Question

A planned visit to Trinidad and Tobago sometime ago by a former American president, suddenly took an amazing turn form the initial plan. The presidential aircraft could not land in Trinidad and Tobago. It was reported that the runway of the airport was too short. Therefore, the aircraft had to land in a nearby country and they came into the country by road.

Everyone has a runway by which events enter into his life. The events here could be favors, miracle, connections, job opportunities, etc. The size of your runway determines the level of results that will be attracted into your life.

I have a story of two good friends. They finished high school together. One wanted to further his studies while the other decided to look for a job. As time went on, the one that wanted to work was always there to support the other one especially in the area of fees in school for a long time. As destiny would have it, they both lost contact and after a very long time, they met again but on a very different level. The one that added values to himself by going back to school had stepped up greatly to become the general manager of a big company and the other was just a little lifted. So, it was time to pay back. The one of general manager could only support him financially and make him the chief driving officer in the company. Even though he would have loved to give him a higher post he was not qualified especially in terms of skills, orientation , experience and so on. In other words, his runway was too short for such an opportunity.

Everyone must increase in knowledge and training . You must step up in your education level, human, business and communication skills. Your relationship with people must improve by being a good person. Your runway is enlarged anytime you add values to your life.

There are some jobs, opportunities, favor that cannot protect base in your life. They will have to be coming from other people into your life because you have failed to work on your own runway by improving on your abilities. It is not too late or too early to start in life because every stage in life is a good place to begin.

1. In the first paragraph, the president had to change his plan because _________________.

A. the weather condition was bad for their journey

B. they couldn’t go into that country by their plane

C. they wanted to visit the neighboring country temporarily

D. the president had to deal with something back in his country

2. The two friends had different final results because __________________________

A. they had different life goals

B. one always wanted to beat the other

C. they had different education levels

D.they wanted to show their different success

3.What is stressed in the last paragraph?

A. The key to success.

B. The need of others’ help

C. The trouble from failure

D. The real meaning of life

4.What would be the best title for this text?

A. Kindness Makes a Big Different

B. Depend on Youself

C. Competition Exists Everywhere

D. Always Improve on Yourself

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者阐述了人生中不断充实自己，提升自我的重要性。

1.B事实细节题。根据文章第一段It was reported that the runway of the airport was too short.可知，总统一行不得不改道邻国去访问特立尼达和多巴哥，是因为这个国家的机场跑道太短，总统专机无法落地，所以只能临时改变计划，故选B。

2.C事实细节题。作者在第二段举了一个例子，两个好朋友因为选择不同，所以接受的教育程度不同，最后结果也不一样，故选C。

3.D段落大意题 。章最后一段想要表达的观点是：不是每个人都能有好的工作，机会和运气的，如果没能很好地提升自己的能力，那么从他人那里获得支持和帮助非常重要，故选D。

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