Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first          back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an        , he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His Dad couldn’t afford the
       at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done          his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities          he didn’t have the time or the       . He had only one good suit. He tried        the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too        . During this period Dale was slowly        an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could         him from achieving his real potential. She        that Dale join the debating team, believing that       in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts
    made it. This proved to be a        point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the        he needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in        . Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they,        , were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle to        his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to       an idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And,        it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.

A．admitted B．filled C．supplied D．recognized

A．assignment B．education C．advantage D．instruction

A．training B．board C．teaching D．equipment

A．between B．during C．over D．through

A．while B．when C．because D．though

A．permits B．interest C．talent D．clothes

A．on B．for C．in D．with

A．light B．flexible C．optimistic D．outgoing

A．gaining B．achieving C．developing D．obtaining

A．prevent B．protect C．save D．free

A．suggested B．demanded C．required D．insisted

A．presence B．practice C．patience D．potential

A．hopefully B．certainly C．finally D．naturally

A．key B．breaking C．basic D．turning

A．progress B．experience C．competence D．confidence

A．horse-riding B．football C．speech D．farming

A．in return B．in brief C．in turn D．in fact

A．convey B．overcome C．understand D．build

A．express B．stress C．contribute D．repeat

A．besides B．beyond C．like D．with