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 2 great extent, 3 your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. 4 the utmost importance is your attitude. A person 5 begins a job convinced that he isn't going to like it or is 6 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 7 his belief that he is probably as capable 8 doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt 9 it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well。 10 the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A bookkeeper who can't add or a carpenter who can't cut a straight line with a saw 11 hopeless cases. This book has been designed to help you capitalize 12 the strength and overcome the 13 that you bring to the job of learning. But in groups to measure your development, you must first 14 stock of somewhere you stand now. 15 we get further along in the book, we'll be 16 in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening 17 skills. However, 18 begin with, you should pause 19 examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your 20 , your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.

　　1.A.improvement B.victory C.failure D.achievement

　　2.A.a B.the C.some D.certain

　　3.A.in B.on C.of D.to

　　4.A.Out of B.Of C.To D.Into

　　5.A.who B.what C.that D.which

　　6.A.ensure B.certain C.sure D.surely

　　7.A.onto B.on C.off D.in

　　8.A.to B.at C.of D.for

　　9.A.near B.on C.by D.at

　　10.A.Have B.Had C.Having D.Had been

　　11.A.being B.been C.are D.is

　　12.A.except B.but C.for D.on

　　13.A.idea B.weakness C.strength D.advantage

　　14.A.make B.take C.do D.give

　　15.A.as B.till C.over D.out

　　16.A.deal B.dealt C.be dealt D.dealing

　　17.A.learnt B.learned C.learning D.learn

　　18.A.around B.to C.from D.beside

　　19.A.to B.onto C.into D.with

　　20.A.intelligence B.work C.attitude D.weakness

　　答案與解析

　　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。”improvement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】A

　　【解析】to a great extent是固定短語，意思是“很大程度上”，符合題意。類似的說法還有：to a large extent,to some extent, to an extent, to a certain extent, to that extent, to the extent of…。the, some, certain都不能與great extent搭配。

　　3.【答案】B

　　【解析】on與前面的depend構成本句謂語。

　　4.【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.

　　5.【答案】A

　　【解析】A person后應當是定語從句,“開始工作的那個人”。

　　6.【答案】C

　　【解析】本句的意思是“如果一個剛剛開始工作的人就深信自己不會喜歡或肯定不適應這項工作，那么阻礙他成功的缺點就暴露出來了。”or后面省略了主語he。ensure保證;certain肯定的(只能用于It做主語的句子里);surely確實地;sure肯定的。

　　7.【答案】D

　　【解析】in one's belief相信。其它選項都不能與belief搭配。

　　8.【答案】C

　　【解析】capable of doing是固定搭配，意為“能夠干什么”。

　　9.【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。

　　10.【答案】C

　　【解析】本句的意思是“具有某一工作的必要技能是一個優(yōu)勢”此處應填句子的主語，故選動名詞having。

　　11.【答案】D

　　【解析】本句主語是A book�瞜eeper or carpenter…。根據(jù)主謂一致原則，其謂語應當用單數(shù)is，而不是復數(shù)are。being, been都是分詞，應該排除。

　　12.【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。

　　13.【答案】B

　　【解析】本句的意思是“克服缺點”,應選weakness(缺點，弱點)。idea觀點;strength優(yōu)點;advantage優(yōu)勢。

　　14.【答案】B

　　【解析】固定短語take stock of，意為“對……估價，對……作出判斷”。

　　15.【答案】A

　　【解析】本句的意思是：“隨著更深入的閱讀”，從語法角度，此處應填關聯(lián)詞。四個選項中，只有as能用做關聯(lián)詞。

　　16.【答案】D

　　【解析】選項A, B, C分別是deal(處理，論述，涉及)的原形，過去分詞及被動語態(tài)。根據(jù)語法和語義，此處應填將來進行時，意思是“隨著書中內(nèi)容的進一步深入，我們將詳細論述發(fā)展和加強學習技能的具體過程。”

　　17.【答案】C

　　【解析】根據(jù)上下文，這里應當指“學習技能”。

　　18.【答案】B

　　【解析】固定短語to begin with，意為“首先，第一”，常用做插入語。

　　19.【答案】A

　　【解析】謂語動詞pause后，examine又是動詞原形，所以這里應當選to，可構成動詞不定式，做目的狀語。其余選項都是介詞，不合題意。

　　20.【答案】C

　　【解析】本句對全文進行總結概括，與文章的開頭相呼應，Of the utmost importance is your attitude故選attitude。