The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how __1__ you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would __2__ not to take the test.
Many students jumped up to __3__ the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the __4__ students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last __5__.” Two more students decided to go.
Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the __6__. There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just __7__ an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test __8__ any teacher could and should give. Students who are not __9__ in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).
The same is __10__ in real life. The A students are those who believfile:///C:\Users\李前军12\AppData\Local\Temp\ksohtml\wpsA7D1.tmp.jpge in what they are doing because they have __11__ both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education __12__ from events in their lives, and have become __13__ people.
Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you __14__ that you have some limits(限制). However, there is __15__ you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.
( )1. A. luckily B. terribly C. quietly D. hard
( )2. A. dislike B. help C. prefer D. start
( )3. A. thank B. praise C. fight D. criticize
( )4. A. following B. relaxing file:///C:\Users\李前军12\AppData\Local\Temp\ksohtml\wpsA7D2.tmp.jpgC. worrying D. remaining
( )5. A. chance B. trouble C. test D. idea
( )6. A. results B. presents C. papers D. essays
( )7. A. given B. sent C. discovered D. received
( )8. A. where B. that C. what D. when
( )9. A. confident B. necessary C. mysterious D. convenient
( )10. A. unusual B. impossible C. true D. special
( )1file:///C:\Users\李前军12\AppData\Local\Temp\ksohtml\wpsA7E2.tmp.jpg1. A. broken off B. dreamed of file:///C:\Users\李前军12\AppData\Local\Temp\ksohtml\wpsA7F3.tmp.jpg C. learned from D. cared about
( )12. A. and B. or C. but D. so
( )13. A. ruder B. cuter C. worse D. better
( )14. A. decide B. forget C. realize D. imagine
( )15. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
语篇解读:本文通过讲述一位老师测试学生的自信心的故事,告诉我们自信是前进的动力。
1. D。根据下文此句“because I know you can do it well”可知答案。