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.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.C

【解析】

試題分析：一些人認為，成功只是為有天賦或出身富裕的人準備的。另一些人認為成功主要靠運氣。作者認為，天賦也好，身世顯貴也好，運氣也好，這些都只是生活中真實存在的情況，它們并不能決定一個人的成功與否。

1.段落大意題。根據(jù)第一段可得知，作者列出很多人認為成功的因素，如"Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence"出生在好的家庭，天賦異稟等，因此，本段主要講的是成功的因素。meaning（意義），standards（標(biāo)準），importance（重要性）都不正確。故選A。

2.猜測詞義題。根據(jù)前文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.然而，要在生活中取得成功，你必須要設(shè)定一個目標(biāo)，然后逐步將它變得更加實際。除此之外，要變得更加擅長某事，必須花費至少10,000個小時進行學(xué)習(xí)和實踐。根據(jù)文意可知，that指代的是“設(shè)定一個目標(biāo)”。故選B。

3.主旨大意題。根據(jù)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時間和精力可知，正確選項為C項。ABD都是以偏概全。故選C。

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