2 . Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first
_______back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an
_______, he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His dad couldn’t afford the
_______ at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done
_______his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities
_______he didn’t have the time or the
_______. He had only one good suit. He tried
_______the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too
_______. During this period Dale was slowly
_______an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could
__________him from achieving his real potential. She
__________that Dale join the debating team, believing that
__________in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts
__________made it. This proved to be a
__________point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the
__________he needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in
__________. Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they,
__________, were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle to
__________his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to
__________an idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And,
__________it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.
1. A.admitted | B.filled | C.supplied | D.recognized |
2. A.assignment | B.education | C.advantage | D.instruction |
3. A.training | B.board | C.teaching | D.equipment |
4. A.between | B.during | C.over | D.through |
5. A.while | B.when | C.because | D.though |
6. A.permits | B.interest | C.talent | D.clothes |
7. 8. A.light | B.flexible | C.optimistic | D.outgoing |
9. A.gaining | B.achieving | C.developing | D.obtaining |
10. A.prevent | B.protect | C.save | D.free |
11. A.suggested | B.demanded | C.required | D.insisted |
12. A.presence | B.practice | C.patience | D.potential |
13. A.hopefully | B.certainly | C.finally | D.naturally |
14. A.key | B.breaking | C.basic | D.turning |
15. A.progress | B.experience | C.competence | D.confidence |
16. A.horse-riding | B.football | C.speech | D.farming |
17. A.in return | B.in brief | C.in turn | D.in fact |
18. A.convey | B.overcome | C.understand | D.build |
19. A.express | B.stress | C.contribute | D.repeat |
20. A.besides | B.beyond | C.like | D.with |