People who show confidence really seem to have it made. They seize more rewarding careers, keep good relationships, and just seem to do everything with more styles than the rest of us.
So what is the secret? There isn’t one. Self-confidence is a skill and habit that anyone can learn to develop. And although people who are raised in an encouraging environment with confident role models have a hard start in self-confidence development, we all can learn to become more confident at any age.
Try these simple tips for practising and increasing your self-confidence levels:
Dare to fail. Anybody who’s out there bravely performing is going to fail repeatedly. If you are not failing, you are not trying. So don’t take failure too hard or too personally. Just learn to deal with it and use its lessons to keep improving.
When in doubt, pretend you know what you are doing. Because, if you are confident of your abilities, by the time you have done it, you will be experienced.
Dress for success. You don’t have to be beautiful to be confident. Make the most of your own unique physical characters and weaken your disadvantages.
Listen to yourself. You are the only person who knows what’s right for you. Don’t put others’ opinions above your own inner voice.
Build a confident vocabulary. Stop putting yourself down and give up continually blaming your tiny weaknesses. Learn to show up your strong points and the world will learn to see and celebrate them with you.
Pass on the praise. Praise others for their virtues and strengths. This practice will not decrease your confidence, but help increase it.
小題1:The passage is written mainly __________.
A．to explain the definition of self-confidence
B．to explain the secret of self-confidence
C．to tell people how important self-confidence is
D．to tell people how to build self-confidence
小題2:The main idea of the sixth paragraph is __________.
A．to be confident means to have no disadvantages
B．taking full advantage of your physical characters will help you be confident
C．your unique characters will help you be confident and be successful
D．to be confident means to be beautiful
小題3:All the following are tips to increase your self-confidence level EXCEPT______.
A．not to be afraid of failureB．dress yourself properly
C．pretend to know everything D．make your advantages more obvious
小題4:_______ will weaken your self-confidence.
A．Praising others for their strong points
B．Always following others’ advice to do things
C．Giving up blaming your weaknesses
D．Believing in yourself

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題分析：自信的人往往在事業(yè)上更上一層樓，有著良好的人際關系，處理事情的方式也多種多樣。自信心是一種技能和習慣。自信的培養(yǎng)沒有年齡限制，任何年齡段的人都能夠變得更加自信。
小題1:根據(jù)第二段“o what is the secret? There isn’t one. Self-confidence is a skill and habit that anyone can learn to develop.”和第三段“Try these simple tips for practising and increasing your self-confidence levels”可知，文章講的是如何增強自信心，故選D。
小題2:根據(jù)“Make the most of your own unique physical characters and weaken your disadvantages.”可知，成分利用你自身的性格特點也能夠幫助你增加自信心，故選C。
小題3:根據(jù)第五段“When in doubt, pretend you know what you are doing. Because, if you are confident of your abilities, by the time you have done it, you will be experienced.”可知，當有疑問時，要假裝自己知道該怎樣做，相信自己的能力能夠增加你的經(jīng)驗，C項“假裝知道一切”是對本段的曲解，故選C。
小題4:根據(jù)“Listen to yourself. You are the only person who knows what’s right for you. Don’t put others’ opinions above your own inner voice.”可知，要聽從自己內心的聲音，不能一味地聽他人的建議。故選B。
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A．unhappyB．usualC．upset D．unlucky
小題9:
A．talkingB．meetingC．visitingD．speaking
小題10:
A．yourselfB．himselfC．yourselvesD．ourselves
小題11:
A．talkingB．sayingC．laughingD．judging
小題12:
A．likeB．whatC．asD．that
小題13:
A．whenB．asC．ifD．what
小題14:
A．comeB．goC．enterD．step t5o
小題15:
A．smileB．laughC．cryD．jump
小題16:
A．talk aboutB．speak toC．say toD．call up
小題17:
A．otherB．the otherC．anotherD．others
小題18:
A．newB．youngC．oldD．little
小題19:
A．FriendshipB．RelationC．ConnectionD．Feeling
小題20:
A．startB．developC．keepD．Change

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