them to yourself every morning, at lunch and just before you go to bed for the next 30 days and see for yourself the that it can make. You have nothing to except the negative and that wouldn’t be such a bad thing.
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:A
题目分析：文章大意：文章作者以自身做市场销售的经历告诉我们一个道理：只有积极的面对自己，做事情才能够成功。
小题1:考查上下文连串。A. career职业；B. school学校；C. marketplace市场；D. hospital医院。根据后句which my sales dropping and my shining stardom fading away可知作者是一名新的市场销售代表。故选C。
小题2:考查副词。A. just刚刚；B. even甚至；C. alone独自；D. yet然后。句意是：我开始像野火一样，刚刚几天之内就在公司到达明星地位。故选A。
小题3:考查形容词。A. positive积极的；B. active活跃的；C. reliable可靠的；D. negative消极的。句意是：我开始和一个年轻的女士一起工作，她总是说一些我生活中曾经听说过的最消极和失败的事情。故选D。
小题4:考查副词。A. simply 简单地；B.eventually最终；C. actually事实上；D. hopefully抱有希望地。句意是：最终，我发现自己重复着相同的失败的情绪。故选B。
小题5:考查动词及短语辨析。A. resulted from由于；B. resulted in导致；C. prevented阻止；D. protected保护。句意是：这就导致了我的销售下降。故选B。
小题6:考查疑问代词。A. why为什么；B. how怎么；C. which哪一个；D. when什么时候。句意：我不能够知道是为什么。故选A。
小题7:考查动词。A. advised建议；B. allowed允许；C. forbade禁止；D. forced被迫。起初，我允许自己说些消极的事情。故选B。
小题8:考查代词。A. anyone任何人；B. everyone每个人；C. someone某人；D. others其他人。句意是：关于其他人，我允许自己说些消极的事情。故选D。
小题9:考查动词。A. dislike不喜欢；B. pride自豪；C. disappointments失望；D. pleasure使高兴。句意是：然后令一些人很失望。故选C。
小题10:考查动词。A. think认为；B. speak发言；C. say 说；D. find发现。句意：我开始说那些关于我的事情。故选C。
小题11:考查动词。A. told告诉；B. looked看；C. 1eft离开；D. talked交谈。不久之后，我开始说服自己作为一个失败者。故选D。
小题12:考查副词。A. unfortunately不幸地；B. overnight在夜里，突然；C. carefully仔细地；D. slowly慢慢地。句意是：它是突然发生的吗？不，它是偷偷跑进我的生活的。故选B。
小题13:考查动词。A. wondering想知道；B. noticing注意；C. remembering记得；D. reflecting反映。句意是：我肯定你想知道我是怎么走出我所挖的洞的，故选A。
小题14:考查形容词。A. successful成功的；B. honest诚实的；C. hardworking勤奋的；D. special专门的。我开始说服自己回到成功。故选A。
小题15:考查形容词。A. passive消极的；B. rude粗鲁的；C. positive积极的；D. silly傻的。句意是：我打印了一串写着我自己积极的事情。故选C。
小题16:考查动词及形容词。A. thought想；B. aware意识到；C. same 相同的；D. opposite相反的。大多数是我那时候确确相反的。故选D。
小题17:考查副词。A. only仅仅；B. first第一；C. very非常；D. 1ast最后。你不得不第一次相信你能够获得。故选B。
小题18:考查动词。A. catch抓住；B. arrange安排；C. remind提醒；D. convince信服。句意是：但是第一个你不得不相信的人。故选D。
小题19: 考查名词。A. advance前进；B. step步伐；C. difference区别；D. change改变。看看你自己它所能产生的差别。故选C。
小题20:考查动词。A. lose失去；B. prepare准备；C. take带走；D. keep保存。句意是：除了消极你没有什么可失去。故选A。