Question

From now on, never spend your precious time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.

The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance. You were born a winner. You were born rich. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.

You cannot be successful without first developing your self-confidence. Your level of self-confidence is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-confidence are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are mere victims. They are leaves tossed (搖擺) by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.

You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible.

Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.

If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success. On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks.

In short, in all areas of your life, whether they be financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it, you are on the road to success.

1.People with low self-confidence are compared to leaves because they____________.

A．a(chǎn)re ready to change their minds            B．a(chǎn)re easily affected by windy weather

C．don't have the power to face their fate       D．can't control themselves in life

2.Losers would think that ___________.

A．success is the result of hard work

B．working hard will lead to success

C．their failure is only because of bad luck

D．they don't make efforts to succeed

3. It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that ___________.

A．whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes

B．developing confidence is the key to future success

C．thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mind

D．setting our expectations is essential before taking action

4.The last paragraph serves as ____________.

A．the proof of the author's points            B．the conclusion of the argument

C．a(chǎn)n introduction to another topic            D．a(chǎn) comparison between two views

5.Which is the best title for the text? _______________.

A．Success is a choice                      B．The secrets of success

C．Develop our confidence                  D．How to achieve success

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：不要浪費時間考慮失敗的原因了，成功的關鍵在你的態(tài)度，只有以積極的心態(tài)去面對生活，你才能讓成功的種子發(fā)芽。

1.細節(jié)理解題：根據(jù)文章第三段的最后兩句話可知：自尊心不強的人通常認為他們不能控制生活，就像風中的樹葉一樣，任憑風吹向何方。選D

2.細節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. 可知失敗者會認為失敗是因為運氣不好。選C

3.推理題：從文章的第五段可知：態(tài)度和行動是習慣的結果，一個人有了什么期望，往往就能實現(xiàn)，我們有責任去設定目標，并充滿信心的去完成，由此可見，態(tài)度決定我們成功與否。

4.寫作結構題：根據(jù)最后一段的內容可知，這是對整個文章的總結。選B。

5.標題題：根據(jù)文章內容判斷可知，能否成功主要取決于我們自己的選擇。所以選項A正確。

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