Question

Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances(環(huán)境) don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.

However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable(不可忍受的) pain and will likely make you quit(放棄) well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.

Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards. Consistent(堅持不懈的), hard work won’t guarantee(保證) you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

1.What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A. the meaning of success B. the reasons for success

C. the standards of success D. the importance of success

2.Paragraph 2 tells us .

A. how to succeed B. why to set a goal

C. how to get good at something D. how to practice

3.That successful people suggest doing what one loves is based on the fact that .

A. work makes one feel pain B. one tends to enjoy his work

C. it takes a lot of time to succeed D. one gives up his work easily

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Having a goal is important to success.

B. Luck, talent and family help to achieve success.

C. Being good is different from being great.

D. One cannot succeed without time and practice.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文為議論文。成功的關(guān)鍵因素不是天賦、出身或運氣，而是設定一個符合實際的目標，然后為此不斷地努力、付出。巨大的努力也許無法確保你想要的成功，但是你為之付出的(領域)一定會成為你的優(yōu)勢所在。

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4.4】主旨大意題。概括全文可知，文章主要指出成功的關(guān)鍵不是靠天賦、出身或運氣，沒有大量的時間和練習，一個人是不會取得成功的。所以選D。

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