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Someone recently asked me when I became more confident about my abilities as an entrepreneur．I thought it was a funny question，（36）___ I’not very confident at all，and constantly filled with （37）___ about every decision I make．
It doesn’t exactly hold me back in my work； it’s just that I am very （38）___of what I do，and I’m always （39）___ on the way I work，think and talk．I have also learned over the years that making a decision is often more important than making the（40）___ decision．Preferably your decisions are the right ones，but inaction or indecisiveness is more （41）___ than making the wrong decisions every now and then．
There is one thing I have learned over the years that I wish I had learned earlier in my career．And that is the （42）___ that I am not stupid．
It sounds logical，but I often sat in on meetings and heard people explain things and then （43）___ to myself，“I don’t understand that．Maybe I’m stupid？”or I would hear about a startup and I wouldn’t （44）___ their business model and think I’m stupid．Or I would hear an entrepreneur speak and think，“That all like （45）___ bullshit，but I must be stupid，because other people seem to love it．”
A couple of years ago，I came to the （46）___ that I was not stupid at all．When people in meetings say things I don’t’understand I （47）___ up and tell them so．Usually，I hear a sigh of （48）___ in the room and find out nobody understood what was being talked about．
When I don’t understand a business model it usually means there is not one，or it （49）___．Turns out I’m not stupid and （50）___ I don’t understand it，most people won’t understand it at all．（51）___ doubting my own abilities I’ve learned to （52）___ my“bullshit radar”a bit more and not understanding something is a clear sign that something is （53）___．
My advice to young entrepreneurs is this：you are not stupid!If something does not make（54）___，if it sounds stupid，if you don’t understand it，something is wrong!Trust your gut（本能的） （55）___．Feel free not to know and be honest when you don’t’understand something!
36．A．if              B．unless        C．because     D．when
37．A．disappointment  B．doubt         C．terror      D．curiosity
38．A．conscious       B．tired         C．ashamed     D．fond
39．A．insisting       B．working       C．relying     D．reflecting
40．A．right           B．tough         C．firm        D．final
41．A．boring          B．costly        C．disgusting  D．significant
42．A．truth           B．concept       C．realization D．reputation
43．A．thought         B．referred      C．smiled      D．came
44．A．mind            B．know          C．love        D．understand
45．A．tastes          B．sounds        C．smells      D．looks
46．A．compromise      B．conclusion    C．point       D．agreement
47．A．speak           B．look          C．hang        D．cheer
48．A．despair         B．pleasure      C．relief      D．impatience
49．A．disappears      B．ceases        C．approaches  D．sucks
50．A．since           B．if            C．as          D．while
51．A．Instead of      B．Apart from    C．As well as  D．Regardless of
52．A．operate         B．differentiate C．trust       D．inspect
53．A．in              B．up            C．on          D．off
54．A．progress        B．history       C．money       D．sense
55．A．feeling         B．level         C．happiness   D．comfort．

Answer 1

36．C   考查连词辨析．根据“I’not very confident at all，constantly filled with       about every decision I make”可知，我不是一直都是这么自信的，有时会对自己做出的决定感到疑惑，故选C．
37．B   考查名词辨析．根据“I’not very confident at all”可知，我不是一直都这么自信的，有时会对自己做出的决定疑惑，故选B．
38．A   考查动词辨析．根据语境可知，我很清楚自己在做什么．固定短语“be conscious of 意识到，对…清楚”，故选A．
39．D   考查动词辨析．根据语境可知，我在做工作的时候，经常反思自己的思考、工作的方式．固定短语“reflect on 反思，反省”故选D．
40．A   考查形容词辨析．根据“making a decision is often more important than making the      decision”可知，做决定比做正确决定要重要．故选A．
41．B   考查形容词辨析．根据语境可知，不积极比不具有决定性比做出了错误的决定而导致的后果代价要更高，即更严重．“costly 昂贵的；代价高的”，故选B．
42．C   考查名词辨析．根据语境可知，我感到我并不笨，即对自己不笨还是有这个意识的．故选C．
43．A． 考查动词辨析．根据“I don’t understand that．Maybe I’m stupid？”可知，这是作者自己在想的事情，故选A．
44．A   考查动词辨析．根据“think I’m stupid”可知，是因为我不理解他们的运营模式，所以我感到自己蠢，故选D．
45．B   考查动词辨析．根据语境可知，这些听起来都是鬼话连篇，但是别人喜欢这种经营方法，所以一定是我蠢，这是作者对自己的怀疑，故选B．
46．B   考查名词辨析．根据语境可知，我最终认为自己并不蠢，固定短语“come to a conclusion 下结论”，故选B．
47．A   考查动词辨析．根据句意可知，当我们听不懂的东西的时候我会说出来，故选A．
48．C   考查名词辨析．根据“find out nobody understood what was being talked about”可知，每人听懂讲的是什么，所以当我提出来的时候，大家都会松了一口气，故选C．
49．D   考查动词辨析．根据语境可知，当我不理解一个经营模式的时候，可能这个模式就是没有用的或者是很糟糕的，故选D．
50．B   考查连词辨析．根据语境可知，如果我不懂，那么其实很多人也不懂，故选B．
51．A   考查短语辨析．根据句意可知，我觉得应该相信自己的感觉，而不是质疑自己的能力，故选A．
52．C   考查名词辨析．根据语境可知，这里表示相信自己的感觉．
53．D   考查介词辨析．根据语境可知，如果我不能很清楚的了解一样东西，那么这样的东西就是没什么用的，故选D．
54．D   考查名词辨析．根据语境可知，如果某件事不能有什么作用，没什么意义，固定短语“make sense  有意义，有道理，讲得通”，故选D．
55．A   考查名词短语．根据句意可知，相信自己的本能，相信自己的判断．故选A．