19.In the movie Alice in Wonderland,Alice comes across a Cheshire cat and asks the cat which road she should take.The cat responds,"Well,that depends on where you're trying to get to."Alice replies,"I don't know."The cat responds,"Then any road will do."
You see,knowing where you're going increases your chances dramatically of getting there,and there is no better way of"GETTING THERE"than setting your goals for the upcoming year.Think of your goals as destinations and the action steps as your GPS guiding and directing you.If you are like many other people,for years you have resisted the need to set goals and even laughed at the thought that setting goals and,even more importantly,committing them to writing have positive effects on your life.However,a closer look might convince you that setting goals is a sensible thing to do.
In 1979,a class of Harvard MBA students was asked:Have you set clear,written goals for your future and made an action plan to accomplish them?The following will astonish you.Only 3 percent of the class had written goals and a plan in place,13% just had goals,and an amazing 84% had no specific goals at all.
Ten years later the members of the class were interviewed once again and the following results will no doubt give the reason for our setting goals.The findings were that the 13% who had goals were earning,on average,twice as much as the 84% who had no goals at all.And the 3% percent who had clear,written goals with a plan to achieve them were achieving ten times as much as the entire 97% combined.
Goal setting will increase your chances of arriving successfully at your destination.Remember,always set SMART goals.Goals should be:Specific,Measurable,Attainable,Relevant,and Time-bound!
21.Why does the author mention Alice in Wonderland?D
A.To criticize those with no goals.
B.To show its popularity.
C.To recommend it to readers.
D.To introduce the topic.
22.What does the underlined word"them"refer to?A
A.Goals. B.Effects. C.People. D.Action steps.
23.What did the second interview find out?B
A.People with goals were certain to succeed.
B.Action helped with the realization of goals.
C.People with goals earned the most.
D.The income gap among students was bigger.
24.Which of the following can best serve as the title?C
A.What SMART goals are.
B.How to be successful.
C.Why we set goals.
D.How to set goals.
分析 本文通過一項對于有無目標的人未來的成就所進行的調(diào)查,說明了確立目標的重要性
解答 21.D.寫作意圖題.由第一段段意可知,愛麗絲夢游奇境中告訴我們,路途取決于你想去的地方,但是漫無目的就沒有方向,這一段引出了下文作者對于人生目標的討論,故選D.
22.A.詞義推斷題.由前面的Have you set clear,written goals,可知此處them對應指的是目標,故選A.
23.B.理解推斷題.由第三段And the 3 percent who had clear,written goals with a plan to achieve them were achieving ten times as much as the entire 97% combined,這3%的有清楚的計劃來實現(xiàn)目標的人,所賺的錢是剩余97%的人的總和,可知行動對于目標實現(xiàn)很有幫助,故選B.
24.C.主旨歸納題.本文通過一項對于有無目標的人未來的成就所進行的調(diào)查,說明了確立目標的重要性.故選C.
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