I got tired of living the life that everybody told me I “should” be living, so one day I decided to start living life in my own ways. Frustrated（挫�。﹚ith my job, I came home, put on my shoes, and just started running. It felt so good to be free. That first day I ended up running 30 miles without stopping. Yes, I had rediscovered my old passion ( 酷愛(ài)的事物) — and it felt so good that I set a goal to support myself and my family from my running alone.
I trained hard every day. Since I wanted to be the best I could be, I knew I would have to set some clear goals for myself. A couple of my goals were: run a 135-mile ultra-marathon(超級(jí)馬拉松) across Death Valley, win the Badwater Ultra-Marathon, and run a marathon to the South Pole.
I had no idea how I was going to achieve these goals, but they certainly encouraged me to work hard. Today, I am really grateful to say that I have achieved all of them. Shortly after completing these goals, I set another goal: to run fifty marathons, in fifty states, in fifty days. Nobody had done anything like this before. To be honest, I was not quite sure if I could. But there was only one way to find out…so I just started training and preparing to give it my best try.
I completed that goal one year ago, and it felt great! But for me, life is not all about achieving goals. Sure, it feels good to succeed, but the greatest reward for me was learning more about myself and what I was able to do.
Only by stepping out into the unknown and stretching(使傾注全力) ourselves can we really discover what our true potential(潛能) is。
小題1:Which played an important role in the author’s success?
A．Setting goalsB．Learning from others.
C．Being honestD．Keeping on reading .
小題2:According to Paragraph 3, before achieving the goals the author felt _____________
A．very gratefulB．not quite confident
C．quite afraidD．not very satisfied
小題3:What does the underlined part “that goal” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A．Win the Badwater Ultra-Marathon.
B．Run a marathon to the South Pole.
C．Run fifty marathons, in fifty states, in fifty days.
D．Run a 135-mile ultra-marathon across Death Valley.
小題4:The author probably agrees that____________.
A．life means achieving goals
B．success is the greatest reward
C．sports help develop our potential
D．everyone may have great potential.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：本文主要講述作者在生活中給自己樹(shù)立了一個(gè)又一個(gè)的目標(biāo)，然后朝著這些目標(biāo)努力，發(fā)揮出自己的潛能。目的在于建議我們也給自己樹(shù)立人生發(fā)展的目標(biāo)。
小題1:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段Since I wanted to be the best I could be, I knew I would have to set some clear goals for myself.可知在我的成功中，目標(biāo)是很重要的一環(huán)，正是因?yàn)樵O(shè)立了目標(biāo)，所以我們才會(huì)向著自己的目標(biāo)努力，最后才會(huì)完成目標(biāo)。故A正確。
小題2:.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段倒數(shù)第2行To be honest, I was not quite sure if I could.可知我也不確定自己是否會(huì)成功，故B正確。
小題3:C 推理題。這里的that goal 是承接第三段中的樹(shù)立的I set another goal: to run fifty marathons, in fifty states, in fifty days.這個(gè)目標(biāo)，我在一年之前就已經(jīng)完成了。故C正確。
小題4:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Only by stepping out into the unknown and stretching(使傾注全力) ourselves can we really discover what our true potential(潛能) is�？芍�(dāng)我們?nèi)σ愿暗臅r(shí)候，我們就能發(fā)揮出我們?nèi)康臐撃�。故D項(xiàng)表述是正確的。
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