Question

Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don’t come into play because they do .some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.

However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to be really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do ,it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.

Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards. Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

31. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.

A. the reasons for success                                B. the meaning of success

C. the standards of success                               D. the importance of success

32. In Paragraph 2,the underlined word that refers to ______.

A. being good at something                             B. setting a practical goal

C. putting in more time                                D. succeeding in life

33. Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ______.

A. work makes one feel pain                        B.one tends to enjoy his work

C.one gives up his work easily                      D.it takes a lot of time to succeed

34. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A. Successful people like to show their great skills.

B. People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.

C. People need to achieve success at the cost of life.

D. It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.

35.What is the main theme of the passage?

A. Having a goal is vital to success.

B. Being good is different from being great.

C. One cannot succeed without time and practice.

D. Luck,talent and family help to achieve success.

Answer 1

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，题材是家庭关系。作者通过描述一家人在机场的重逢情景，展示了父亲与孩子、丈夫与妻子之间的浓烈的情感，以及由此而产生的感悟。

段落	关键词、句	大意推测
第一部分（Para. 1）	success; talent; luck; family circumstances; reality; life	成功的因素：有些人的观点、作者的看法。
第二部分（Para. 2）	succeed in life; set a goal; practical; good at something; time	生活的成功：作者认为要有树立目标，并投入时间和付之于实践。
第三部分（Para. 3）	successful people; advise; love; not enjoy; pain; become good at	成功人士的建议：爱自己做的事情。
第四部分 （Para. 4）	people; exhibiting…great skills or having achieved great success; a huge part of life; at a huge cost; lucky; born with rare talent; thinking; no good; a huge chance; be wrong	对成功的理解：成功的人展示高超的技能和莫大的成功，他们付出很多；认为他们是有运气或天生的天分对你没好处，只会增多你犯错的可能。
第五部分 （Para. 5）	become great at; need to work; time; consistent; level of success	总结：要想擅长于你做的事，得要情愿投入时间、努力工作和做到持续。

【解析】

31. A。段落大意题。难度：较易。题干关键词为Paragraph 1，定位第一段。根据这里的内容，找出关键词，some people think…success is for those with…, I’m going to say…, success, because…，由此可知，这里是发表有些人和作者自己对成功的原因的观点看法，所以答案选A项。

32. B。词义指代题。难度：较易。根据这词所在的位置，分析句子结构可知，这里是指前面的内容，所以定位于第二段的one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.由此可知答案选B项。

33. B。细节理解题。难度：中等。根据题干关键词successful people, suggest, doing love, 然后定位到第三段，根据这里的最后一句可知，如果你不喜欢你做的事情，它会让你感觉像疼痛那样难忍，这样的话，会使你还没有到变得很擅长之前就退出做了。由此可知，成功的人是建议我们做自己爱的事情。

34. B。推理判断题。难度：较难。根据题干关键词infer…Paragraph 4定位第四段。分析这一段,只有二句话, 第一句是列举一事实，所以这里要推断的内容在第二句话，理解这句子可知，作者要表达的意思是：有认为成功的人有运气和天分这种想法对你没好处，大多时候会使你犯错。故答案选B项。

35. B。主旨大意题。难度：较难。根据题干关键词main theme，然后在文章中找关键词，success; good at something; 再参考选项，很明显A、C、D都提及success，再认真游览全文章内容可知，这三项分别是文章的一部分内容，不是整体，所以概括可知只有选项B符合题意。

【难句学习】

1. This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do ,it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.

翻译：这是一个很大的原因为什么许多成功的人建议你做你所爱的事情。如果你不喜欢你做的事情，它就会有一种像疼痛难忍的感受，这将有可能使你在还没变得很擅长之前退出。

分析：第一句中包含why引导的同位语从句以及you love的定语从句，修饰前面的something；第二句子包含what引导的宾语从句以及before引导的时间状语从句。

2. Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

翻译：持续、努力工作不能保证你可以得到某一层面的成功，但可以确保你真能擅长于你把所的工作都投进去的事情。

分析：这个句子中包含you may want的定语从句子，修饰前面的；还有后面的that和whatever引导的宾语从句。