Question 6
Fill every blank using its own word bank. This is historical language practice: the quotations express their authors’ views, not measured facts about intelligence or personal worth. Explain the word choices.
a. There are few things ___ in themselves; it is the ___ to achieve them that we ___ more than the means. — François, Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Bank: ridiculous, need, lack, money, delight, impossible, application, tough, alone, have
b. With our actions, we ___ our most deeply held ___ and beliefs, and through the global ___ of our mass media, even the ___ actions we take have the power to influence and ___ people of all nations. — Anthony Robbins
Bank: infer, actions, vomit, ridiculous, send, money, values, contact, move, biggest, globulation, communicate, influence, simplest
c. Most of us have no adequate ___ of our inherent powers and ___. At heart, we ___ ourselves. We do not really ___ in ourselves and for that reason remain weak, ___, even impotent, when we could be strong, ___, victorious. — Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Bank: collection, concern, powers, dominate, conception, know, dominant, abilities, see, unconscious, unusual, ineffectual, reflect, underestimate, believe, wild
d. It is the ___ of genius to confer a measure of itself upon inferior intelligences. In reading the works of Milton, Bacon, and Newton, ___ greater than the growth of our own minds are transplanted into them; and feelings more profound, ___, or comprehensive are ___ amidst our ordinary train. — James Montgomery
Bank: unity, day, hope, protruding, reading, prerogative, insinuated, found, minds, thoughts, perfidious, sublime, invaded, greatness, inheritance, human, unusual, stuck, focused
a. There are few things ___ in themselves; it is the ___ to achieve them that we ___ more than the means. — François, Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Bank: ridiculous, need, lack, money, delight, impossible, application, tough, alone, have
b. With our actions, we ___ our most deeply held ___ and beliefs, and through the global ___ of our mass media, even the ___ actions we take have the power to influence and ___ people of all nations. — Anthony Robbins
Bank: infer, actions, vomit, ridiculous, send, money, values, contact, move, biggest, globulation, communicate, influence, simplest
c. Most of us have no adequate ___ of our inherent powers and ___. At heart, we ___ ourselves. We do not really ___ in ourselves and for that reason remain weak, ___, even impotent, when we could be strong, ___, victorious. — Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Bank: collection, concern, powers, dominate, conception, know, dominant, abilities, see, unconscious, unusual, ineffectual, reflect, underestimate, believe, wild
d. It is the ___ of genius to confer a measure of itself upon inferior intelligences. In reading the works of Milton, Bacon, and Newton, ___ greater than the growth of our own minds are transplanted into them; and feelings more profound, ___, or comprehensive are ___ amidst our ordinary train. — James Montgomery
Bank: unity, day, hope, protruding, reading, prerogative, insinuated, found, minds, thoughts, perfidious, sublime, invaded, greatness, inheritance, human, unusual, stuck, focused