【題目】The airline pilot announced over the intercom (對講機), “Folks, I've got good news and bad news for you. The bad news is... we're lost. The good news is ... we're making great time！”

It's too easy to live our lives like that, isn't it? Making great time, but not sure if we're heading in the right direction.

It's been said, “Millions_expect_immortality_______不朽)_but_do_not_know_what_to_do_with_themselves_on_a_rainy_Sunday_afternoon.” The problem is: They know they would like to achieve something important with their lives or to make a difference, but when it comes to making the journey towards those destinations (目的地), they feel stuck. In short, they are lost.

Author and speaker Danny Cox, in his book Seize The Day, tells of a man who made a great success of his life in spite of many hardships. He didn't want to just sleepwalk through life, nor look back someday and feel regret. The moment that finally turned this man's life around was when he sat down and asked himself four important questions：

·What do I really want?

·What will it cost?

·Am I willing to pay the price?

·When is the best time to start paying the price?

It occurs to me that one of these questions is the most difficult: What do I really want? We need to spend enough time deciding on the answer. But once we figure it out, the other questions will be easy.

Answer these four questions and we will get clear on the direction we want to take our life. Devote ourselves to these answers and we'll make great time.

【1】The author uses the first paragraph to ________.

A. raise an argument

B. offer an introduction

C. make a comparison

D. give an explanation

【2】The underlined sentence in Para. 3 shows that most people ________.

A. don't have any actual goals

B. don't know how to reach their goals

C. are sure that they will achieve success

D. have a strong wish to become successful

【3】According to the author, what is the most important to achieving success?

A. Working hard.

B. Setting goals.

C. Being confident.

D. Thinking carefully before acting.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】作者通過幾個對話告訴我們成功路上最重要的是要樹立目標確定方向。

【1】B

推理判斷題。文章第一段通過飛行員宣布的消息可知雖然有時間但卻迷失了方向，這樣的目的是先介紹引入，為下文強調目標方向的重要性打下了基礎。故選B.

【2】A

句意猜測題。劃線句子指每個人都想成功，但又不知該怎么做，沒有確切的目標。故選A.

【3】B

推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中作者提到的in the right direction，they are lost，What do I really want? get clear on the direction等詞語可知作者認為想成功，最重要的是要樹立目標確定方向。故選B.

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