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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.
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.
答案
核心考点
举一反三
How does a doctor recognize the point in time when he is finally a "surgeon"? As my year as chief
resident (进修医生) drew to a close, I asked myself this question 1 more than one occasion.
The answer, I concluded, was 2 .When you can say to yourself, "There is no surgical patient I cannot
treat competently, treat just 3 or better than any other surgeon"- then, and not until then, you are 4 a
surgeon. I was 5 that point.
6 , for example, the emergency situations that we met almost every night. The first few months of the
year I had 7 the ringing of the telephone. I knew it meant another critical decision to be 8 .Often, after
I had told Walt or Larry what to do in a particular 9 , I"d have trouble getting back to sleep. I"d 10 all
the facts of the case and, often, wonder 11 I had made a poor decision. More than once at two or three
in the 12 , after lying awake for an hour, I"d get out of 13 , dress and drive to the hospital to see the
patient myself. It was the only 14 I could find the 15 of mind I needed to relax.
Now, in the last month of my residency, 16 was no longer a problem. Sometimes I still couldn"t be
sure of my decision, but I had learned to 17 this as a constant problem for a surgeon. I knew that with
my knowledge and experience, any decision I"d made was bound to be a 18 one. It was a nice feeling.
This all sounds conceited (自负的) and I guess it is - 19 a surgeon needs conceit. He needs it to
encourage him in trying moments when he"s bothered by the 20 and uncertainties that are part of the
practice of medicine. He has to feel that he"s as good as and probably better than any other surgeon in the
world. Call it conceit -call it self-confidence; whatever it was, I had it.
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| WHAT happens to a teenage kid when the world he thought he knew suddenly changes? Find out in Little Brother by American author Cory Doctorow. It is a fascinating book for a new generation of sci-fi readers. Marcus Yallow, 17, from San Francisco is much more comfortable in front of a computer than obeying the rules of society. Smart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting (骗过) his high school"s monitoring system. This way he and his friends get to head off to play a popular online game in real life. While they are playing, a bomb explodes on the Bay Bridge. Marcus stops a military vehicle to get help for his injured friend, but this simple act throws him into a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secret prison. There he is treated as a possible terrorist. He is eventually let go after four days, but his injured friend disappears. When he returns, Marcus discovers that there are many "security measures" in place and that now all citizens are treated like potential terrorists. While some consider this government action necessary for public safety, Marcus sees this as a complete destruction of the rights he is supposed to have as a citizen. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him with only one thing to do: to take down the DHS himself. He helps organize a large network called Xnet to spread the truth, anonymously (匿名地). The book presents a young man who is irresponsible, but learns about himself, and grows, in the course of the story. As part of this learning and growing he becomes aware of very serious issues about his society. | |||
| 1.What kind of article does this passage belong to? | |||
| A. A fascinating story B. A book review C. A News report D. A TV programme | |||
| 2.The underlined word "destruction" in the passage means . | |||
| A. damage B. reward C. ruin D. protection | |||
| 3. Marcus Yallow was sent to prison because . | |||
| A. he killed his friend B. he bombed a military vehicle C. he did something that a possible terrorist could do D. his injured friend disappeared | |||
| 4. From the second paragraph we can infer that . | |||
| A. Marcus Yallow is much more comfortable obeying the rules of society B. Marcus Yallow is smart, fast and wise in real life C. Marcus Yallow always plays online games in real life D. Marcus Yallow is expert at the network world | |||
| 5. At the end of the book, Marcus Yallow . | |||
| A. is supposed to be more irresponsible B. becomes aware of very serious issues about his society C. presents a young man who is irresponsible D. plays a popular online game in real life | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| What makes a house a home? Not size, of course. I"ve been in some of the grandest houses in America, and it"s readily apparent no one lives there. Earlier this year, I had dinner in a mud hut in Ethiopia, where we sat on chairs next to the hostess" bed -a home that had more warmth than any house I"ve been in since. Now John Edwards is exploring what makes a house a home in his just-released Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives. There Edwards writes, " This is a book about homes, the values they rest on, the dreams they are filled with, and the people they have shaped. The houses and circumstances are different, but much of what you find inside will be familiar." Whether you"re sitting in an airport right now, waiting to fly to your childhood home for Thanksgiving, or in your own home waiting for the relatives to arrive, you know what he"s talking about. We"ve lived in our townhouse for 21 years. The loose windows that make noise in the wind. The fireplace so shallow it holds only one log. The kitchen window that offers a view of the world passing by. It"s where friends sit on the kitchen counter drinking wine while dinner is being fixed.I lived there for only 18, but it will always be my true home. Even the lamp in the west living room window, which I could see far down the road when driving home late at night, still shines. While all this talk about childhood memories can be warm and comforting, home is whom you"re with, not where you are. As Edwards writes, "Home is family. Home is safety. Home is faith." Happy homecoming. | |||
| 1.What would be the best title for the text? | |||
| A. Home Means Everything B. What"s Inside Makes Us Feel at Home C. Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives D. The Importance of the Home | |||
| 2.The purpose of the second paragraph is to __ | |||
| A. mean the author likes living in grandest houses B. prove the author got along well with the hostess C. mean the feeling of home isn"t related to the size D. show the author"s different feelings about houses | |||
| 3. About the book Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives, we know that __ | |||
| A. it was the description of Edwards" houses B. it is mainly about houses C. it helps us understand the concept of home D. it was written by the author of the text | |||
| 4.What did the author mainly mean when he mentioned the loose windows and the shallow fireplace ? | |||
| A. His house was too old to live in. B. He missed the feelings of home. C. He hated living there. D. He missed his old friends too much. | |||
| 5.It can be inferred according to the text that __ | |||
| A. the author"s family were very rich B. every happy home is the same C. the author has been living a hard life D. the author and Edwards hold similar ideas | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| It is probably the strangest sport anyone has ever invented.And at first sight,it looks like the easiest. Competitors have to do two things.The first is to stand still.The second is to place their hands anywhere on the body of a car,and keep it there. This is where things start getting difficult.Lots of people are doing the same thing.And the winner of the "handathon" contest is the person who can carry on doing it for the longest time.That person gets to own the car. It still seems to be an easy thing to do.At the beginning it is.Anyone can stand still.But when the contest has been going for four or five days,standing still seems like the most difficult job in the world. And keeping the hand in place over this time becomes an act of serious attention.After a few days,the hand seems to belong to someone else-someone who wants to go home and get some sleep. Competitors are allowed to take a five-minute break every hour to eat,drink or do whatever else is necessary.No one is allowed to lean on the car for support.Winners need to be able to show great powers of attention.They also need to be able to develop special skills. Maybe the popularity of the handathon is due to the fact that it is not necessary to be a trained athlete to enter.Entrants in the Longview handathon certainly don"t seem to do much preparation.Most say they will prepare by "getting lots of sleep".Others say they will "eat healthy food" or "pray for success".The whole event gives ordinary people the chance to do something interesting and win something in the end. Handathons are competitions,but there is little rivalry (敌对) between competitors.They help each other out and keep each other"s spirits up.People who drop out early return with food,drink and encouragement. | |||
| 1.The reason why the sport is called "handathon" is that competitors ______. | |||
| A. cover a long distance B. keep hands in place for long C. wave hands as long as possible D. do the same thing as in a marathon | |||
| 2.What ability is likely to be needed most in a handathon? | |||
| A. Standing without any support. B. Not leaning on the car. C. Eating and drinking in five minutes. D. Having strong powers of attention. | |||
| 3.Why is handathon popular? | |||
| A. Someone can win with special training. B. It doesn"t need to make any preparation. C. Anyone who is interested can join in it. D. People get along well with each other in it. | |||
| 4.What is the writer"s opinion about handathon? | |||
| A. It is not as easy as it looks at first. B. It is the easiest of all sports. C. It can purify people"s spirits. D. It is not good competing in a handathon. | |||
| 5.Which of the following about handathon is not right? | |||
| A. The person who takes part in it should stand still. B. The person who takes part in it has to place his hands anywhere on the body of a car,and keep it there. C. The person who takes part in it can have a break during the course of the competition. D. Handathons are competitions,so competitors don"t encourage each other. | |||
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| Solomon Shereshevski was a man with an amazing memory. He was one of the world"s most famous me-monists (记忆能手). Born in Russia in about 1900, he spent much of his life performing memory skills that people found difficult to believe. He could memorize long lists of numbers after reading them through once, and he could then recite them forwards or back-wards. He could also remember the same numbers months later. He could easily remember lists of names, dozens of playing cards or hundreds of cities. Although he had a wonderful memory, he found some normal skills very difficult. For example, he found it difficult to learn to read. He also found it difficult to recognize patterns in words or numbers. When presented with a long list of numbers like this: 1234 4231 5678 8765 6789 9876 he could not see that there was a pattern. If he could see or hear a collection of numbers, he could remember it. However, this did not mean that he could understand what he was looking at. He could remember long complex mathematical formulas, but could not understand what the numbers meant. Solomon suffered from a condition known as Synaesthesia. This meant that all of his senses were connected in a special way. In other words, when he heard a particular word he also experienced a unique taste, or saw a unique color. Each word that he heard brought a particular description into his mind. Each word for him was unique, because he remembered it as a taste, a smell, a color or a sound, or all of them together. He was not a clever man except this ability and people found him rather stupid. He found it difficult to become friends with other people because his mind was so different. In a way, his memory was a curse (祸根). He remembered everything, and that made it difficult for him to understand anything. | |||
| 1. We know from the first paragraph that ____. | |||
| A. all of his life, Solomon was kept busy doing memory tricks B. if Solomon read a list of numbers he could immediately remember them C. Solomon could memorize long list of numbers and found their patterns D. people thought Solomon could remember the most things in the world | |||
| 2. Solomon had very powerful memory, but he _____. | |||
| A. could not read or write B. never knew what people meant when they said to him C. could not work out some simple math problems D. found everything he did was meaningless | |||
| 3. When a person suffers from Synaesthesia, he (or she) _____. | |||
| A. senses things usually in a wrong way B. confuses feelings with c61ors or tastes C. often connects words he (or she) hears with things he (or she) experienced D. each word he (or she) hears changes its meaning completely | |||
| 4. The author wants to express an idea that _____. | |||
| A. one cannot be good at both memorizing and understanding things B. some people are actually quite stupid though they seem clever C. having a good memory does not mean having good intelligence D. the more you can memorize, the more stupid you will certainly be |