【題目】Mozart was a great man born with a given talent. He was writing songs at the age of five and performing before the queen by the time he was six years old. Early on, Mozart realized what his talents were, practiced or honed what he was born to do and used his natural abilities to create amazing pieces of music.

Mozart was not the first to be born with natural talents and he wasn't the last. We all have them. We only need to discover what they are and use them to the best of our abilities. You have been given amazing gifts that are meant to be shared with the world. Your job is to find out what those talents are and master them.

Finding your natural talents may not be an easy task. Perhaps your parents except fewer wouldn't approve of （贊成）your artistic ability to paint or sing, because they want you to be a successful doctor or lawyer. Maybe your gift wouldn't seem to have the ability to bring the kind of wealth you hope. These may be excuses; it's up to you. Have you ever noticed that when you engage in an activity in which you are naturally talented, you feel active and excited? That's a sign that these are the things you should do. Discover your brilliance （才華）in life and practice, practice, practice.

Look at the world's greatest athletes. They practice what they're naturally good at, and what they love. You don't see Jordan sitting trying to study DNA. If that was something he was talented at, that's what he would be doing. But it's not. He's a brilliant athlete. He sticks to what he does best and he realizes his dream.

There are only two steps to success-discover your brilliance and perfect it.

【1】In the writer's opinion Mozart's success lies in __________.

A. his great given talent

B. making good use of his natural talent

C. learning from others

D. his favorable conditions

【2】What does the underlined word " honed" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. To do something repeatedly to improve one's skill.

B. To find out what one is always good at doing.

C. To do what one likes and what is interesting.

D. To ask others for some advice of doing something.

【3】In Paragraph 4 the writer advises us to __________.

A. work hard at what we are engaging in

B. fear no difficulty and realize our dream

C. practice what we are naturally good at

D. become a great athlete like Jordan

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

【1】B判斷推理題。由第一段和第二段可以推知。

【2】A 詞義猜測題。由文中practiced or honed可知，honed與practiced同義，即磨練，訓(xùn)練。故A項(xiàng)是最佳答案。

【3】C判斷推理題。作者通過喬丹的例子來說明自己的觀點(diǎn)。

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