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【题目】The Winner’s Guide to Success

How do successful people think? What helps them to make success? To find out the answers, an American scholar recently visited some of the most successful people in America. 【1】

Be responsible for yourself

Sometimes you may want to blame others for your failure to get ahead. 【2】 You’re saying, “You have more control over my life than I do.”

Live life “on purpose”

Almost all successful people live life “on purpose”— they are doing what they believe they should and want to do. When you live your life on purpose, you’ll try your best to do your job or study as well as you can. You love what you do and you can find pleasure in what you do.

Write a plan

It is very difficult trying to get what you want without a good plan. 【3】 A good plan is like a map to you. Without this “map”, you may waste your time, money and also your energy; while with the “map” you’ll enjoy the “trip” and get what you want in the shortest possible time.

Be willing to pay the price

Nothing great is easy to get. So you must be ready to work hard — even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you won’t get anything valuable.

Never give up

【4】 When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.

【5】

Once an American writer was writing a novel. He could not have a good ending for his book until one night when he had a very good idea. He was so excited that he made a phone call to one of his best friends. “I’ve got a perfect idea,” he said, “I’ll put it down later and show it to you.” But he never did, because he died that night. His book was left without a perfect ending. So remember, do what you can right away. Never delay at all.

A. It is just like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away.

B. It seems to us that everyone knows this. But it is easier said than done.

C. Some people achieve success much later in life because they fail to realize earlier the importance of hard work.

D. In fact, when you say someone or something outside of yourself is stopping you from making success, you’re giving away your own power.

E. Someone else’s opinion of you doesn’t have to become your reality.

F. Don’t delay

G. Here are some keys to success that they give.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】F

【解析】

试题分析:人人都想成功，那么成功的人在想什么呢？读读这篇文章，你将知道答案。

【1】G考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。通过下文的各个小标题可知此处是成功人士给出的答案，故选择G，意为：下面就是他们所给的成功的关键。

【2】D考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。通过小标题可知，这一段讲的是对自己负责，以及上一句说有时候你会责备他人让你无法向前，所以选择D，意为：事实上，如果你说有人使你不能成功，那么你就是在让出自己的权利。

【3】A考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据小标题可知，这一段讲的是制定计划，再根据下文的A good plan is like a map to you，可知计划对你而言就是地图，故选择A，意为就像在一个遥远的城市中的陌生的路上开车一样。

【4】B考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。通过小标题可知，这一段讲的是不要放弃。再联系下文可知，下文是举例告诉你，在做事情时，要不断提醒自己放弃比失败更糟糕。故选择B，意为：每个人都知道，但是说起来容易做起来难。

【5】F考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。此题是总结本段内容，得出小标题。根据下文所举例子可知，这位作家由于当时没有记下结尾而导致他的书没有完美的结尾，故得出结论，做事不要耽搁。所以选择F。