Goals are the guides all through our life. We all have goals that we are moving towards and making a great effort to achieve. This is a good thing. Or can it be bad? How many of us never reach our goals and yet we have tried so hard and really thought about nothing else? I believe the mistake most of us make is that we do not focus(集中) on our present situation.

Let me explain. Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone that we use simply as a means of reaching our final destination(终点). We don’t take time to truly appreciate(感激) where we are today and all the great things we already have in our lives. We should focus our attention on the journey and not on the destination, or we will miss the beautiful scenery along the way.

Let’s use our job as an example. Now most of us want a promotion. We have plans to become the manager or general manager in our companies. Unfortunately, most of us will never reach the goal, but will watch others achieve our goal instead.

What we should be doing is focusing on the job we are currently in now. Forget where we want to get to and just focus on the present. You see, what we can control is our performance in our current job. We can decide to be the best we possibly can in our current job. Now this may mean further education to have the skills we currently do not have. It may mean working harder to produce better results than our colleagues(同事). It could simply be a change of attitude(态度), such as stopping complaining and becoming a more devoted and supportive employee. By doing our current job to the best of our abilities, we in fact give ourselves the best chance of promotion(晋升).

So the best thing for all of us to do to achieve our goals is to just focus on what we have and where we are now. Do the best and be the best we possibly can in our current situations, and we will give ourselves the very best chance of reaching our goals in the future. We have heard the old sayings and they are true: “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” “Patience is a virtue(美德).” and so on.

Have patience, have appreciation for what we already have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can. Do these things and we will all reach our goals, but more importantly, we will enjoy our life every day.

Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity(一致性), for the brothers had developed a strict routine(程序) for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks’ sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were satisfied with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.

Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers’ fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise(特许经营) other copies of their restaurants. The agreement struck included the right to duplicate(复制) the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches(拱门).

Today McDonald’s is really a household name. In 1976, McDonald’s had over $1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years in one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history.

【1】This passage mainly talks about ________.

A.the development of fast food services

B.how McDonald’s became a billion-dollar business

C.the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald

D.Ray Kroc’s business talent

【2】Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except ________.

A.a drive-inB.a theaterC.a cinemaD.a barbecue restaurant

【3】We may infer(推断) from this passage that ________.

A.Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc

B.the place the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in

C.forty years ago there were lots of fast-food restaurants

D.Ray Kroc was a good businessman

【4】The passage suggests that ________.

A.creativity is an important element of business success

B.Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers

C.Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc

D.California is the best place to go into business

—________.

A.Good luckB.It’s a pleasureC.Enjoy yourselfD.Very good

—You mean if Sue comes, you will come?

A.will inviteB.will be invitedC.invitedD.is invited

—________

A.Good idea.B.Sorry, I won’t do it again.C.It doesn’t matter.D.It’s good.

—Sorry, I have no idea.

A.how many times she has gone to JapanB.how long has she taught here

C.how you call that old manD.what’s wrong with your watch

A.whatB.whereC./D.when

A.development; to protectB.developing; to protect

C.development; protectD.develop; protect

A.has pastB.has passedC.passedD.have passed

A.I doB.does my sonC.he isD.will mine