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If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or   50   in your work would depend, to a great degree, on your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage.   51   the greatest importance is your attitude. A person who begins a job convinced that he isn’t going to like it or is   52   to suffer is exhibiting a weakness which can only   53   his success. 

On the other hand, a person who is secure in  his  belief that he is probably as   54   of  doing the work as anyone else and who is   55   to make a cheerful attempt at it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well.   56   the essential skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is   57   a weakness. A bookkeeper who can’t add or a carpenter who can’t   58   a straight line with a saw is hopeless cases.

This book has been  designed  to help you take advantage of the strengths and   59   the weaknesses that you bring to the job of learning. But in groups to  measure your development, you must first   60   somewhere you stand now.   61   we get further along in the book, we’ll be dealing in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening   62   skills.

However, to begin with, you should   63   to examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your   64   , your reading and communication skills, and your study habits. 

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

A. Out of B. Of C. To D. Into

A. able B. eager C. sure D. ready 

A. bring about B. hold back C. put up with D. stand for 

A. guilty B. resistant C. inevitable D. capable 

A. reluctant B. willing C. potential D. moderate 

A. Possessing B. Processing C. Handling   D. Involving 

A. consequently B. obviously C. frequently D. occasionally 

A. draw B. sew C. cut D. score

A. employ B. overcome C. challenge D. suspect 

A. assess B. negotiate C. access D. stimulate 

A. As B. Till C. Unless D. So 

A. examining B. working C. learning D. achieving 

A. continue B. intend C. wait   D. pause 

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

50-54 CBCBD  55-59 BABCB  60-64 AACDC