Question

The other day I heard a few local musicians talking:

“I hate all the terrible pianos in this town. I hate that rubbish they play on the radio. They can’t even understand a bit of music.”

“I’m never playing in that club again. Too many drunks and nobody listens to us.”

But, one younger musician said, “There are a few clubs that book my band a few nights a month, and I’m trying to find other places to play. I’m also looking to book a few summer festivals this year.”

I’ve heard that you are the average of the five people whom you spend the most time with, or to put it another way, you are who your friends are.

Attitudes are important. Whether they’re positive or negative, they’re rubbing off on you. If you’re around people who complain about lack of work and about other musicians, or blame others, and you play the role of victim, chances are you will start to as well. So it’s time to take a look at the people you call “friends”.

This is an easy exercise: Make a list of the people who you hang out with, and simply stop spending time with the negative people on your list. Set a new standard for yourself and don’t become friends with people who fall below that standard.

Keep successful people around you and your own chances for success will be much better. Ask them how they do it. Ask if they will help you get the work you’re looking for, or maybe give you some advice to help you on your career path.

1.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. A friend in need is a friend indeed

B. How to make friendship last for ever

C. You are who your friends are

D. Friends are the most important in one’s success

2.The underlined sentence “they’re rubbing off on you” in Paragraph 6 means ______.

A. they’ll push you ahead

B. they’ll influence you

C. they’ll cover your shortcomings

D. they’ll help you achieve your goal

3.The musicians’ words at the beginning are written mainly to show ______.

A. the musicians’ living conditions are quite poor

B. people have poor taste in music

C. people have different attitudes towards the same thing

D. young people have greater chances of succeeding

4. By taking the exercise mentioned in Paragraph 7, you can ______.

A. improve a lot in making more friends

B. come to the right way of making friends

C. develop a better relationship with your friends

D. arrange the time with your friends properly

5. The passage is mainly written for ______.

A.musicians B. managers

C. negative people D. people wanting to succeed

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題解析：文章從一個(gè)故事入手，面對(duì)同樣的音樂作品，不同的人有不同的態(tài)度，這些態(tài)度對(duì)周圍的人影響很大，這也映射出一個(gè)道理：往往我們的朋友是什么樣的人，我們也不會(huì)差太多。同樣地，如果你想成功，就多和成功人士待在一起，那樣會(huì)幫助你成功。

1. 考察主旨大意題。根據(jù)第六段“Attitudes are important. Whether they’re positive or negative, they’re rubbing off on you”態(tài)度很重要，無論他們積極或消極，他們都在影響你，以及最后一段“Keep successful people around you and your own chances for success will be much better.”和成功的人在一起，你自己成功的機(jī)會(huì)也會(huì)更大。問他們?nèi)绾纬晒Γ瑔査麄兪欠駧椭�你尋找工作。這些都說明了朋友對(duì)自己的影響是很大的，往往朋友是什么樣，自己也差不多。故選C。

2. 考察推理判斷題。根據(jù)后文“If you’re around people who complain about lack of work and about other musicians, or blame others, and you play the role of victim, chances are you will start to as well.”如果你周圍的人經(jīng)常抱怨工作或者其他音樂家的缺點(diǎn)，或者責(zé)備他人，那么你將有更大機(jī)會(huì)成為受害者�？芍�朋友的行為會(huì)影響自己，故選B。

3. 考察細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段段首“Attitudes are important.”態(tài)度很重要。這句話是對(duì)文章首部小故事的總結(jié)，可以推測(cè)人們對(duì)相同的事物有不同的態(tài)度。而不同的態(tài)度有著不同的影響，不同的結(jié)果。故選C。

4. 考察推理判斷題。根據(jù)后文“Make a list of the people who you hang out with, and simply stop spending time with the negative people on your list. Set a new standard for yourself and don’t become friends with people who fall below that standard.”列一張和你交往的朋友列表，停止花時(shí)間在消極的朋友身上。給自己立一個(gè)交新朋友的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，低于標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的人不要深交。所以根據(jù)這個(gè)方法，我們可以交到好的朋友。故選B。

5. 考察推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“Keep successful people around you and your own chances for success will be much better. Ask them how they do it. Ask if they will help you get the work you’re looking for, or maybe give you some advice to help you on your career path.”和成功的人在一起，你自己成功的機(jī)會(huì)也會(huì)增加。問他們?nèi)绾纬晒�，問他們是否能夠幫助你尋找工作，或者在你的事業(yè)成功的道路上給一些建議。所以這篇文章最可能寫給想要成功的人。故選D。

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