Question

The quest for success always begins with a target. As Berra once said, “You got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.”

Too many people wander through life like sleepwalkers．Each day they follow familiar routines, never asking, “What am I doing with my life?” and they don’t know what they’re doing because they lack goals．

Goal-setting is a focusing of the will to move in a certain direction．Begin with a clear conception of what you want．Write down your goals and date them—putting them into words clarifies them．Rather than concentrating on objects to acquire and possess, focus on fulfilling your desires to do, to produce, to contribute—goal-setting that yields the true sense of satisfaction we all need．

It’s important to visualize（想象）yourself accomplishing your goal．While losers visualize the penalties（不利）of failure, winners visualize the rewards of success．I’ve seen it among athletes, statistics contrasting air and highway safety, but it made no difference．I had read too many articles describing crash scenes and imagined these scenes vividly．I had programmed myself, without realizing it, to stay off planes．

Then one summer I had the opportunity to fly on a private plane with friends to a resort；I didn’t want to miss out on a great vacation．So I spent two weeks imagining a smooth flight on a beautiful sunny day and an easy landing．

When the day arrived, I was eager to go．To everyone’s surprise, I got on the plane and I loved every minute of it, and I still use the techniques I employed that day．

1.According to the passage, if you want to be successful, the first thing for you to do is   ________．

A．find the right methods                   B．be careful about everything

C．know your ability                        D．have a clear goal

2.If you have a target, you will ________．

A．wander like a sleepwalker

B．know well what you are doing

C．do the same work every day

D．put it into words

3.The problem with the author before he overcame his fear of air travel is that________．

A．he didn’t know air travel is safer than highway travel

B．he couldn’t imagine himself accomplishing his goal

C．he read too much about plane crashes and tried to avoid flying

D．he wanted to take a private plane instead of a public one

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Define Your Coal

B．Visualize Rewards of Success

C．Overcome the Fear of Air Travel

D．Sleepwalking Through Life

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B.

3.C.

4.A.

【解析】

試題分析：本文論述了一個(gè)人追求成功的話總是由設(shè)定一個(gè)目標(biāo)開始的，有了人生追求的目標(biāo)，你才會(huì)迷失前進(jìn)的方向。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第一段第一句說追求成功總是由設(shè)定一個(gè)目標(biāo)開始的。選D

2.推理判斷題。文章第二段第二句話許多人不知道自己在做什么是因?yàn)闆]有目標(biāo)，反之可推斷一個(gè)人有了自己的目標(biāo)之后，他就會(huì)清楚自己在做什么。選B.

3.判斷理解題。由第四段倒數(shù)第二句可知答案。是C.

4.主旨大意題。全文作者在論述人的一生中應(yīng)該有明確的目標(biāo)，這樣你才不至于迷失方向而碌碌無為。選A.

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要考查細(xì)節(jié)題和主旨大意題，要求考生抓住第一段的內(nèi)容，和每段的段落大意，再根據(jù)文章的細(xì)節(jié)部分合理的推測。