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2013-2014初三英语能力训练（一） 一 完形填空 We often talk about ourselves as if we have lasting genetic defects（基因缺陷）that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things off!” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe These words may come from stories about us that have been 2 for years----often from as far back as childhood. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical（操作机械的）skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these s 3 my development? I was never 4 to work on cars. When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude（能力）Test. My grades were in the bottom for the nation! Six years later, 5 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.” Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 6 and told him about my poor performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 7 is it that you can solve difficult maths problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?” Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 8 from some sort of genetic defect. I was the one who kept 9 myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. On the contrary(相反) , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable（不可治愈的）genetic defects, we can do well in almost we choose. （ ）1. A. them B. myself C. yourself D. others （ ）2. A. said B. spoken C. spread D. repeated （ ）3. A. lead B. improve C. affect D. change （ ）4. A. encouraged B. persuaded C. hoped D. agreed （ ）5. A. so B. but C. instead D. however （ ）6. A. experiences B. trips C. careers D. files （ ）7. A. When B. What C. How D. Why （ ）8. A. gain B.