A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the____36____ that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make the ____37____ of his mental faculties(官能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of ____38_____ anything new because of their age. A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real ____39_____ , because he feels that it ____40_____ be useless, he won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for success, and he won’t work his hardest, even though he may____41_____ he is doing so. He is ____42_____ likely to fail, and the failure will ____43____ belief in his incompetence(无能). Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had a (an) ____44_____ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor ____45____ in maths. His teacher told his ____46_____ he had no ability in maths in order that they would not ____47____ too much of him.____48_____he too accepted ____49_____ mistaken thinking of his ability, and he felt that it was useless to ____50____, and was very poor at maths, ____51____ as they expected. One day he worked out a problem which ____52_____ of the other students had been able to solve. Adler succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now ____53____ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at ____54____. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned early in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may ____55_____ himself as well as others by his ability.
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:D
小题20:C
题目分析：本文以Alfred Alder医生在小学学习数学的事情为例，说明了自信心对于人的学习、工作的重要性。
小题1:考查名词：A. belief 想法B. way方式C. fact事实D. condition 条件，他可能认为自己没有能力做。选A。
小题2:考查词组：make the most of 意为“尽量利用、获得最大利益”，为固定搭配。选B。
小题3:考查动词：A. teaching教B. learning学C. accepting 接受D. using用，
有些人误认为他们不能学习新东西的原因在于他们的年龄。选B。
小题4:考查名词：A. decision 决定B. success成功C. effort努力D. trouble麻烦，
make an effort指“尽力、努力”，此句意为：一个认为自己无能的人是不会尽一切努力的，因为他感到这样做也没有用。选C。
小题5:考查情态动词，这里表示虚拟，用would，他觉得这可能没有用。选A。
小题6:考查动词：A. forget忘记B. think认为C. guess猜测D. understand理解，即使他认为他在这么做也不会尽力去做。选B。
小题7:考查副词：A. nevertheless然而 B. moreover还有C. however然而D. therefore表示“因此，从而”。因此他有可能失败。选D。
小题8:考查词组：A. lead to导致B. add to 增加C. take to喜欢，从事D. contribute to有助于，失败会增加他认为自己无能的想法。选B。
小题9:考查名词：A. experience经历 B. example例子C. thought 想法D. story故事，Alfred Adler一个著名的医生有过这样的经历。选A。
小题10:考查动词：根据下文，后来Alfred Alder 数学学得很好。因此只是开始（start ）学得不好。选C。
小题11:考查名词：A. classmates 同学B. friends朋友C. neighbors邻居D. parents父母，老师告诉他的父母他缺少数学才能。选D。
小题12:考查动词：expect too much of sb为了不让父母对他期望过高。选D。
小题13:考查副词：A. Virtually实际上，实质上B. Gradually逐渐的C. Fortunately幸运地D. Especially尤其地，实际上，他也接受这点。选A。
小题14:考查形容词性物主代词，实际上，他也接受他们的错误的想法，用their代替：teachers and parents。
小题15:考查动词：A. manage设法B. succeed成功C. try“努力、尝试”D. act表现，他认为努力没有用。选C。
小题16:考查副词：A. only 只有B. almost几乎C. just仅仅，D. nearly几乎， just as they expected表示“正如家长和老师们所预料的那样”。just 相当于exactly。
小题17:考查代词：根据文章意思，一天他在做他们班其他同学都不会做的题目。选A。
小题18:考查动词：A. lived 生活B. worked工作C. played玩D. graduated毕业，现在他学习时有兴趣、决心和目的了。选B。
小题19:考查上下文串联根据文章意思，很容易确定：他很快就擅长数学了。答案D。
A。early in his life指年轻时。类似的短语有early in the morning等。
小题20:考查动词：A. encourage鼓励B. love爱C. astonish “使吃惊，使震惊”,D. disappoint使…失望，C符合题意。 他使自己和别人都感到惊讶。
点评：本文是关于如何克服自己的不自信。说明了自信心对于人的学习、工作的重要性。集中考查了考生的归纳整理能力，要求能抓住段落中的中心句和关键词准确的把握段落大意。这类阅读理解要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。