A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the idea he is not capable of it

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问题     A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the idea he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make the most of his mental faculties, or he may accept another person’s mistaken estimate of his ability. Older people may be handicapped by the mistaken belief that they are incapable of learning anything new because of their age.
    A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real effort, because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for success. He is therefore likely to fail, and the failure will strengthen his belief in his incompetence.
    Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had an experience which illustrates this. When he was a small boy he got off to poor start in arithmetic. His teacher got the idea that he had no ability in arithmetic, and told his parents what she thought in order that they would not expect too much of him. In this way, they too developed the idea, "Isn’t it too bad that Alfred can’t do arithmetic?" He accepted their mistaken estimate of his ability, felt that it was useless to try, and was very poor at arithmetic, just as they expected.
    One day Adler succeeded in solving a problem which none of the other students had been able to solve. This gave him confidence. He rejected the idea that he couldn t do arithmetic and was determined to show them that he could. His new found confidence stimulated him to go at arithmetic problems with a new spirit. He now worked with interest, determination, and purpose, and he soon became extraordinarily good at arithmetic.
    This experience made him realize that many people have more ability than they think they have, and that lack of success is as often the result of lack of knowledge of how to apply one’s ability, lack of confidence, and lack of determination as it is the result of lack of ability.
A person who believes in his incompetence will______.

选项 A、make no real efforts
B、fail to go at a job
C、show a complete lack of confidence
D、all of the above

答案A

解析 本题是一道具体细节题。问如果一个人认为自己无能的话,他会怎样做。利用查阅式阅读法,我们可以在文章的第二段第一句话中找到相关信息。这句话指出,相信自己无能的人不会做出真正的努力,因为他认为那是徒劳的。他做工作缺乏成功所必需的信心。所以,他可能会失败,而失败又会加强他认为自己无能的信念。因此,本题的正确答案应是A“他不会去真正努力地做事”。
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