Question

Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech. Here is an excerpt(摘錄) from his speech.

I know that sometimes, you hope that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through pop music or basketball or being a TV star, when chances come, you’re not going to be any of those things.

But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem rather important to your life ,but you should try your best. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.

That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures (the opposite of success). JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots (投籃) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures beat(打敗) you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.

No one’s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to tell when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.

And even when you’re struggling(奮斗), even when you’re discouraged (泄氣), and you feel other people have given up on you.but you should remember, don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.

1.Some of the most successful people in the world have are the ones who’ve had the______ failures.

A. fewest       B. most          C. saddest        D. valuable

2.What can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech ?

A. secrets to success.

B. being successful is easy. 

C. your failures beat you.

D. Asking for help is a sign of weakness.

3.Why does Barack Obama mention (提到) JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the third paragraph?

A. To compare these two famous persons.

B. To explain that the more failures he has, the more successful he is.

C. If you want to be successful, you should fail first.

D. To show that failure is the mother of success.

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. No one can be successful without working hard.

B. Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way.

C. Those who believe in themselves shouldn’t ask others for help.

D. One should try his best to make his dream come true.

5.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence?

A. One shouldn’t ask questions because it is a sign of strength.

B. One should believe in himself though he will face much difficulty.

C. One doesn’t have to work hard when he has failed several times.

D. One doesn’t have to ask for help because it is a sign of weakness.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章 節(jié)選了奧巴馬的演講，論述了失敗是成功之母。世界上很多成功的人，他們以前經(jīng)受過很多挫折，失敗。所以，要堅持自己，不放棄，努力工作才能獲得最終的成功。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)：Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures (the opposite of success). 一些世界上最成功的人們是那些曾經(jīng)遭受最慘重失敗的人，故選B。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech.可知從奧巴馬的演講中能夠得知成功者的秘密。故選A。                

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try. 可能你嘗試某件事情的時候，第一次不會成功。所以失敗是成功之母，故選D 。                       

4.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it.當(dāng)你需要的時候，不要懼怕向別人尋求幫助。故選 C。                  

5.細節(jié)理解題。劃線部分含義為：甚至當(dāng)你在奮斗的時候，當(dāng)你泄氣的時候，別人都放棄了你，但是要相信，不要放棄自己。故選B 一個人，無論面對什么困難，都不要放棄自己。

考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。