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When you think of success, you think of relative achievements in your own world. Each element of your world is important to you, and there is no need to compare with others. You cannot affect the success of others; you can affect your own success.
Success is very much achievable to everybody. Believe that and you have taken the first step. If you do not believe in yourself, then building self-esteem is your first task. However, believing in your ability to achieve whatever you want to succeed in is very important if you are not to be held back by self-doubt throughout your journey to success.
There are many things that will affect your ability to succeed, and it is best to focus on those under your immediate control. Once you do that, then the characteristics you develop can be applied to becoming successful in a range of activities.
What is important to you is that, as you start to reach milestones in your ambitions, you should appreciate your own achievements. Appreciating yourself will strengthen your self-confidence and your determination to succeed.
Some of the key characteristics you will find in those who are successful are perseverance, prepared to research, plan, work hard and practice a lot even when things do not seem to be going well, and an ability to recover and learn from setbacks. At the beginning of whatever you are trying to succeed in, a strong vision of your future, planning, and setting yourself achievable tar gets can all play an important role.
All these qualities, skills and characteristics can be learned and developed. But it is up to you to get things started. Those who do not start travel nowhere. For others, life can be a continuous journey of fulfillment.
小題1:56. According to the passage, if you want to achieve success, what should you do first?
A．Don’t compare with others.B．Bring everything under control.
C．Find out what you have in mind.D．Feel confident about your ability.
小題2:57. Why should you appreciate your own achievements according to the passage?
A．It will allow you to recover from past failures.
B．It will remind you of the vision of your future.
C．It will motivate you to continue pursuing success.
D．It will help you develop your characteristics in everything.
小題3:58. The underlined word“setbacks”（in paragraph 5）probably means ________.
A．failuresB．troublesC．hesitationD．depression
小題4:59. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A．If you are stuck where you are, you cannot travel far.
B．If you don’t start trying, you’ll never embrace success.
C．If you are brave enough, you can get whatever you want.
D．If you don’t study, you can never reach the destination.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B

試題分析：本文介紹了取得成功的幾個要素。
小題1:根據(jù)If you do not believe in yourself, then building self-esteem is your first task.，故選D。
小題2:根據(jù)Appreciating yourself will strengthen your self-confidence and your determination to succeed.故選C。
小題3:根據(jù)even when things do not seem to be going well, 可知劃線的這個詞意思是挫折、失敗，故選A。
小題4:根據(jù)But it is up to you to get things started. Those who do not start travel nowhere. For others, life can be a continuous journey of fulfillment.可知如果你不去嘗試，你就一無所獲，如果嘗試，就會滿載而歸，故選B。
點評：這篇文章非常簡單，先看問題，再帶著問題讀短文，根據(jù)問題從文章中尋找出有效信息即可。
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B．They don’t care about the regained weight.
C．They feel optimistic（樂觀的）about future plans on weight control.
D．They think they should give up their future plans on weight control.

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