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Have you ever heard the story of the four?minute mile? For years people believed that it is impossible for a human being to __1__ a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it __2__ in 1954.Within one year, 37 runners __3__ the belief barrier.And the year after that, 300 other runners did the same thing.

What happens if you put an animal in a __4__？Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through.What happens when someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? You __5__.If an animal who has not learned swimming could __6__ by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not.

These __7__ show the power of beliefs.There is no other more __8__ force in directing human behavior than belief.Our beliefs have the power to __9__ and to destroy.

In a way it is our beliefs that determine how much we'll be able to __10__ our potential.So pay attention to some of your __11__.Do you believe you are weak in mathematics? Do you believe that other people dislike you？Do you believe life is full of __12__？

Belief is not __13__， however.It's nothing but the generalization of a past incident.As a kid, if a dog bit you, you believed all dogs to be __14__.To change certain behavior, identify the beliefs associated with it.Change those beliefs and a new pattern is __15__ created.

(　　)1.A.run   B．walk

C．swim  D．jog

(　　)2.A.right  B．wrong

C．mistake  D．true

(　　)3.A.broke  B．built

C．faced  D．lowered

(　　)4.A.cage  B．desert

C．forest  D．pond

(　　)5.A.drown  B．swim

C．float  D．sink

(　　)6.A.struggle  B．escape

C．drown  D．leave

(　　)7.A.conditions  B．cases

C．situations  D．periods

(　　)8.A.terrible   B．reasonable 

C．considerable  D．powerful

(　　)9.A.damage   B．provide

C．create  D．withdraw

(　　)10.A.discover  B．realize

C．show  D．perform

(　　)11.A.problems  B．beliefs

C．possibilities  D．subjects

(　　)12.A.surprises  B．choices 

C．problems  D．possibilities

(　　)13.A.beautiful  B．changeable  

C．strong  D．mysterious

(　　)14.A.safe  B．rude  

C．merciless   D.dangerous

(　　)15.A.occasionally   B．immediately

C．accidentally  D．automatically
一、本文主要论证“观念的影响力”。

1．A　近义复现。由后文的“37 runners”可知此处要填run。

2．B　Roger Banister证明人们这种想法是错的(wrong)。it指代上文提到的人类认为不可能用少于四分钟的时间跑完一公里的想法。

3．A　在一年内，37名运动员打破(broke)了这种观念障碍。

4．D　后文提到游泳，所以这里用pond (池)。

5．A　如果把不会游泳的你扔到深水去，你会如何？结果肯定是溺水 (drown)。突出动物和人的不同结果。

6．B　上文提到动物可以“swim its way through”，所以这里用escape (逃脱)。

7．B　以上的例子(case)表现出了观念的力量。

8．D　没有比观念更强大的(powerful)力量来指引人类。

9．C　我们的观念会导致创造或毁灭。create和destroy是相对关系。

10．B　在某种程度上，正是我们的观念决定了我们能够激发出我们多少的潜力。realize实现。

11．B　同词复现。由第四段的第一句可知。

12．C　结构复现和同类关系。这里三个排比句都是你感受不好的方面，所以选problems。

13．D　观念并不神秘，它只是过去事件经历的普遍感受。

14．D　当你是小孩时被狗咬了，你会以为所有的狗都是危险的(dangerous)。

15．D　改变那些观念，那么新的观念模式就会随之产生。automatically自动地。