Question

Nothing succeeds like confidence. When you are truly confident, it radiates from you like sunlight, and attracts success to you like a magnet（磁鐵. Besides, those who are self-confident can in turn inspire confidence in others: their audience, their peers, their bosses, their customers, and their friends. And gaining the confidence of others is one of the key ways in which a self-confident person finds success.

So how can we build a sense of self-confidence and prepare ourselves on the way to success?

First, do what you believe to be right, even if others mock or criticize you for it. Believe in yourself and believe that you can do it under any circumstances, because if you believe you can, then you really will. The belief keeps you searching for answers, which means that pretty soon you will get them.

Second, govern your behavior based on what other people think. What’s more important, be willing to take risks and go the extra miles to achieve better results, in which case mistakes cannot be avoided. Don’t hesitate to admit your mistakes, and learn from them. Next, work hard to settle the problems in order to cover up your mistakes before anyone notices. Building self-confidence is readily achievable, as long as you have the focus and determination to carry things through. And what’s even better is that the things you’ll do to build self-confidence will also build success ----after all, your confidence will come from real, solid achievement. No one can take this away from you!

As you sow, sow will reap. With your perseverance and improvement, you are getting closer to success. At this stage, wait for others to congratulate you on your accomplishments and compliments graciously. “Thanks, I really worked hard on that prospect. I’m pleased you recognize my efforts.” The congratulations and compliments from others will promote you to gain further success.

Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives, and it is no wonder that so many people struggle to find it. Self-confidence really can be learned and built on. Besides, whether you’re working on your own self-confidence or building the confidence of people around you, it’s well worth the effort!

1.Those who are truly confident _________.

A. succeed without effort and hard work

B. encourage people around to become confident

C. appear more attractive and thus become successful

D. gain the confidence of others and feel successful

2.The underlined word “mock” (Para.3 ) is closest in meaning to ________.

A. praise B. imitate

C. punish D. laugh at

3.When others congratulate us on our achievements, we are supposed to ________.

A. praise them in return

B. gain further improvement

C. politely accept the compliments

D. expect them to congratulate you again

4.Which of the following proverbs best goes with Paragraph 4?

A. Look before your leap.

B. It is no use crying over spilt milk.

C. Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.

D. Learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones.

5.The purpose of the text is to ________________.

A. tell people how to become successful

B. convince people to do what they believe to be right

C. encourage people to build confidence and achieve success

D. criticize people who lack confidence and thus fail in their career

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析: 本文為議論文，屬于社會文化類。本文強調(diào)了自信心的重要性，擁有自信心是成功的關(guān)鍵，并且就如何建立自信心提出了幾種建議。

1. 細節(jié)理解題。由文章第一段those who are self-confident can in turn inspire confidence in others可知答案，故選B。

2.猜測詞義題。該句是含有讓步狀語從句的主從復(fù)合句，or連接的應(yīng)是相近詞義的詞，criticize批評，根據(jù)句意：即使其他人因為此事___或批評你，你也要做你認為對的事，此處與批評相近的詞義應(yīng)是嘲笑，故選D。

3. 推理判斷題。由文章第五段wait for others to congratulate you on your accomplishments and compliments graciously. “Thanks, I really worked hard on that prospect. I’m pleased you recognize my efforts.”可以推斷出在他人祝賀我們的成就時，我們應(yīng)當禮貌地接受道賀，故選C。

4. 主旨大意題。根據(jù)第四段What’s more important, be willing to take risks and go the extra miles to achieve better results, in which case mistakes cannot be avoided.Don’t hesitate to admit your mistakes, and learn from them.可知答案：懲前毖后，故選D。A 三思而后行；B 覆水難收、事已至此，哭也沒有用；C 天才是1%的靈感加上99%的汗水。

5. 寫作意圖題。全文講述的是自信心的重要性及如何建立自信心，由最后一段的Self-confidence really can be learned and built on. Besides, whether you’re working on your own self-confidence or building the confidence of people around you, it’s well worth the effort! 也可知答案，故選C。

考點：考查社會文化類短文閱讀。