完形填空 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 all 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 order to measure your development, you must first 14 stock of where 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.
[解析] to a great extent是固定短语,意思是“很大程度上”,符合题意。类似的说法还有:to a large extent, to some extent, to an extent, to a certain extent, to that extent, to the extent of…等。the, some, certain都不能与great extent搭配。
[解析] 本句对全文进行总结概括,与文章前面的内容“of the utmost importance is your attitude”相呼应,故选attitude。
Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps 21 the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, 22 reading material and giving out 23 . The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and 24 what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture 25 notes which do not catch the main points and 26 become hard even for the 27 to understand. Most institutions provide courses which 28 new students to develop the skills they need to be 29 listeners and note-takers. 30 these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skill guides which 31 learners to practice these skills 32 In all cases it is important to 33 the problems 34 actually starting your studies. It is important to 35 that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills 36 in college study. One way of 37 these difficulties is to attend language and study-skill classes which most institutions provide throughout the 38 year. Another basic 39 is to find a study partner 40 it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.
21.
A.extending
B.illustrating
C.performing
D.conducting
A B C D
B
[解析] 此处意为“老师会花一两个小时来讲课,他可能会用幻灯片来解释讲课内容,在黑板上写出一些重要的信息,散发一些阅读材料并布置作业”。illustrate:用图解说明,举例说明;extend:延长;perform:履行;conduct:实施。conduct a talk也是允许的搭配,但“用幻灯片来做讲座”,没有“用幻灯片来解释讲座”更切题。