6.【2011·江西上高第七次月考】?完型填空

We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m ? 36 ?.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things off !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe ? 37 ?.

These comments may come from stories about us that have been ? 38 ? for years—often from ? 39 ? childhood. These stories may have no basis in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作機械的) skills, and you will ? 40 ? have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations ? 41 ? my development? I was never ? 42 ? to work on cars or be around ? ?43 ?. 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, ? 44 ?, 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 ? 45 ??down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the ? 46 ? side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life ? 47 ? and told him about my ? 48 ? performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ ?49 ? is it that you can solve? ?50 ? mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t ? 51 ? from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to ? 52 ?. At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been ? 53 ?? 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. ?? 54 ?? , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost ? 55 ? we choose.

36. A. honest B. modest ? ?C. smart D. impatient

37. A. yourself ? ?B. myself ? C. them D. others ?

38. A. said ? B. repeated C. spread ? D. spoken?

39. A. as long as ? B. as much as C. as well as ? D. as far back as

40. A. even B. ever C. never D. still ?

41. A. affect B. improve ? C. lead D. change ?

42. A. hoped ? ?B. demanded ? C. encouraged D. agreed ?

43. A. means ? B. hammers C. houses ? D. tools?

44. A. therefore ? B. however ? ?C. instead ? D. somehow?

45. A. took ? ? B. turned ? C. settled D. closed?

46. A. negative B. active ? C. passive D. subjective ?

47. A. roads ? ? ? B. trips ? C. experiences D. paths ?

48. A. unexpected ? B. average C. excellent ? D. poor?

49. A. When ? B. Why ? C. How D. What?

50. A. common B. advanced ? C. complex D. primary ?

51. A. suffer ? B. separate ? C. arise D. come ?

52. A. adopt ? B. suspect ? C. believe ? D. receive ?

53. A. weakening ? B. accepting ? ? C. abandoning ? D. strengthening?

54. A. As a result ? B. On the contrary ? C. In addition ? D. At the same time

55. A. nothing ? B. something ? C. anything D. none

36—40 ?DABDC ?41—45 ?ACDBA ?46—50 ?ACDBC ?51—55 ?ACDBC