山东德州2014届高考英语一轮复习完形填空加强训练30

山东德州2014届高考英语一轮复习完形填空加强训练30 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects （缺陷） that can never be changed．“I’m impatient．” “I’m always behind．” “I always put things 21 !” You’ve surely heard them．Maybe you’ve used them to describe 22 ． These comments may come from stories about us that have been 23 for years—often from 24 childhood．These stories may have no 25 in fact．But they can set low expectations for us．As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical （操作机械的） skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life．” How did these expectations 26 my development? I was never 27 to work on cars or be around 28 ．When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test．My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation! Six years later, 29 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree．One of my professors, Dr．Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do．On the positive side, I 30 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking．” On the 31 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills．” Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills．I explained my life 32 and told him about my 33 performance on the Army test．Bob then asked, “ 34 is it that you can solve 35 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?” Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 36 from some sort of genetic defect．I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 37 ．At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 38 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless．And it wasn’t just the Army test, either．I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true． 39 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 40 we choose． 21．A．away B．off C．up D．down 22．A．them B．myself C．yourself D．others 23．A．said B．spoken C．spread D．repeated 24．A．as long as B．as far back as C．as well as D．as much as 25．A．basis B．plot C．cause D．meaning 26．A．lead B．improve C．affect D．change 27．A．encouraged B．demanded C．hoped D．agreed 28．A．means B．tools C．facilities D．hammers 29．A．therefore B．somehow C．instead D．however 30．A．settled B．turned C．took D．got 31．A．passive B．active C．negative D．subjective 32．A．experiences B．trips C．roads D．paths 33．A．unexpected B．poor C．excellent D．average 34．A．When B．What C．How D．Why 35．A．complex B．advanced C．common D．primary 36．A．arise B．separate C．suffer D．come 37．A．believe B．suspect C．adopt D．receive 38．A．weakening B．strengthening C．abandoning D.accepting 39．A．As a result B．At the same time C．In addition D．On the contrary 40．A．anything B．something ... ...