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话题:拥有自信,享受人生
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(2014·江苏卷)Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first__1__back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg.To get an__2__,he was struggling against many difficulties.His family was poor.His Dad couldn't afford the__3__at college,so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes.Study had to be done__4__his farmwork routines.He withdrew from many school activities__5__he didn't have the time or the__6__.He had only one good suit.He tried__7__the football team,but the coach turned him down for being too__8__.During this period Dale was slowly__9__an inferiority complex(自卑感),which his mother knew could__10__him from achieving his real potential.She__11__that Dale join the debating team,believing that__12__in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother's advice,tried desperately and after several attempts__13__made it.This proved to be a__14__point in his life.Speaking before groups did help him gain the__15__he needed.By the time Dale was a senior,he had won every top honor in__16__.Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they,__17__,were winning contests.