Question

【题目】The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it Some people use the air to live on while they sit around and fed sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent Jife for themselves.

Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to “get in” on a “ground floor opportunity”, as if the opportunity will do all the work. That is impossible.

Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to make it. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. That is not up to the opportunity. That is up to you. It doesn’t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.

【1】What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A. Introduce the topic of the passage.

B. Compare air to opportunity.

C. Present the relationship between human and air.

D. To show the importance of air.

【2】Which of the following may be used as the tittle of the passage?

A. Air and Opportunity B. Seize the Opportunity

C. How to Succeed D. Breathe the Fresh Air

【3】The author wants to advise us to______.

A. breathe in the air

B. sit around and feel sorry

C. be up to the opportunity

D. make use of the opportunity and act on immediately

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【解析】本文主要讲了要充分利用机会这样一个道理。空气无处不在，且容易获得，这让我们往往会忽视空气的存在。机会就像空气一样无处不在，我们应该充分利用机会来获得成功。

【1】写作意图题。第一自然段主要讲了空气无处不在，且容易获得，这让我们往往会忽视空气的存在，第二自然段说明机会就像空气一样无处不在，但是我们要抓住机会并充分利用它们，才能获得成功，所以第一自然段的作用是引出文章的主题，选A。

【2】主旨大意题。本文作者把机会比作了空气，人们需要呼吸空气才能生存；同样，人们需要机会才能成功，机会就像空气一样无处不在，但是我们要抓住机会并充分利用它们，才能获得成功，所以这篇文章最好的题目是抓住机会，选B。

【3】推理判断题。由What matters is what you do with it.可推知作者建议我们充分利用机会，并且立即行动，选D。