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 get 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.

1.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

2.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

3.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.

 

D

At the railway stations all across Britain next week, groups of students will gather with their backpacks to wait for the trains that will carry them home for Christmas. This is a large movement of human beings as before, but with more contradictory traffic flows, so that trains filled with the young pass each other travelling in every direction.

At first, I went home every weekend with my washing, but then those visits became less regular. How did I let my parents know I was coming? They had no phone. Perhaps I wrote to them (“Expect me with dirty shirts this Friday afternoon”), but more likely I didn’t let them know, and just turned up or didn’t turn up, not understanding that my parents’ hopes of seeing me were a greater disappointment of my carelessness than a spoiled tea.

And in all this I suspect I was typical (有代表性的), at least of young men. As for our fathers and mothers, none of them talked of “empty-nest syndrome (综合症)”, even though its possible effect that the main human duty is to protect and feed the young would have suited their generation better than ours. Then, the feeling of loss went without a name. Today, it’s a condition with remedies, which will make parents feel more enjoyable in their life, The Mayo Clinic, for example, suggests you try to maintain regular contact with your children through “visits, phone calls, emails, texts or video chats”. If you feel unhappy, lean on (depend on … for support) loved ones or your mental health providers. Above all, stay positive: “Thinking about the extra time and energy that you might have to devote to your marriage or personal interests after your last child leaves home, it might help you adapt to this major life change.”

What can’t be denied, however, is that children often leave home. In modern societies, this is what they do. Christmas is the very time they can be depended on to return. For the non-religious, that may be this season’s true comfort and significance.

1.The main reason for the busy traffic across Britain next week is that _______.

A.young students will travel home for Christmas.

B.young people will travel in every direction.

C.it is a large movement of human beings

D.the traffic flows will be more contradictory

2.From the second paragraph we can learn that the writer _______.

A.went home every week to wash dirty clothes

B.understood his parents’ desire of seeing him

C.didn’t understand his parents’ feelings

D.went home to see his parents regularly

3.The underlined word “remedies” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.

A.reasons           B.excuses           C.habits            D.solutions

4.From the last paragraph we know that _______.

A.in modern society, children should leave home

B.Christmas is likely a time for family reunion

C.the significance of Christmas is celebration

D.Christmas is not a comfort for the non-religious

5.From the passage we can infer that by writing the article the writer is to _______.

A.persuade the young to show concern for their parents

B.ask the young to go home regularly

C.make the young understand their parents’ interest

D.enable the young to be more independent

 

Rome had the Forum. London has Speaker' s Corner. Now always-on-the-go New Yorkers have Liz and Bill.    

Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 2Os, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street corners. Just talk.     

Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says, "Talk to Me," they attract conversationalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits.     

They don't collect money. They don't push religion (宗教). So what's the point?

"To see what happens," said Liz. "We simply enjoy life with open communication(交流)."

Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a 270-mile trip. They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return.

"It started as a crazy idea," Liz said. "We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their life stories. People will talk to us about anything: their jobs, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything."

Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was about to take. She had stopped by for the second time in two days, to let the two listeners know how it went.

Marcia had lost her husband to a serious disease. "That was very heavy on my mind,” Marcia said. "To be able to talk about it to total strangers was very good," she explained.

To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met over the past year. A few hundred people showed up, as well as some television cameramen and reporters.

They may plan more parties or try to attract more people to join their informal talks. Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something they say they'll consider.

1.What did Liz and Bill start doing after September 2001?      

A.Chatting with people.

B.Setting up street signs.

C.Telling stories to strangers.

D.Organizing a speaker's corner.

2.What they have been doing can be described as______. 

A.pointless                              B.normal

C.crazy                                 D.successful

3.Why are Denise and Marcia mentioned in the text?        

A.They knew Liz and Bill very well.

B.They happened to meet the writer of the text.

C.They organized the get-together in the city park.

D.They are examples of those who talked to Liz and Bill.

4.What will Liz and Bill do in the future?     

A.Go in for publishing.                     B.Do more television programs.

C.Continue what they am doing.              D.Spend more time reading books.

5.How do they like the idea of writing a book?

A.They have decided to wait a year or two.

B.They will think about it carefully.

C.They agreed immediately.

D.They find it hard to do that.

 

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