How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. In a groundbreaking paper published in 1993, cognitive psychologist Anders Ericsson a

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问题     How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. In a groundbreaking paper published in 1993, cognitive psychologist Anders Ericsson added a crucial【C1】______to that old joke. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Deliberate practice. It’s not a【C2】______change. The difference between ineffective and effective practice means the difference between mediocrity and mastery.
    Hundreds of thousands of people took music lessons when they were young and remember little or nothing, giving【C3】______to the notion that learning an instrument is easiest when you’re a kid. The important thing is not just practice but deliberate practice, "a constant sense of【C4】______, of focusing on one’s weaknesses,【C5】______simply fooling around and playing【C6】______one’s strengths. Studies show that practice aimed at【C7】______weaknesses is a better【C8】______of expertise than raw number of hours; playing for【C9】______and repeating what you already know is not necessarily the same as efficiently reaching a new level. Most of the practice that most people do【C10】______almost no effect. "
    So how does deliberate practice work? Anders Ericsson’s 1993 paper【C11】______bracing reading. He makes it clear that a dutiful daily【C12】______to practice is not enough. Long hours of practice are not enough. "Deliberate practice," Ericsson declares sternly, "【C13】______effort and is not inherently enjoyable. " Having given us fair【C14】______, he reveals the secret of deliberate practice: relentlessly focusing on our weaknesses and inventing new ways to【C15】______them out. It sounds simple, even obvious, but it’s something most of us【C16】______. What we don’t do is【C17】______look for ways that we’re failing and【C18】______at those flaws until they’re gone, then search for more ways we’re【C19】______. But almost two decades of research shows that’s exactly what【C20】______the merely good from the great. [298 words]
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选项 A、minor
B、major
C、sudden
D、gradual

答案A

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