填空题 In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.
You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.
Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work.

My questions
●Why isn"t I. Q. the only difference between students?
●What is the key to 1 ?
My Research
●investigation of all kinds of 2 , including:
—West Point Military Academy
— 3
—private companies
My finding: grit as predictor of success
●Grit is 4 for very long-term goals.
●Grit is working hard for years to make 5 .
●Grit is living your life like a 6 .
My survey
●high school juniors took grit questionnaires
● 7 kids were more likely to graduate
Grit-building
●little is known about how to build grit in students
●data show grit is unrelated to 8
●growth mindset is the belief that the ability to learn is 9
●kids with grit believe failure is 10
Conclusion
We need to be gritty about getting our kids grittier.