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A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work . He may have the belief that he is not capable of it . A child may think he is  1        because he does not understand how to make the  2         of his mental faculties. Older people may be    3          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  4     , because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for  5    , and he won’t work his hardest, even though he may think he is doing so. He is  6     likely to fail , and the failure will strengthen his belief  7     his incompetence (无能).
Alfred Adler , a famous doctor, had  8     like this . When he was a small boy, he had a poor 9       in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not 10     too much of him . In this way, they two developed the idea. He accepted their mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to try and was very poor at maths, just as they expected . 
(   ) 1. A. clever          B. useless            C. shy                         D. stupid       
(   ) 2. A. biggest                 B. most          C. highest            D. deepest
(   ) 3. A. wrong           B. right          C. understood         D. mistaken
(   ) 4. A. decision       B. success        C. effort              D. trouble
(   ) 5. A. success          B. study                 C. improvement           D. work
(   ) 6. A . truly            B. really                 C. however                  D. therefore
(   ) 7. A. at                        B. in                             C. on                           D. of
(   ) 8. A. an experience   B. an example               C. a thought                 D. a story
(   ) 9. A. state             B. mind                  C. start                        D. ending
(   ) 10. A. blame         B. expect                C. get                          D. win