If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life,try again now,one tiny step at a time.

Every year it’s the same.As December comes to an end,you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year,you think about the last year.You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make,but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life.

Here’s a suggestion:Forget the too big,hard-to-achieve goals(目標) and just think about the small ones.“We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it’s so hard for us to reach it.” said Robert Maurer,who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life.“What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can’t find any excuse not to do it.”

“Kaizen”,a Japanese word,is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes(態(tài)度).During World War Il,American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes.After the war,the idea was brought to a rebuilding Japan.It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”.

Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could possibly help people succeed in doing everything

1.Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us           .

A.we should do everything in big steps

B.how to change one’s life with one small step

C.we should try a lot of sudden changes

D.how to find a small step without any excuse

2.The writer of the passage suggests we should           .

A.make changes at the end of the year

B.do few experiments with “kaizen”

C.do things with hard-to-achieve goals

D.take a tiny step to achieve big goals

3.Which of the following is TRUE from the passage?

A.Robert Maurer studied “kaizen” and found it helpful.

B.You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy.

C.You can’t find any excuse not to reach a big goal.

D.“Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World WarⅡ.

 

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文是One Small Step Can Change Your Life一書的作者Robert Maurer講述了如何將遠大的目標化成小目標,一小步一小步的實現(xiàn)大的目標。

1.根據(jù)Forget the too big,hard-to-achieve goals(目標) and just think about the small ones可推知,本文就是告訴我們應該將目標設的小一點。所以本題選B。

2.根據(jù)書的題目 One Small Step Can Change Your Life可知,一小步也可以實現(xiàn)大目標。所以本題選D。

3.根據(jù)最后一段Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could possibly help people succeed in doing everything可知,本題應該選A。

考點:本題考查日常生活類文章

點評:本題中1、2小題都是推斷題目。而推理判斷題必須根據(jù)上下文及其相互間的關系或對整篇文章進行深層理解后,聯(lián)系作者的態(tài)度、觀點、意圖、語氣等弦外之音,透過表層意義,領會文章內(nèi)涵才能找到答案。解答這類題時,我們應該高度重視從話題出發(fā),充分運用自己的邏輯思維能力,從文章的內(nèi)在含義和字里行間中,從作者的態(tài)度和取向中獲取信息,做出正確的判斷。

 

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