If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or failure in your work would depend, (1)a great extent,(2)your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best(3). Of the(4)importance is your attitude. A person who begins a job(5)that he isn't going to like it or is sure that he is going to fail is(6)a weakness which can only hold back his success.(7), a person who is secure of his belief(8)he is probably as(9)of doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful(10)at it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The(11)are that he will do well.

Having the prerequisite（首要必備的）skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A book-keeper who can't add or a carpenter who can't cut a straight line with a saw(12)hopeless cases.

This book has been designed to help you(13)the strength and overcome the weakness that you bring to the job of learning. But in order to measure your development， you must first take(14)of where you stand now.(15)we get further along in the book，we'll be dealing in some detail with(16)processes for developing and(17)learning skills.(18), you should stop(19)your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are(20)to your success or failure in school: your attitude, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.

1. A.on B.for C.of D.to

Best Answer: D

詳解：D)。考查固定搭配。to…extent的意思是“到……程度”。

2. A.in B.at C.on D.for

Best Answer: C

詳解：C)。考查固定搭配。depend on“依靠，依賴”，此處depend與on被插入語to a great extent分開了，要注意識別。

3. A.advantage B.convenience C.benefit D.interest

Best Answer: A

詳解：A)。考查固定搭配。to advantage“有利地，使優(yōu)點突出地”。其余各選項雖帶有“好處、方便”的意思，但均不能與介詞to搭配。

4. A.ultimate B.remote C.utmost D.eventual

Best Answer: C

詳解：C)。考查形容詞語義及搭配。選項A)ultimate極端的；更終的，如：ultimate goal更終目標。選項B) remote意為“遙遠的

5. A.convinced B.convincing C.being convinced D. having been convinced

Best Answer: A

詳解：A)。考查分詞。根據(jù)上下文，此處應選A) convinced，用作伴隨狀語。convince使確信，使信服，用法為be convinced of/that.

6. A.exposing B.concealing C.detecting D.exhibiting

Best Answer: D

詳解：D)。同義動詞語義辨析。選項A)exposing暴露，顯露，(to)使處于……作用(或影響)之下；選項B) concealing隱藏，掩蓋，隱瞞；選項C) detecting偵察，探測；選項D) exhibiting意為“（正式）顯示（感情、品質(zhì)等）；展覽”，如：exhibit signs of fear/guilt顯出害怕/內(nèi)疚的樣子。根據(jù)上下文，選項D)應為正確答案。意思是“一個一開始工作就確信不會喜歡所干工作的人或確信自己會失敗的人，其實是在顯示一種只會阻擋其成功的弱點”。

7. A. On the other hand B.On the whole C. All in all D. In brief

Best Answer: A

詳解：A)。考查過渡詞。前文談了對工作抱消極態(tài)度的人，此處開始談以一種積極態(tài)度對待工作的人，故選項A) on the other hand應是正確答案。其余選項的意思是：選項B) on the whole總的來說，大體上。選項C) all in all從各方面說，總的說來；選項D) in brief簡言之。

8. A.which B.what C.that D.where

Best Answer: C

詳解：C)。由that引出belief的同位語從句。

9. A.able B.capable C.competent D.equal

Best Answer: B

詳解：B)。形容詞固定搭配。只有capable與of搭配，表示“有能力的”。其余幾個表示能力的詞的搭配是：選項A)常用于be able to do結(jié)構(gòu)中；選項C) competent常用于be competent to do sth.；選項D) equal常用于be equal to doing sth.能勝任做某事。

10. A.venture B.application C.attack D.attempt

Best Answer: D

詳解：D)。考查名詞語義。四選項的意思是：選項A) venture冒險，投機，風險；選項B) application請求，申請，應用；選項C) attack意為“攻擊，進攻；（疾病等）突然發(fā)作”；選項D) attempt努力，嘗試，企圖。結(jié)合上下文，選項D)應為正確答案。make an attempt at對……進行嘗試。

11. A.chances B.prospects C.opportunities D.occasions

Best Answer: A

詳解：A)。考查固定搭配。(the) chances are (that)=it is likely that(非正式)很可能，再比如：Chances are that she has already heard the news.很可能她已經(jīng)聽到那消息了。其余均無此用法。

12. A.being B.been C.are D.is

Best Answer: D

詳解：D)。考查主謂一致。由not only…but (also)，neither…nor， either…or， or等連接的名詞或代詞作主語時，謂語要符合就近一致的原則，要與鄰近的主語相一致。此處鄰近的主語是a carpenter，故謂語動詞用單數(shù)。

13. A.make the best of B.get the best of C.have the better of D.get the better of

Best Answer: A

詳解：A)。易混短語語義辨析。選項A) make the best of充分利用；選項B) get the best of戰(zhàn)勝，打贏；選項C) have the better of同選項D) get the better of，表示“在……中占上風”。故從上下文推出正確答案應為選項A)。該句的意思是“寫這本書的目的是要幫助你充分利用自己的優(yōu)點，克服你學習中的缺點”。

14. A.stake B.stick C.stock D.stroke

Best Answer: C

詳解：C)。考查固定搭配。take stock of對……估價，判斷，故選項C)應為正確答案。

15. A.Where B.As C.Unless D.Until

Best Answer: B

詳解：B)。考查連接詞。as在此引導時間狀語從句。

16. A.specialized B.special C.specified D.specific

Best Answer: D

詳解：D)。考查易混詞辨析。四選項均為形容詞。選項A) specialized專攻的，專門研究的；選項B) special特別的，特殊的；選項C) specified具體指定的，詳細說明的；選項D) specific明確的，具體的。此處應選選項D)，意思是“我們將詳細地介紹培養(yǎng)和強化學習能力的具體過程”。

17. A.investigating B.justifying C.complicating D.strengthening

Best Answer: D

詳解：D)。考查動詞語義辨析。四個選項的意思是：選項A) investigating調(diào)查，研究；選項B) justifying證明……正當（或有理），為……辯護；選項C) complicating把事情弄復雜；選項D) strengthen加強，鞏固。由此推知選項D)正確。

18. A.For beginning with it B.For it to begin with C. With beginning it D.To begin with

Best Answer: D

詳解：D)。考查固定搭配。to begin with為過渡詞，意思是“首先，第一”。

19. A.examining B.to examine C.being examined D.having examined

Best Answer: B

詳解：B)。考查動詞用法。此處正確選項B) stop to examine，表示“停下來檢查”。

20. A.sufficient B.peculiar C.critical D.equivalent

Best Answer: C

詳解：C)。考查形容詞語義辨析。這幾個詞均可和介詞to搭配。選項A)中be sufficient to表示“對……充分的，足夠的”；選項B)中 be peculiar to表示“是……特有的”；選項C)中be critical to表示“對……至關(guān)重要的”；選項D)中be equivalent to表示“與……相等的，與……相當?shù)?rdquo;。根據(jù)上下文，可判斷出正確答案應是選項C)。意思是“這三個方面對學習的成功與否起著關(guān)鍵的作用”。