Question

Do you want to be a successful person? Would you like to know how successful people usually think and what drives them? Here I am going to tell you the key to success that successful people share.

First of all, successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves for their failure to move ahead. They realize that their future lies in their own hands. They understand that they can’t control things in life, such as nature, the past and other people. At the same time, they are well aware that they can control their own thoughts and actions. They take responsibility for their life.

Perhaps what most separates successful people from others is that they live life “on purpose”-- they are doing what they believe they are put here to do. In their opinion, having a purpose in their life is the most important element that enables them to deal with things around them. They hold the view that when they live their life “on purpose”, their main concern is to do the job right. They live what they do. People want to do business with them because of their commitment. To live their life “on purpose”, successful people find a cause they believe in and create a business around it.

Besides, they never give up easily. Once they have set up goals in their life, they are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. To achievers always bear in mind what they don’t have forever. Rather than see this as negative or depressing, they would use the knowledge to spur themselves on and go after what they want energetically and passionately.

So keep in mind what successful people always hold to be true so that you will have a clear idea of what you should do to be successful in life.

1.According to the passage, to be successful, ______.

A. you should set up a realistic goal

B. you should know your strengths and weaknesses

C. you shouldn’t blame others for your failure

D. you shouldn’t waste time

2.Which is NOT the key to success that successful people share?

A. Taking responsibility for their life.

B. Never giving up easily.

C. Having a goal in life.

D. Controlling things in life.

3.The underlined word “spur” in paragraph 4 probably means “______”.

A. interest B. equip

C. depend D. inspire

4.The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to ______.

A. explain the exact meaning of success

B. share the key to success with readers

C. tell his experience of achieving success

D. encourage readers to learn from failure

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：你想成為一個(gè)成功人士嗎？你想了解成功人士的思維嗎？這里將為你介紹成功人士所具備的素質(zhì)。成功人士從不責(zé)怪他人，他們對(duì)自己的生命負(fù)責(zé)。成功人士有著明確的生活目標(biāo)，而且他們從不輕言放棄。

1.successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves for their failure to move ahead”可知，成功人士從不把失敗歸咎于他人或外物，故選C。

2.successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves...They take responsibility for their life”可知，成功人士從不責(zé)備他人，他們對(duì)生命負(fù)責(zé)；根據(jù)第三段“they live life “on purpose”...having a purpose in their life is the most important element”可知，成功人士有著明確的生活目標(biāo)；根據(jù)第四段“Besides, they never give up easily.”可知，成功人士從不輕易放棄；根據(jù)第二段“They understand that they can’t control things in life”可知D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，故選D。

3.and go after what they want”可知，(他們)繼續(xù)追求想要的東西，說(shuō)明成功人士用知識(shí)來(lái)自我鞭策，然后繼續(xù)追逐夢(mèng)想，spur on(to sth)激勵(lì)，鞭策，故選D。

4.Here I am going to tell you the key to success that successful people share.”和最后一段“So keep in mind what successful people always hold to be true...”可知，作者的寫(xiě)作目的是向讀者介紹成功人士所具備的素質(zhì)，故選B。

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