题目内容

If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time.

     Every year it's the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the last year. You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make, but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life.

Here's a suggestion: Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. “We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it's so hard for us to reach it.” said Robert Maurer, who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life. “What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can’t find any excuse not to do it.”

     “Kaizen”, a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes (态度). During World War II, American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding (重建) Japan. It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”.

Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could possibly help people succeed in doing everything.

1.At the end of December, people usually ___________ .

A. plan for the last year           B. fail to make big changes

C. try to lose their ideas           D. think about the new year  

2.Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us ___________ .

A. we should do everything in big steps

B. how to find a small step without any excuse

C. we should try a lot of sudden changes

D. how to change one’s life with one small step

3. The underlined part “increase productivity” in the passage means “___________ “.

A. 增加成本      B. 提高待遇       C. 提高生产率      D. 增加出口量

4. The writer of the passage suggests we should ___________ .

A. take a tiny step to achieve big goals

B. make changes at the end of the year

C. do few experiments with “kaizen”

D. do things with hard-to-achieve goals 

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. You can't find any excuse not to reach a big goal.

B. You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy.

C. ”Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World WarⅡ.

D. Robert Maurer studied “kaizen” and found it helpful.

 

【答案】

 

1.D

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析:本文主要讲述了应忘记太大的、难以实现的目标,只想想小的目标,一步步地去实现它。

1.细节理解题。根据As December comes to an end, you think about the new year(当十二月月末的时候,你想一下关于新年的事)可知,本题选D。

2.细节理解题。根据who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life(最近写了一本书《一小步可以改变你的生活》)可知,本题选D。

3.细节理解题。根据by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes(通过尝试一个小的、持续的进步来代替突然地改变)可知,本题选C。

4.细节理解题。根据Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones(忘记太大的、难以实现的目标,只想想小的)可知,本题选A。

5.细节理解题。根据Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it(莫勒学习了这个主意,然后做了一些实验)可知,本题选D。

考点:教育类短文阅读。

 

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1.The passage is mainly about________

A.a new sickness

B.an online game

C.messages

D.computer jobs

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A.online for an hour a week

B.send e-mall messages at work

C.are on the Internet more than with friends

D.never use the computer

3.According to the passage,which is NOT a sign of IAD?

A.Quitting your job to spend more time online.

B.Spending time with family and friends.

C.Forgetting the time when you are online.

D.Getting angry when you can,t play a game.

4.Ivan Goldberg and Kimberly S. Young_______

A.quit their jobs

B.are online a lot

C.have IAD

D.help people with IAD

 

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Miracles(奇迹)will happen if you don't give up trying. Even if you have  31 for one hundred times, you may succeed when you try for the 10lst time.

When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my 32 .  They were too soft to be able to walk. Although the news was bad, my mother didn't become  33 . She didn't believe what the doctor said  34  she started to look for other ways.

My mother kept looking for other doctors for me, and finally she  35 . The doctor and his team in the hospital did   36 they could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some  37 to help me walk. One day when my mother came to pick me 38   .I crawled(爬) towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn't believe  39  eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good  40 . Day by day, I could walk by myself.

When I grew up, my mother   41  told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met   42 , I could do anything successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be a very   43  person. I get best   44 in school and I am a good dancer and swimmer.   45  my mother's strong resolution, I live a happy life now. What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is: Never give up.

1.                A.achieved       B.failed          C.suggested D.told

 

2.                A.legs           B.hands          C.arms D.eyes

 

3.                A.patient         B.confident       C.frustrated D.proud

 

4.                A.or             B.and            C.if    D.because

 

5.                A.forgot          B.changed        C.succeeded    D.worked

 

6.                A.nothing         B.somewhere      C.anywhere D.everything

 

7.                A.time           B.exercise        C.medicine D.shopping

 

8.                A.away           B.from           C.into  D.up

 

9.                A.her            B.my            C.his  D.its

 

10.               A.advice         B.end           C.chance    D.start

 

11.               A.hardly         B.never          C.always D.nearly

 

12.               A.dreams         B.experiments     C.jobs  D.difficulties

 

13.               A.excellent       B.dangerous      C.busy  D.special

 

14.               A.presents        B.friends         C.books D.grades

 

15.               A.According to    B.Instead of       C.Thanks to  D.Together with

 

 

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