If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or ___1___ in your work would depend, to a great extent, ___2___ your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. ___3___ the utmost importance is your attitude. A person who begins a job convinced that he isn′t going to like it or is certain that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success. On the other hand, a person who is secure ___4___ his belief that he is probably as capable of doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt ___5___ it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well.
Having the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A book keeper who can′t add or a carpenter who can′t cut a straight line with a saw ___6___ hopeless cases.
This book has been designed to help you capitalize ___7___ the strength and overcome the weakness that you bring to the job of learning. But in order to measure your development, you must first take stock of where you stand now. ___8___ we get further along in the book, we′ll be dealing in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening ___9___ skills. However, to begin with, you should pause to examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your ___10___ , your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.
1. A. improvement B. victory C. failure D. achievement
2. A. in B. on C. of D. to
3. A. Out of B. Of C. To D. Into
4. A. onto B. on C. off D. in
5. A. near B. on C. by D. at
6. A. being B. been C. are D. is
7. A. except B. but C. for D. on
8. A. as B. till C. over D. out
9. A. learnt B. learned C. learning D. learn
10. A. intelligence B. work C. attitude D. weakness
1.【答案】C
【解析】本句的意思是：“成功或失敗在很大程度上取決于你是否能揚長避短?！眎mprovement改進；victory勝利；achievement成果，成就。這三個詞都不合題意，只有C. failure“失敗”最合適。
2.【答案】B
【解析】on與前面的depend構(gòu)成本句謂語。
3.【答案】B
【解析】of與名詞連用,表示具有某種性質(zhì),狀態(tài)，做表語。置于句首，表示強調(diào)。正常語序為：Your attitude is of the utmost importance.
4.【答案】D
【解析】in one′s belief相信。其它選項都不能與belief搭配。
5.【答案】D
【解析】attempt用做名詞，后接介詞at，意為“試圖，努力”；如果后面接介詞on，表示攻擊的意思。其他兩項都不能與attempt搭配。
6.【答案】D
【解析】本句主語是A book keeper or carpenter … 。根據(jù)主謂一致原則，其謂語應(yīng)當(dāng)用單數(shù)is，而不是復(fù)數(shù)are, being, been都是分詞，應(yīng)該排除。
7.【答案】D
【解析】on與前面的capitalize搭配，表示“利用”。做不定式help的補語。其它選項不能與capitalize搭配。
8.【答案】A
【解析】本句的意思是：“隨著更深入的閱讀”，從語法角度，此處應(yīng)填關(guān)聯(lián)詞。四個選項中，只有as能用做關(guān)聯(lián)詞。
9.【答案】C
【解析】根據(jù)上下文，這里應(yīng)當(dāng)指“學(xué)習(xí)技能”。
10.【答案】C
【解析】本句對全文進行總結(jié)概括，與文章的開頭相呼應(yīng)，Of the utmost importance is your attitude故選attitude。
Having the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A book keeper who can′t add or a carpenter who can′t cut a straight line with a saw ___6___ hopeless cases.
This book has been designed to help you capitalize ___7___ the strength and overcome the weakness that you bring to the job of learning. But in order to measure your development, you must first take stock of where you stand now. ___8___ we get further along in the book, we′ll be dealing in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening ___9___ skills. However, to begin with, you should pause to examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your ___10___ , your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.
1. A. improvement B. victory C. failure D. achievement
2. A. in B. on C. of D. to
3. A. Out of B. Of C. To D. Into
4. A. onto B. on C. off D. in
5. A. near B. on C. by D. at
6. A. being B. been C. are D. is
7. A. except B. but C. for D. on
8. A. as B. till C. over D. out
9. A. learnt B. learned C. learning D. learn
10. A. intelligence B. work C. attitude D. weakness
1.【答案】C
【解析】本句的意思是：“成功或失敗在很大程度上取決于你是否能揚長避短?！眎mprovement改進；victory勝利；achievement成果，成就。這三個詞都不合題意，只有C. failure“失敗”最合適。
2.【答案】B
【解析】on與前面的depend構(gòu)成本句謂語。
3.【答案】B
【解析】of與名詞連用,表示具有某種性質(zhì),狀態(tài)，做表語。置于句首，表示強調(diào)。正常語序為：Your attitude is of the utmost importance.
4.【答案】D
【解析】in one′s belief相信。其它選項都不能與belief搭配。
5.【答案】D
【解析】attempt用做名詞，后接介詞at，意為“試圖，努力”；如果后面接介詞on，表示攻擊的意思。其他兩項都不能與attempt搭配。
6.【答案】D
【解析】本句主語是A book keeper or carpenter … 。根據(jù)主謂一致原則，其謂語應(yīng)當(dāng)用單數(shù)is，而不是復(fù)數(shù)are, being, been都是分詞，應(yīng)該排除。
7.【答案】D
【解析】on與前面的capitalize搭配，表示“利用”。做不定式help的補語。其它選項不能與capitalize搭配。
8.【答案】A
【解析】本句的意思是：“隨著更深入的閱讀”，從語法角度，此處應(yīng)填關(guān)聯(lián)詞。四個選項中，只有as能用做關(guān)聯(lián)詞。
9.【答案】C
【解析】根據(jù)上下文，這里應(yīng)當(dāng)指“學(xué)習(xí)技能”。
10.【答案】C
【解析】本句對全文進行總結(jié)概括，與文章的開頭相呼應(yīng)，Of the utmost importance is your attitude故選attitude。