Question

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，讲的是人应该怎样才能做到成功，又应该怎样判断成功，从而告诉我们：成功首需要的是坚持，判断成功不是你做得最好，而是你尽了最大努力。

1.C 总结归纳题。开篇点题，第一段第一句就是主题句One of my main concerns when I am helping people achieve their goals is how they measure success.当我帮助人们实现目标的时候我主要关心的问题之一就是他们是怎么衡量成功的，所以C正确。

2.D 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句话Another is that they become frustrated at their own apparent lack of success when comparing themselves to other people，所以D正确。

3.B 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段Success is not something you become; it is something you continue being排除A，据第三段We should look inwards to determine what it would mean for us to be successful in our own mind rather than someone else’s.确定B正确。根据第五段最后一句Others may not see me as successful in their eyes but that does not matter.排除C，据第五段第一句话You must set your own course of action, and stay on your course.排除D。

4.C 判断题。根据全篇内容和最后一段最后一句话可以判断出作者给我们的建议是制定目标并且坚持去实现。

考点：记叙文的理解