21世纪大学英语第四册1Abank cloze.ppt

LOGO _1_ a young boy, Albert Einstein did so _2_ in school that teachers thought he was slow. The young Napoleon Bonaparte was just one of hundreds of artillery lieutenants in the French Army. And the _3_ George Washington, with little _4_ education, was being trained not as a soldier but as a land surveyor. _5_ their unspectacular beginnings, each would go on to _6_ a place for himself in history. What was it that _7_ them to become great? Were they born with something _8_? Or did their greatness have more to do with timing, _9_ and, perhaps, an uncompromising _10_? special; (B ) poorly; ( C ) For; ( D ) teenage; ( E ) individual; ( F ) devotion; ( G ) formal; ( H ) person; ( I ) personality; ( J ) carve; ( K ) enabled; ( L ) As; ( M ) fortunate; ( N ) Although; ( O ) Despite Part I For _1_, scientists have been asking such questions. And, in the past few years, they have found _2_ to help explain why some people rise _3_, while others — similarly talented, perhaps — are left behind. Their findings could have implications for us all. Who is great? _4_ who is great depends on how one _5_ success. But there are some _6_. “Someone who has made a _7_contribution to human civilization is great,” said Dean Keith Simonton, a professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis and author of the 1994 book Greatness: Who Makes History and Why. But he added a word of _8_: “Sometimes great people don’t make it into history books. A lot of women _9_great things or were _10_but went unrecognized.” special; (B ) influential ; ( C ) caution; ( D ) above; ( E ) Defining ; ( F ) decades; ( G ) achieved ; ( H ) person; ( I ) personality; ( J ) abled; ( K ) Enabled; ( L ) measures ; ( M ) criteria; ( N ) lasting ; ( O ) evidence Part II In writing his book, Simonton combined historical knowledge about great figures with recent findings in genetic