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If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time.
Every year it's the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the last year. You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make, but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life.
Here's a suggestion: Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. “We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it's so hard for us to reach it.” said Robert Maurer, who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life. “What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can’t find any excuse not to do it.”
“Kaizen”, a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes (态度). During World War II, American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding (重建) Japan. It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”.
Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could possibly help people succeed in doing everything.
小题1:At the end of December, people usually ___________ .
A.plan for the last yearB.fail to make big changes
C.try to lose their ideas D.think about the new year
小题2:Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us ___________ .
A.we should do everything in big steps
B.how to find a small step without any excuse
C.we should try a lot of sudden changes
D.how to change one’s life with one small step
小题3: The underlined part “increase productivity” in the passage means “___________ “.
A.增加成本B.提高待遇C.提高生产率D.增加出口量
小题4: The writer of the passage suggests we should ___________ .
A.take a tiny step to achieve big goals
B.make changes at the end of the year
C.do few experiments with “kaizen”
D.do things with hard-to-achieve goals
小题5: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.You can't find any excuse not to reach a big goal.
B.You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy.
C.”Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World WarⅡ.
D.Robert Maurer studied “kaizen” and found it helpful.

小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D

试题分析:本文主要讲述了应忘记太大的、难以实现的目标,只想想小的目标,一步步地去实现它。
小题1:细节理解题。根据As December comes to an end, you think about the new year(当十二月月末的时候,你想一下关于新年的事)可知,本题选D。
小题2:细节理解题。根据who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life(最近写了一本书《一小步可以改变你的生活》)可知,本题选D。
小题3:细节理解题。根据by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes(通过尝试一个小的、持续的进步来代替突然地改变)可知,本题选C。
小题4:细节理解题。根据Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones(忘记太大的、难以实现的目标,只想想小的)可知,本题选A。
小题5:细节理解题。根据Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it(莫勒学习了这个主意,然后做了一些实验)可知,本题选D。
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