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【题目】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 ensure you the level of success you may want, but it will ensure that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

【1】Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.

A. the meaning of success B. the reasons for success

C. the standards of success D. the importance of success

【2】In Paragraph 2, the underlined word “that” refers to ______.

A. setting a practical goal B. being good at something

C. putting in more time D. succeeding in life

【3】Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ______.

A. it takes a lot of time to succeed

B. work makes one feel pain

C. one gives up his work easily

D. one tends to enjoy his work

【4】What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A. Successful people like to show their great skills.

B. People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.

C. People need to achieve success at the cost of life.

D. It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析: 一些人认为，成功只是为有天赋或出身富裕的人准备的。另一些人认为成功主要靠运气。作者认为，天赋也好，身世显贵也好，运气也好，这些都只是生活中真实存在的情况，它们并不能决定一个人的成功与否

【1】B考查推理判断。根据第一段可得知，作者列出很多人认为成功的因素，如"Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence"出生在好的家庭，天赋异禀等，因此，本段主要讲的是成功的因素,故选B项。

【2】A 考查推理判断。根据前文However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in additional to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing.然而，要在生活中取得成功，你必须要设定一个目标，然后逐步将它变得更加实际。除此之外，要变得更加擅长某事，必须花费至少10,000个小时进行学习和实践，故选A项。

【3】A考查推理判断。根据第二段可知，成功需要付出大部分人不愿付出的时间来学习和练习，这就是成功人士建议一个人要从事他所喜欢的事情的原因，故A项“成功需要很多时间”正确

【4】B考查推理判断。根据第四段最后一句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.可知，认为成功是依靠运气或者天赋的想法对你是没有好处的，很有可能你错了，也就是说有时候人们的成功并不是靠这些因素，故B项正确