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：“成功或失败在很大程度上取决于你是否能扬长避短。”improvement改进；victory胜利；achievement成果，成就。这三个词都不合题意，只有C. failure“失败”最合适。
2.【答案】B
【解析】on与前面的depend构成本句谓语。
3.【答案】B
【解析】of与名词连用,表示具有某种性质,状态，做表语。置于句首，表示强调。正常语序为：Your attitude is of the utmost importance.
4.【答案】D
【解析】in one′s belief相信。其它选项都不能与belief搭配。
5.【答案】D
【解析】attempt用做名词，后接介词at，意为“试图，努力”；如果后面接介词on，表示攻击的意思。其他两项都不能与attempt搭配。
6.【答案】D
【解析】本句主语是A book keeper or carpenter … 。根据主谓一致原则，其谓语应当用单数is，而不是复数are, being, been都是分词，应该排除。
7.【答案】D
【解析】on与前面的capitalize搭配，表示“利用”。做不定式help的补语。其它选项不能与capitalize搭配。
8.【答案】A
【解析】本句的意思是：“随着更深入的阅读”，从语法角度，此处应填关联词。四个选项中，只有as能用做关联词。
9.【答案】C
【解析】根据上下文，这里应当指“学习技能”。
10.【答案】C
【解析】本句对全文进行总结概括，与文章的开头相呼应，Of the utmost importance is your attitude故选attitude。 |
