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【題目】There are many ways of defining success. It is accurate to say that each of us has our own ideas of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily. Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities, it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.

For some people，simply being able to live their life with the least misery and sufferings is considered a success. Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep, enjoys his simple life with his family in the beauty of nature, and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of him and accepted by his family and his society. On the other hand, it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions, many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success. Because not all ventures can be successful, one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success, but if one has self-confidence it would be unfortunate to set one's goals at too low a level of achievement.

A wise man once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration (挫折）with his own professional success, “You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park or riding the subway downtown,” The man added, "You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like，and to which you have given your best effort. ”

【1】According to the first paragraph, what is implied as basic in achieving success?

A. Ability and goals. B. Goals and determination.

C. Ability and environment. D. Goals and environment.

【2】Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because ______.

A. their life is busy and miserable

B. they haven't reached their own standards

C. they set their goals at too low a level

D. they are not rich in material possessions

【3】From the last paragraph we can tell that ______.

A. success means achieving great goals

B. success comes from great goal setting

C. success means efforts and favorites pay off

D. success has nothing to do with the distance of your travel

【4】The purpose of the passage is ______.

A. to give us a clear definition of what success is

B. to talk about how to achieve success

C. to state what our life goal is

D. to discuss the importance of goals

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析：在本篇文章中，作者從不同的角度定義了成功。

【1】推斷題。由文章第一段的最后一句可知，因為我們每個人擁有的遺傳的能力和有利的環(huán)境不同，所以我們對成功的定義很寬泛。由此可以推斷，作者認為能力和環(huán)境是取得成功的基本條件。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。文章第二段倒數(shù)第二句指出，有的人已經(jīng)很富有了卻認為自己不成功，這是因為他們是根據(jù)自己的目標判斷成功與否的。故選B。

【3】推斷題。文章最后一句指出，在沒有盡全力做自己喜歡的事而失敗之前，失敗都不算是真正的失敗。故選C。

【4】主旨推斷題。這篇文章主要談的是成功的定義。文章第一句話就是全文的主題句，每個人對成功的定義不同。接下來的幾段也都是從不同的角度定義成功。故選A。