Question

Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck,talent,and circumstances don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.

However,to succeed in life,one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.And,in addition to that,in order to get really good at something,one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing.To become great at certain things,it’ll require even more time,time that most people won’t put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do ,it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success,you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost.It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent,but thinking that way does you no good,and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.

Whatever you do,if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out,almost to the point of addiction,and over a long period of time.If you’re not willing to put in the time and work,don’t expect to receive any rewards.Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

1.Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.

A．the reasons for success                   B．the meaning of success

C．the standards of success                  D．the importance of success

2.In Paragraph 2,the underlined word that refers to ______.

A．being good at something                  B．setting a practical goal

C．putting in more time                     D．succeeding in life

3.Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ______.

A．work makes one feel pain                 B．one tends to enjoy his work

C．one gives up his work easily               D．it takes a lot of time to succeed

4.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A．Successful people like to show their great skills.

B．People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.

C．People need to achieve success at the cost of life.

D．It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.

5.What is the main theme of the passage?

A．Having a goal is vital to success.

B．Being good is different from being great.

C．One cannot succeed without time and practice.

D．Luck,talent and family help to achieve success.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

1.段落主旨大意題，通過(guò)第一段我們可以得知作者列出很多人認(rèn)為成功的因素，如"Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence"出生在好的家庭，天賦異稟，可得知本段主要在講一些成功的因素，故選A。此外根據(jù)上下文意思和排除法，不難得出答案是原因。其他meaning（意義），standards（標(biāo)準(zhǔn)），importance（重要性）都不正確。

2.猜詞題 此種題目的答案多數(shù)在前文找，根據(jù)前文，不難得知答案。However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in additional to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. 譯文為：然而，要在生活中取得成功，你必須要設(shè)定一個(gè)目標(biāo)然后逐步將它變得更加實(shí)際。除此之外，要變得更加擅長(zhǎng)某事，必須花費(fèi)至少10,000個(gè)小時(shí)進(jìn)行學(xué)習(xí)和實(shí)踐。此外，也可以從結(jié)構(gòu)上找到答案，出現(xiàn)兩次的needs. 屬于原詞重現(xiàn)。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)第三段的this is a big reason why......, "If you don't enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.可知答案的關(guān)鍵是this。而this 指代的內(nèi)容剛好是與時(shí)間(To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.)有關(guān)。屬于原詞重現(xiàn)。

4.推理判斷題  根據(jù)第四段"It's sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there's a huge chance that you're wrong anyway." 句義為"很容易去認(rèn)為他們是運(yùn)氣好，或者天生有些獨(dú)特的天賦，但是這么想對(duì)你并無(wú)好處，而且極有可能你想錯(cuò)了。可以得知很多人的成功并不是因?yàn)樘熨x或運(yùn)氣。通過(guò)but之后的內(nèi)容“thinking that way does you no good, and there's a huge chance that you're wrong anyway.”不難得出答案。而且也可以通過(guò)排除法得出答案。A項(xiàng)的“show skills 展現(xiàn)技能”表達(dá)錯(cuò)誤。C項(xiàng)的表達(dá)“at the cost of life 以生命為代價(jià)”是錯(cuò)誤的，這不符合常理，但這道題最容易出錯(cuò)。D項(xiàng)可以根據(jù)第四段最后一句的does you no good排除。

5.主旨大意題 可通過(guò)文章最后一段主題句"Whatever you do , if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. "以及文章多次提到要花費(fèi)時(shí)間和精力可知正確選項(xiàng)為C。ABD項(xiàng)都是以偏概全。屬于原詞重現(xiàn)。