第二部分：语言知识及应用
第二节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26-40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? For years people believed that it is impossible for a human being to 11 a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it 12 in 1954．Within one year, 37 runners 13 the belief barrier．And the year after that, 300 other runners did the same thing．
What happens if you put an animal in a 14 ? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through．What h appens when someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? You 15 ．If an animal who has not learned swimming could 16 by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not．
These 17 show the power of beliefs．There is no other more 18 force in directing human behavior than belief．Our beliefs have the power to 19 and to destroy．
In a way it is our beliefs that determine how much we’ll be able to 20 our potential．So pay attention to some of your 21 ．Do you believe you are weak in mathematics? Do you believe that other people dislike you？
