摘要: Success is on how hard you work.

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In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.
However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try. “What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition .
【小题1】What does this passage mainly talk about?

A.Competition helps to set up self-respect.
B.Opinions about competition are different among people.
C.Competition is harmful to personal quality development.
D.Failures are necessary experiences in competition.
【小题2】Why do some people favor competition according to the passage?
A.It builds up a sense of duty.B.It pushes society forward.
C.It improves personal abilities.D.It encourages individual efforts.
【小题3】The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means ______.
A.those who try their best to win
B.those who value competition most highly
C.those who are against competition most strongly
D.those who rely on others most for success
【小题4】What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail”?
A.One’s worth lies in his performance compared with others’.
B.One’s success in competition needs great efforts.
C.One’s achievement is determined by his particular skills.
D.One’s success is based on how hard he has tried.
【小题5】Which point of view may the author agree to?
A.Every effort should be paid back.
B.Competition should be encouraged.
C.Winning should be a life-and-death matter.
D.Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

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Success is often measured by the ability to overcome adversity. But, it is often the belief of others that gives us the courage to try.

J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series, began writing at age 6. In her biography, she remembers with great fondness when her good friend, Sean, whom she met in secondary school, became the first person to encourage her and help build the confidence that one day she would be a very good writer.

“He was the first person with whom I really discussed my serious ambition to be a writer. He was also the only person who thought I was bound to be a success at it, which meant much more to me than I ever told him at the time.”

Despite many setbacks Rowling persevered in her writing, particularly fantasy stories. But it wasn't until l990 that she first conceived the idea about Harry Potter. As she recalls, it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that “the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head. To my immense frustration(沮丧), I didn't have a functioning pen with me, and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one. I think, now, that this was probably a good thing, because I simply sat and thought, for four(delayed train) hours, and all the details bubbled up in my brain, and this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard became more and more real to me.”

That same year, her mother passed away after a ten-year battle with multiple sclerosis, which deeply affected her writing. She went on to marry and had a daughter, but separated from her husband shortly afterwards.

During this time, Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression. Unemployed, she completed her first novel in area cafes, where she could get her daughter to fall asleep. After being rejected by l2 publishing houses, the first Harry Potter novel was sold to a small British publishing house.

Now with seven books that have sold nearly 400 million copies in 64 languages, J. K. Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history. And it all began with her commitment to writing that was fostered by the confidence of a friend !

1.Who believed J. K. Rowling was to be a good writer?

A.Her friend Sean.    B.Her mother.        C.Her daughter.      D.Her husband.

2.Rowling first came up with the idea about Harry Potter         .

A.at the age of 6                          B.on a train journey

C.after her mother's death                  D.in her secondary school

3.She felt frustrated on the train because         .

A.her train was delayed for four hours

B.she didn't have a pen with her

C.her mind suddenly went blank

D.no one would offer her help

4.It can be concluded from Paragraph 5 and 6 that Rowling is         .

A.open-minded      B.warm-hearted      C.good-natured      D.strong-willed

5.The text mainly tells us         .

A.hardship makes a good novelist

B.the courage to try is a special ability

C.you can have a wonderful idea everywhere

D.encouragement contributes to one's success

 

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One of my main concerns when I am helping people achieve their goals is how they measure success. I see individuals getting frustrated as they struggle hard for success.

One of the main reasons that cause this frustration is that people allow their definition of success to be determined by someone or something else. Another is that they become frustrated at their own apparent lack of success when comparing themselves to other people.

We are individuals with individual wants, skills and experiences. We should look at our own skills to determine what is successful to us. We should look inwards to determine what it would mean for us to be successful in our own mind rather than someone else’s.

Evaluating a successful person needs to look at his pathway to success, his actions ,his determination and translate that into his own experience to see how he can improve himself.

You must set your own course of action, and stay on your course. You alone must determine what success means to you. Do what you do to the best of your ability and the rest will take care of itself. For example, I believe that I am successful but I am not a millionaire! Others may not see me as successful in their eyes but that does not matter. It is how I see myself that is important to me and my life.

Here is the truth. Being a success is doing your best, not being the best. Success is not something you become; it is something you continue being.

When we get to that point, we will experience a lot more joy and a lot less frustration. And that sounds good to us!

Remember the great quote from Napoleon Hill, “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”

1.What’s the best title of this passage?

A.Frustration Determines Success

B.The Importance of Frustration to Success

C.How to Measure Success

D.Evaluations of a Successful Person

2.In terms of success, the writer thinks people feel frustrated because they_____

A.struggle too hard   B. know little about others

C.are often discouraged    D. underestimate themselves

3.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Success is something you keep on being rather than you become.

B.Evaluating a successful person needs to look at others’ judgment.

C.It doesn’t matter others may not consider you as a success in their eyes.

D.It matters that you set your own course of action and stay on it.

4.According to the passage the writer advises us to_____.

A.attach the importance to others’ attitude and evaluation

B.learn from others ,failure

C.set a proper goal and strive to realize it

D.look at others’ skills to determine what is successful to us

 

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

Howeverto succeed in lifeone first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.Andin addition to thatin order to get really good at somethingone needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practising.To become great at certain thingsit'll require even more timetime that most people won't put in.

Howeverto succeed in lifeone first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.Andin addition to thatin order to get really good at somethingone needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practising.To become great at certain thingsit'll require even more timetime 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 doit is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don't enjoy what you doit 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 successyou 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 talentbut thinking that way does you no goodand there's a huge chance that you're wrong anyway.

Whatever you doif you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day outalmost to the point of addictionand over a long period of time.If you're not willing to put in the time and workdon'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 ________.

Athe reasons for success

Bthe meaning of success

Cthe standards of success

Dthe importance of success

2.Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ________.

Awork makes one feel pain

Bone tends to enjoy his work

Cone gives up his work easily

Dit takes a lot of time to succeed

3.What is the main theme of the passage?

AHaving a goal is vital to success.

BBeing good is different from being great.

COne cannot succeed without time and practice.

DLucktalent and family help to achieve success.

4.What is the main theme of the passage?

AHaving a goal is vital to success.

BBeing good is different from being great.

COne cannot succeed without time and practice.

DLucktalent and family help to achieve success.

 

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