Passage 1

    If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or ___1___ in your work would depend, to a great extent, ___2___ your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. ___3___ the utmost importance is your attitude. A person who begins a job convinced that he isn´t going to like it or is certain that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success. On the other hand, a person who is secure ___4___ his belief that he is probably as capable of doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt ___5___ it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well.

    Having the prerequisite 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 ___6___ hopeless cases.

     This book has been designed to help you capitalize ___7___ 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 stock of where you stand now. ___8___ we get further along in the book, we´ll be dealing in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening ___9___ skills. However, to begin with, you should pause to examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your ___10___ , your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.

    1. A. improvement B. victory C. failure D. achievement

    2. A. in B. on C. of D. to

    3. A. Out of B. Of C. To D. Into

    4. A. onto B. on C. off D. in

    5. A. near B. on C. by D. at

    6. A. being B. been C. are D. is

    7. A. except B. but C. for D. on

    8. A. as B. till C. over D. out

    9. A. learnt B. learned C. learning D. learn

    10. A. intelligence B. work C. attitude D. weakness