Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
| A ． casual B ． inborn C ． downturn D ． replace E. failing F. limitation G. list H. possibility I. faultless J. challenging K. surround |
Why You Need to Fail “Peter, I’d like you to stay for a minute after class.” Kevin teaches my favorite body conditioning class at the gym.
“What’d I do?” I asked him.
“It’s what you didn’t do.”
“What didn’t I do?”
“Fail.”
“You kept me after class for not ____44____ ?”
“This.” he said while imitating my ____45____ weight lifting style using weights that were obviously too light, “it’s not going to get you anywhere. A muscle only grows if you work it till it fails. You need to use more ____46____ weights. You need to fail.” Kevin is onto something.
Every time I ask a roomfull of executives to ____47____ the top five moments when their career took a leap forward, failure is always on the list. For some, it was the loss of a job. For others, it was a project that had gone bad. And for others still it was the failure of a larger system like an economic ____48____ that required them to step up.
Yet most of us spend a tremendous effort trying to avoid even the ____49____ of failure. According to doctor Carol Dweck, we have a mindset problem. If you believe that your talents are ____50____ or fixed, then you will try to avoid failure at all costs because failure is proof of your ____51____ People with a fixed mindset like to solve the same problems over and over again. Students with fixed mindsets would rather not learn new languages. CEOs with fixed mindsets would ____52____ themselves with people who agree with them. They feel smart when they get it right. But if you believe your talent grows with persistence and effort, then you seek failure as an opportunity to improve. People with growth mindsets feel smart when they are learning, not when they are ____53____ .
If you have a growth mindset, then you use your failures to improve. If you have a fixed mindset, you may never fail, but neither do you learn or grow.
E 45 ． A 46 ． J 47 ． G 48 ． C 49 ． H 50 ． B 51 ． F 52 ． K 53 ． I
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要论述了失败的重要性，说明了思维固定的人和成长型思维的人的区别。如果你有一个成长型的心态，那么你就会利用失败来提高自己。如果你有一个固定的心态，你可能永远不会失败，但你也不会学习或成长。
44 ．考查动词。句意： “ 你因为我没挂科就把我留了下来？ ” 此处表示 “ 考试失败，不及格 ” ，且作介词的宾语，应用 failing 。故填 failing 。故选 E 。
45 ．考查形容词。句意： “ 这。他一边说，一边模仿我随意的举重方式，举重的重量显然太轻了， “ 这不会让你有任何效果。 ” 修饰后文 weight lifting style ，结合句意表示 “ 随意的 ” 应用形容词 casual ，作定语。故填 casual 。故选 A 。
46 ．考查形容词。句意：你需要使用更具挑战性的重量。修饰后文名词 weights ，结合句意表示 “ 具挑战性的 ” 应用形容词 challenging ，作定语。故填 challenging 。故选 J 。
47 ．考查动词。句意：每当我让一屋子的高管列出他们职业生涯取得飞跃的五个最重要时刻时，失败总是列在清单上。结合句意表示 “ 列出 ” 可知应用动词 list ，且上文为短语 ask sb. to do sth. 。故填 list 。故选 G 。
48 ．考查名词。句意：对其他人来说，这是一个更大的系统的失败，比如经济衰退，需要他们站出来。结合句意表示 “ 衰退 ” 应用名词 downturn ，不定冠词提示用单数。故填 downturn 。故选 C 。
49 ．考查名词。句意：然而，我们大多数人花费了巨大的努力，试图避免失败的可能性。作宾语，结合句意表示 “ 可能性 ” 应用名词 possibility ，不可数。故填 possibility 。故选 H 。
50 ．考查形容词。句意：如果你相信你的才能是天生的或固定的，那么你就会不惜一切代价避免失败，因为失败证明了你的局限性。结合句意表示 “ 天生的 ” 应用形容词 inborn ，作表语。故填 inborn 。故选 B 。
51 ．考查名词。句意：如果你相信你的才能是天生的或固定的，那么你就会不惜一切代价避免失败，因为失败证明了你的局限性。作宾语，表示 “ 局限性 ” 应用名词 limitation 。故填 limitation 。故选 F 。
52 ．考查动词。句意：思维定式的首席执行官们会让与自己意见一致的人围绕在身边。结合句意表示 “ 围绕 ” 应用动词 surround ，且 would 后跟动词原形。故填 surround 。故选 K 。
53 ．考查形容词。句意：拥有成长型思维模式的人在学习的时候会觉得自己很聪明，而不是在没有缺点的时候。作表语，结合句意表示 “ 没有缺点的 ” 应用形容词 faultless 。故填 faultless 。故选 I 。
