Question

When in doubt, cut that out! Yeah, yeah, doubting Thomas may have had a point in his day, and life may not be what you want it to be, but if you constantly doubt yourself, how can you accomplish anything?

Where is your confidence? What possible good can come from taking the negative aspect of any situation and growing it into acceptance?

The purpose of achievement is to attain a goal. So, if you set your goals and strive to get there, it should be assumed that you are moving toward your goals no matter what you are doing, right?

When watching a football game, one of those great high school starter games, set to determine who starts when the real game begin. I noticed the coach called “defense” only when the team was “protecting” their goal. As long as the team was fighting for more ground they played “offense”. Along the same lines, I've heard the phrase, “A strong defense requires a good offense.” Simply put, if you concentrate more on gaining ground than on protecting your goal, your accomplishments will be greater. Time spent protecting your goal is wasted time, when you could be working toward attaining your goal rather than preventing others from reaching their goal.

In business, if you waste your time focusing on what the competition is doing rather than working toward meeting your goals, you don't get very far.

Focus your attention on where you're going. Don't waste time worrying about where the competition is. You will gain ground while they are watching you. Smile as you reach your destination.

6. The writer of the passage intends to tell us________.

A. a common rule in a football game

B. how to beat your competitors

C. to overcome our doubt and achieve our goals

D. how to deal with our doubt in life

7. The author's purpose of mentioning Thomas in the first paragraph is to________.

A. show that famous people can change our life

B. tell us that successful people never doubt themselves

C. ask us to learn from successful people

D. tell us it's quite natural for people to doubt themselves

8. The author suggests that in business we should________.

A. avoid too much competition

B. seek as much cooperation as possible

C. focus on our own goals

D. know our competitors as well as ourselves

9. What did the author learn from watching a football game?

A. Slow and steady win the race.

B. A good offense is the best defense.

C. Teamwork leads to success.

D. A miss is as good as a mile.

10. The passage is intended for________.

A. football players         B. coaches

C. businessmen           D. common readers

Answer 1

6. 解析：选C。主旨大意题。概括全文的主旨可知，作者的目的是想告诉我们要实现目标就必须首先消除疑虑。

7. 解析：选B。推理判断题。作者在第一段提到爱迪生，如果爱迪生怀疑自己，我们的生活将是另一番模样，说明像爱迪生这样伟大的人物其成功的奥秘就在于坚信自己的目标。

8. 解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段可知，作者建议我们在做生意时要全力追求自己的目标，而不是考虑对手在做什么。

9. 解析：选B。推理判断题。作者通过足球比赛所获得的启迪是：进攻是最好的防御。A项表示“坚持就是胜利”；C项强调“合作”的重要性；D项表示“差之毫厘，缪之千里”。

10. 解析：选D。推理判断题。综合分析文章可知，作者在文中虽然提到了发明创造，足球比赛和做生意，但这仅仅是作者说明问题的手段，而“全力以赴实现目标”的建议针对所有的人。