Question

There are many reasons that goals go unfulfilled. For many, goal setting is a never ending circle that starts, stops, and begins again. To help us succeed in reaching our goals, let’s examine the reasons why many people fail at reaching them. Here are 7 Reasons That You Won’t Reach Your Goals:

1. You Don’t Have Any Goals

Too many people are afraid to “set” their goals. Afraid of failing. Afraid of disappointment. Well, you definitely won’t complete them if you don’t try. Make a choice and set your goals. Otherwise you will end up wherever life takes you.

2. You Don’t Start

OK, so you have a goal. What have you done about it? Have you started it yet? What are you waiting for? Procrastination is responsible for the failure of many goals.

3. You Aren’t Willing to “Buy” Your Goals

Yes, you have to buy your goals. Why? Because every goal has a price. It has a cost. Time. Money. Sweat. Sacrifice. You will have to “pay” for your goals in some manner.

4. Your Goals Are Unrealistic.

Make sure that your goals are possible and that you set an adequate time frame for success.

5. You Won’t Stick With It

Over half of goals will be given up within 30 days. You set your goals .You started them. And then...you gave up. Are you using life’s daily happenings as excuses? Goals are not reached through one effort. Rather, they are made in small steps over time.

6. You Will Fail...And You Won’t Get Back Up!

No one succeeds immediately. Those who appear to have effortlessly succeeded have usually put in years of preparation and practice. You have to fall down many times before you will succeed. Skill is learned by doing.

7. You Quit Before The Finish Line

Too many people stop...right before the finish line. It’s almost like they are afraid of succeeding. Often a life event is used as the reason for not finishing. Something always comes up before you finish.

Are you reaching your goals? Which of these is keeping you from succeeding? Set your goals. Stay the course. Always get back up when you fail. And make sure you cross the finish line.

1.What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A. To remind people of the importance of setting life goals.

B. To convince people of keeping to their life goals.

C. To clarify the reasons leading to the failure of achieving goals.

D. To persuade people to have big life goals.

2.What’s the probable meaning of the underlined word “procrastination” in the second tip?

A. hesitation B. delay C. importance D. contradiction

3.According to the passage, you will not reach you goals, if you _______.

A. are not willing to spend money seeking helping hands.

B. do not take time to make plans for them.

C. do not let life take you where it goes.

D. are not afraid of succeeding.

4.What can be learned from the sixth tip?

A. He who has hope has everything.

B. Two heads are better than one.

C. Practice makes perfect.

D. Keeping up contributes to success.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：有許多原因可以用來解釋目標的未能達成。目標設定是一個有小及大的積累過程，只有完成一個個階段性的小目標，才能最終達成終極目標。文章還總結了七個導致目標未能達成的原因。

1.let’s examine the reasons why many people fail at reaching them. Here are 7 Reasons That You Won’t Reach Your Goals”可知，文章主要講的是造成目標未能達到的原因，故選C。

2.You Don’t Start ...What are you waiting for? Procrastination is responsible for the failure of many goals.”可知，遲遲沒有開始，沒有付諸行動，也是未能達到目標的原因之一，根據(jù)段意可推知劃線詞的意思是“推遲，拖延”，故選B。

3.You will have to “pay” for your goals in some manner.”排除A項；根據(jù)“Make a choice and set your goals. Otherwise you will end up wherever life takes you.”排除C項；根據(jù)“Too many people are afraid to “set” their goals. Afraid of failing.”排除D項；根據(jù)“Make a choice and set your goals. Otherwise you will end up wherever life takes you.”可知，你應該花時間做出選擇，定下目標，好好計劃一下未來，否則，你將止步于現(xiàn)狀，不會有什么成就，故選B。

4.have usually put in years of preparation and practice. ...You have to fall down many times before you will succeed.”可知，本段講的是，要承受住失敗的打擊，不輕言放棄，通往成功的道路不會是平坦的，需要你做好心理準備，故選D。

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