文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了马克小时候参加拼写大赛,因为记住了理发师说的“要有自信,这是赢家的秘密武器”而取得了成功。后来他创办了自己的公司,在接受记者的采访时,回答成功的原因时,他回答的是“自信是成功者的秘密武器。”
2 . When my son Mark was eight years old, his teacher _________a class spelling contest, the prize being a pizza lunch for the winner plus three friends. Mark wanted to win that contest _________. He could practically _________the pizza, hot with cheese.
In _________of the contest, Mark actually agreed to a haircut, and _________he changed his mind, I took him off to the barbershop.
“Make it a lucky cut, ” I _________barber Joe. “Mark’s _________in a very important spelling contest next week. ”
“Well, did you do your homework?” the _________asked.
“Yeah. ”Mark replied.
“Do you have confidence?” barber Joe asked.
“Confidence. C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-C-E. Confidence. A lot of people spell that one _________, ” Mark explained.
“Sure. You can spell it, ” barber Joe__________. “But do you have it? You have to have confidence in yourself, son. It’s a winner’s secret __________”Mark looked at barber Joe’s reflection in the mirror, being very __________to move only his eyes and not his head for fear of losing a piece of ear to barber Joe’s scissors. “The secret weapon, huh? Confidence!”And with that, Mark __________a new motto to his bag of tricks: I CAN WIN THE SPELLING CONTEST!
And he did. And the pizza was __________ . And Mark never forgot barber Joe’s words: “You have got to have confidence in __________, son. It’s a winner’s secret weapon.”
__________later, after creating his own firm and __________himself as a famous architect, Mark began receiving interview requests. During an interview, the reporter __________with a question that almost stumped Mark “You’re considered a great architect. When everyone around says it can’t be done, what makes you think you can__________?”
After thinking a bit, Mark replied, “__________. It’s a winner’s secret weapon.”
1. A.gave | B.accomplished | C.announced | D.adapted |
2. A.barely | B.badly | C.partly | D.sightly |
3. A.taste | B.donate | C.apply | D.make |
4. A.fear | B.need | C.favour | D.honor |
5. A.when | B.before | C.after | D.since |
6. A.instructed | B.begged | C.pleased | D.blessed |
7. A.taking | B.catching | C.competing | D.turning |
8. A.mother | B.barber | C.cook | D.reporter |
9. A.right | B.serious | C.perfect | D.wrong |
10. A.responded | B.interrupted | C.signed | D.remarked |
11. A.discoveries | B.tasks | C.legs | D.arms |
12. A.careful | B.content | C.casual | D.aimless |
13. A.explained | B.added | C.found | D.introduced |
14. A.free | B.bitter | C.spare | D.heavenly |
15. A.me | B.yourself | C.ourselves | D.you |
16. A.Months | B.Weeks | C.Decades | D.Seasons |
17. A.regarding | B.disguising | C.establishing | D.taking |
18. A.led | B.dealt | C.caught | D.did |
19. A.pull it off | B.pull it in | C.pull it out | D.put it back |
20. A.Perseverance | B.Passion | C.Attitude | D.Confidence |