Question

【题目】请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意:每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

Success Takes Focus

You can have a strong desire and really want to achieve your goal but as you’ve experienced, life has its way of knocking us off course. Things come up, and distractions occur.

Success takes a lot of focus. You’ve had the experience of setting a goal and being really excited about achieving it only to have a few weeks or months to go by and realize the goal has dropped down on your list of priorities.

People often get easily side tracked. This doesn’t just happen all at once. You get off track just little by little until one day, you realize you’re completely off track. Keeping your mind focused on your goal can be a constant battle because everything around you is trying to get your attention. It will be your job to keep your goal up high on your priorities list.

So what can you do to keep your focus? There are several things you can try. You can write down your goal and read it each morning and night. You can visualize achieving your goal daily.

One of my favorite methods of keeping focused on a goal is to constantly ask myself, “Is what I’m doing right now bringing me closer to my goal or further away?” Once you answer that question, you’ll know what to do. You can make sure that your daily to-do list includes doing something that will take you closer to your goal.

If you look back at the goals you’ve tried to achieve and realized you haven’t achieved any of your major goals, it may be time to just focus on a single goal. This way, all of your energy and focus can be put towards obtaining that one goal which will increase your chances of getting it. It’s a lot better to just achieve one major goal than to work on a dozen and achieve none of them.

Remember that you’re human and because of this, you’ll make some errors in judgment. Instead of beating yourself up, just be aware that certain things can take your focus away from your goals. Once you’re aware of these things, you can actively reduce the amount of time they take your focus off your goals.

Distractions are like gravity. It’s going to cause us all to fall every now and then. The important thing is that we bounce back up every time we fall. Get your focus back on your goal when you start to realize it’s drifting somewhere else.

Passage outline	Supporting details
A common phenomenon	Achieving your goal requires much 【1】, but distractions are a barrier to your success.
The way it happens	Getting side tracked is a 【2】 process, and you have to battle against getting off track 【3】.
【4】 on solving the problem	◆You can 【5】 yourself of your goal by writing it down, reading it every morning and imagining achieving it. ◆ Make sure what you do helps you get 【6】 to your goal. ◆ Focusing on a single goal makes you more 【7】 to achieve it. ◆ Don’t blame yourself, as it is 【8】 for humans to make wrong judgement. ◆ Accept the fact that distractions are 【9】 to happen and try to reduce the time of getting distracted.
Summary	Distractions can be compared to 【10】 causing us all to fall often, in which case we should bounce back to our goal timely.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】focus/ concentration

【2】gradual

【3】constantly/continuously

【4】Suggestions/Tips/Advice

【5】remind

【6】closer

【7】likely

【8】common/natural

【9】sure/ certain/ bound/ guaranteed

【10】gravity

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。成功需要专注。文章主要介绍了分心现象和一些相关建议。

【1】

原词重现题。根据文章第二段第一句“Success takes a lot of focus.”可知，成功需要投入很多的集中力。故填focus/concentration。

【2】

理解概括题。根据文章第三段第二句“You get off track just little by little until one day, you realize you’re completely off track.”可知，离开常规的轨迹是日复一日的也就是一个渐渐的过程。故填gradual。

【3】

原词重现题。根据文章第三段第三行“Keeping your mind focused on your goal can be a constant battle because everything around you is trying to get your attention.”可知，防止自己的思维被分散注意力是一场持久战。需要将形容词constant转副词。故填constantly/continuously。

【4】

理解概括题。结合下文在说加强集中注意力的方法，也就是建议，结合题干的on。故填Advice/Tips/Suggestions。

【5】

理解概括题。根据文章第四段在说要将目标和行动写下来使得它们可视化，这就是一种提醒自己的行为。固定搭配remind …of …表“提醒……”。故填remind。

【6】

原词重现题。根据文章第五段最后一句“You can make sure that your daily to-do list includes doing something that will take you closer to your goal.”可知，确保所做的事情让你离你的目标更接近。故填closer。

【7】

理解概括题。根据文章第六段第三行“This way, all of your energy and focus can be put towards obtaining that one goal which will increase your chances of getting it.”可知，集中一个目标提升了成功的可能性。固定搭配be likely to表“有可能……”。故填likely。

【8】

理解概括题。结合第七段第一句“Remember that you’re human and because of this, you’ll make some errors in judgment.”可知，作为一个人做出错误的判断也是很自然正常的事。故填common/natural。

【9】

理解概括题。根据文章第七段第二句“Instead of beating yourself up, just be aware that certain things can take your focus away from your goals.”可知，人是一定会出现分心现象的，结合题干的to，故填sure/ certain/ bound/ guaranteed。

【10】

原词重现题。根据文章第八段第一句“Distractions are like gravity.”可知，分心就如同重力，故填gravity。