There are many reasons that goals go unfulfilled. For many, goal setting is a never ending circle that starts, stops, and begins again. To help us succeed in reaching our goals, let’s examine the reasons why many people fail at reaching them. Here are 7 Reasons That You Won’t Reach Your Goals:
1. You Don’t Have Any Goals
Too many people are afraid to “set” their goals. Afraid of failing. Afraid of disappointment. Well, you definitely won’t complete them if you don’t try. Make a choice and set your goals. Otherwise you will end up wherever life takes you.
2. You Don’t Start
OK, so you have a goal. What have you done about it? Have you started it yet? What are you waiting for? Procrastination is responsible for the failure of many goals.
3. You Aren’t Willing to “Buy” Your Goals
Yes, you have to buy your goals. Why? Because every goal has a price. It has a cost. Time. Money. Sweat. Sacrifice. You will have to “pay” for your goals in some manner.
4. Your Goals Are Unrealistic.
Make sure that your goals are possible and that you set an adequate time frame for success.
5. You Won’t Stick With It
Over half of goals will be given up within 30 days. You set your goals .You started them. And then...you gave up. Are you using life’s daily happenings as excuses? Goals are not reached through one effort. Rather, they are made in small steps over time.
6. You Will Fail...And You Won’t Get Back Up!
No one succeeds immediately. Those who appear to have effortlessly succeeded have usually put in years of preparation and practice. You have to fall down many times before you will succeed. Skill is learned by doing.
7. You Quit Before The Finish Line
Too many people stop...right before the finish line. It’s almost like they are afraid of succeeding. Often a life event is used as the reason for not finishing. Something always comes up before you finish.
Are you reaching your goals? Which of these is keeping you from succeeding? Set your goals. Stay the course. Always get back up when you fail. And make sure you cross the finish line.
小题1:What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage?| A．To remind people of the importance of setting life goals. | | B．To convince people of keeping to their life goals. | | C．To clarify the reasons leading to the failure of achieving goals. | | D．To persuade people to have big life goals. |
小题2:What’s the probable meaning of the underlined word “procrastination” in the second tip?| A．hesitation | B．delay | C．importance | D．contradiction |
小题3:According to the passage, you will not reach you goals, if you _______.| A．are not willing to spend money seeking helping hands. | | B．do not take time to make plans for them. | | C．do not let life take you where it goes. | | D．are not afraid of succeeding. |
小题4:What can be learned from the sixth tip?| A．He who has hope has everything. | | B．Two heads are better than one. | | C．Practice makes perfect. | | D．Keeping up contributes to success. |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B
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试题分析：有许多原因可以用来解释目标的未能达成。目标设定是一个有小及大的积累过程，只有完成一个个阶段性的小目标，才能最终达成终极目标。文章还总结了七个导致目标未能达成的原因。
小题1:根据第一段“let’s examine the reasons why many people fail at reaching them. Here are 7 Reasons That You Won’t Reach Your Goals”可知，文章主要讲的是造成目标未能达到的原因，故选C。
小题2:根据“You Don’t Start ...What are you waiting for? Procrastination is responsible for the failure of many goals.”可知，迟迟没有开始，没有付诸行动，也是未能达到目标的原因之一，根据段意可推知划线词的意思是“推迟，拖延”，故选B。
小题3:根据“You will have to “pay” for your goals in some manner.”排除A项；根据“Make a choice and set your goals. Otherwise you will end up wherever life takes you.”排除C项；根据“Too many people are afraid to “set” their goals. Afraid of failing.”排除D项；根据“Make a choice and set your goals. Otherwise you will end up wherever life takes you.”可知，你应该花时间做出选择，定下目标，好好计划一下未来，否则，你将止步于现状，不会有什么成就，故选B。
小题4:根据第六个标题和“have usually put in years of preparation and practice. ...You have to fall down many times before you will succeed.”可知，本段讲的是，要承受住失败的打击，不轻言放弃，通往成功的道路不会是平坦的，需要你做好心理准备，故选D。 |
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A brand is a name, word, sign, symbol, design, or a combination of these, intended to identify the goods or services of a company or a group of companies. Another purpose of a brand is to contrast one company from another. The most important skill of professional marketers is the ability to create, maintain, protect, and enhance the brands of their products and services. Branding has become so important that today hardly any company or product is without one. Therefore, brand management is an increasingly important element in marketing.
Brand power refers to the relative strength of a company’s brand in the minds of consumers, and can influence consumers’ choice of products. Brands are powerful to the extent that they give high brand loyalty and strong brand associations, name recognition, perceived quality and other assets to a company. A strong brand can be one of a company’s most important assets.
High brand power provides a company with many competitive advantages. A powerful brand enjoys a high level of consumer brand awareness and loyalty. Because consumers expect stores to carry the brand, the company has more bargaining power when negotiating with retailers (零售商). And because the brand name brings high credibility, a company with a strong brand can more easily launch new products with the same brand name.
Many companies use the advantage of a strong brand power strategically to expand their business. When a company introduces an additional item with a new flavour, form, colour or package size in a given product category and under the same brand name, it is called a line extension. Another strategy is called brand extension. This involves the use of a successful brand name to launch new or modified products in a new category, thereby employing brand recognition in order to increase sales of new products.
Brand recognition is certainly important. Because consumers often hold long-standing perceptions about brands, high brand power ensure a company continued sales of its products.
小题1:What does the word “assets” in the 2nd paragraph mean?| A．points | B．advantages | C．aspects | D．elements |
小题2:All of the following statements are the advantages of a high brand power EXCEPT that______.| A．a high brand wins the loyalty of consumers | | B．a high brand usually sets a much higher price | | C．it’s easy for a high brand company to launch new products | | D．a high brand company is more competitive when doing business with retailers |
小题3:A brand extension ______.| A．happens when the company is developing a new product | | B．means the expansion of a company’s business in its established field | | C．takes place when the company introduces a similar item but with a new colour | | D．refers to the use of an established brand name to promote a new product in a new category |
小题4:What might be the best title of this passage?| A．Brand Power | B．Famous Brands | | C．Company Brands | D．Brand Products |
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Yesterday, I met a delightful woman at a work event. As we talked, she told me about her in Manila, Philippines. She spoke about the her culture values their elders,and she explained that children are from the time of birth to respect and people older than themselves.
It was to hear that,so I enjoyed listening and learning. Here is her memory I found so beautiful:
When she was growing up, her father had three jobs to his family. She said her dad never , and though he worked very hard, he always had for them. One day, her father was at his full-time job. For several months, he was mailed temporary disability checks he was recovering.
When her father was able to return to his full-time job, he took all those disability that were sent to him while he was recovering and handed them back to the . He told them that he had two good legs and arms, and did not need this money. He told them to give the money to people who could not work, to people who needed it.
The woman telling the story was a little girl at that time. She had her father that very day when he went back to his company all those unopened checks. "My father is my hero," she . Lowering her voice, she said she would never forget what he did, and what an and influential mentor(导师) he was on how to live a life.
From my communication with her, it was that her father"s same sweet spirit had been to this woman, and to her family. Hearing this story was so refreshing to my soul. I hope it is for you too.
| 小题1: | | A．study | B．childhood | C．friendship | D．hobby |
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| 小题2: | | A．way | B．pattern | C．memory | D．skill |
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| 小题3: | | A．adopted | B．brought | C．attended | D．educated |
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| 小题4: | | A．greet | B．admire | C．honor | D．welcome |
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| 小题5: | | A．surprising | B．refreshing | C．convincing | D．puzzling |
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| 小题7: | | A．depend on | B．watch over | C．take in | D．care for |
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| 小题8: | | A．explained | B．apologized | C．complained | D．regretted |
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| 小题9: | | A．food | B．clothing | C．space | D．time |
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| 小题10: | | A．defeated | B．injured | C．fired | D．punished |
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| 小题11: | | A．while | B．though | C．because | D．since |
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| 小题12: | | A．presents | B．goods | C．checks | D．awards |
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| 小题13: | | A．company | B．committee | C．community | D．charity |
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| 小题14: | | A．frequently | B．regularly | C．actually | D．normally |
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| 小题15: | | A．observed | B．accompanied | C．supported | D．reminded |
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| 小题17: | | A．remarked | B．reported | C．sighed | D．announced |
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| 小题18: | | A．advanced | B．effective | C．inspiring | D．honest |
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| 小题19: | | A．possible | B．necessary | C．strange | D．obvious |
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| 小题20: | | A．given in | B．passed down | C．held on | D．handed out |
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Having a great collection of books at home doesn’t really mean that you are a person who has a passion for literature and reading． It can be a family inheritance or it can be just to impress people around you by the fact that you are a person of culture． On the other hand, there are many persons who cannot afford to buy books, because some of them are quite expensive, but who usually go to libraries and spend hours reading something that interests them a lot, or just borrow books to home．
From my point of view, literature is very important in our life． For example, reading is a means of gaining culture and enriching our knowledge in different areas． It can help us have a great imagination and it makes things easier when it comes to make compositions on different themes． It gives you the possibility to speak about science, even if you don’t work in this domain, or you can express your opinion about a political aspect, just because you have read something connected to that．
Secondly, literature offers us the possibility to enter the world of imagination, and to leave the real one for a couple of hours． We come to meet kings and queens many years ago, dream of being in the world of the rich or imagine how life will be in the future． Sometimes, we identify ourselves with the characters in the stories we read and they can give us some clues to solve our problems and how to react in certain circumstances．
In conclusion, I would like to say that literature is the perfect means to enrich our culture, to express ourselves correctly, to have a rich vocabulary, to be able to interfere in conversations in different fields of interest and to really be considered an erudite person．
小题1:People who are fond of literature are those that ________ ．| A．have much interest in reading | | B．keep many books | | C．go to libraries every day | | D．buy expensive books in the bookstore |
小题2:According to the author we can broaden our knowledge by ________ ．| A．composing | B．imagining | C．communicating | D．reading |
小题3:We can know from the third paragraph that ___________ ．| A．we can bring kings and queens back to life | | B．it is very good for us to stay alone for some hours | | C．what we read can be useful in our daily life | | D．we can make friends with people in the stories |
小题4:The underline word “erudite” in Paragraph 4 probably means “ _______”．| A．learned | B．enthusiastic | C．smart | D．creative |
小题5:What is the author’s purpose by writing the passage?| A．To share his own reading experience． | | B．To distinguish the true readers． | | C．To attract people to literature． | | D．To stress the importance of imagination． |
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I ’m left . Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other ？
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, children from different races and religions played and studied in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone s from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and Iwas an Indian Hindu——we just our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice，well or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we"d the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his .
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail s family later returned to their village, and I touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I my destination. The driver acknowledged my but did not move off. Instead, he looked at me. “Raddar?" he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so addressed (称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something to describe.
If we can allow our children to be without prejudice, they"ll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be their side through" thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, 44we happy few, we band of brothers".
| 小题1: | | A．interested | B．pleased | C．puzzled | D．excited |
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| 小题2: | | A．parties | B．cities | C．villages | D．races |
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| 小题4: | | A．together | B．around | C．alone | D．apart |
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| 小题5: | | A．drop | B．throw | C．move | D．roll |
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| 小题6: | | A．refused | B．made | C．sought | D．accepted |
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| 小题7: | | A．paid | B．meant | C．preserved | D．treated |
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| 小题8: | | A．explore | B．search | C．discover | D．desert |
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| 小题9: | | A．get through | B．deal with | C．come across | D．take away |
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| 小题10: | | A．arrival | B．choice | C．effort | D．company |
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| 小题11: | | A．lost | B．gained | C． developed | D．missed |
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| 小题12: | | A．stated | B．ordered | C．decided | D．chose |
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| 小题13: | | A．attempts | B．instructions | C．opinions | D．arrangements |
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| 小题14: | | A．anxiously | B．carelessly | C．disappointedly | D．fixedly |
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| 小题15: | | A．familiarly | B．strangely | C．fully | D．coldly |
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| 小题16: | | A．departures | B．months | C．years | D．decades |
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| 小题17: | | A．possible | B．funny | C． hard | D．clear |
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| 小题18: | | A．them | B．themselves | C．us | D．ourselves |
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| 小题19: | | A．from | B．by | C． with | D．against |
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| 小题20: | | A．still | B．otherwise | C．then | D．instead |
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We are just getting older and older with each New Year. Vigor and wisdom are draining, and bit by bit we are moving away from the amazement of youth.
Yet neither fear nor anxiety helps retain youth. Instead, a few living habits help maintain.
●Laugh to your heart"s content as much as you can. Laughter helps reduce pressure and improve your immune system, which makes people look 8 years younger.
●Keep an eye on your blood pressure. Those with a blood pressure of 115/75mmHg look 2.5years younger than those above 160/90mmHg.
●Quit smoking and avoid passive smoking. This can take 8 years off your appearance.
●Spare some time for exercises each day. Exercises need not be tiring. A 20 minute walk every day makes people look 5 years younger.
●Keep learning and absorb something new each day. Speak the same language as the young people. Learning something every day makes people look 2.5 years younger.
●Keep other pressures under control. Too much pressure makes people look 30 years older. If they are good at networking and manage to keep pressure under control, they will look 30 years younger.
●Secure high quality medical care insurance and do whole body check regularly. For those contracted with chronicle diseases, proper treatment and qualification of the diseases makes people look 12 years younger than what they would without proper treatment.
小题1:The passage is mainly about _________.| A．the important of retaining youth | | B．some tips helping people retain youth | | C．moving away from the amazement of youth | | D．the connections between the health and the age |
小题2:The underlined sentence “This can take 8 years off your appearance.” means _________.| A．Smoking and passive smoking can make you look 8 years younger | | B．Smoking and passive smoking can make you die 8 years ahead | | C．Giving up smoking and avoiding passive smoking can make you live 8 years longer | | D．Giving up smoking and avoiding passive smoking can make you look 8 years younger |
小题3:According to the passage, we can know that _________.| A．exercises properly every day helps people retain youth | | B．if you want to be 30 years younger you must keep other pressures under control | | C．doing whole body check regularly can make people look younger | | D．fear and anxiety are a part of our life, which help people realize the importance of keeping youth |
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