There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you others. Because while there will be times outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely . The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision anyway.

You were with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and the appropriate action, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone against your own .

Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being to Wall Street, I intended to suppose that my more senior knew more than I did, and so I too much significance to their opinions.

You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to and to life.

1.A. easyB.readyC. unwillingD. hard

2.A. leadB.lendC. takeD. earn

3.A. look atB. pick upC. turn toD. learn from

4.A. thatB. sinceC. whenD. while

5.A. uselessB. usefulC.pricelessD. clever

6.A. gettingB.makingC. sufferingD. facing

7.A. on one handB. on your ownC. on the wholeD. on all sides

8.A. bornB. tiredC. satisfiedD. covered

9.A. enjoyB. stepC. planD. take

10.A. assumptionB. judgmentC. conditionD. fortune

11.A. basingB. dependingC. relyingD. focusing

12.A. researchB. searchC. resourcesD. activity

13.A. povertyB. lazinessC. richnessD. diligence

14.A. usedB. accustomedC. newD. old

15.A. studentsB. brothersC. colleaguesD. classmates

16.A. owedB. paidC.gaveD. held

17.A. disasterB. progressC.failure D. success

18.A. eitherB. anotherC. eachD. others

19.A. thinkB. rememberC. realizeD. recall

20.A. paymentB. dreamsC. happinessD. business

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講了在大多數(shù)情況下，你應(yīng)該獨自做出明智的決定，不再讓自己受其他人的影響。

1. to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), 可知這里意思是你會發(fā)現(xiàn)許多人準(zhǔn)備給你提出建議。Easy容易；ready準(zhǔn)備；unwilling不愿意；hard困難的，故選B。

2. is yours and nobody else’s.可知這里意思是但是要記得生活是你自己在過。Lead領(lǐng)導(dǎo)；lend借給；take拿；earn賺，故選A。

3. others.可知這里意思是在你向其他人求助之前。look at看著；pick up撿起；turn to求助于；learn from向……學(xué)習(xí)，故選C。

4. .所以這里填when。That那個；since自從；when當(dāng)……時候；while然而，故選C。

5. outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely . 可知這里意思是有時候，它被證明是完全無用的。Useless無用的；useful有用的；priceless無價的；clever聰明的，故選A。

6. .可知這里意思是面對挑戰(zhàn)。Getting得到；making制造；suffering遭受；facing面對，故選D。

7. anyway. 可知這里意思是在大多數(shù)情況下，你應(yīng)該獨自做出明智的決定。on one hand一方面；on your own獨自地；on the whole大體上；on all sides到處，故選B。

8.

9. the appropriate action,可知這里填take。Take action是固定用法，意思是采取行動，故選D。

10. . 可知這里意思是違反你自己的判斷。Assumption假定；judgment判斷；condition情況；fortune財富，故選B。

11. a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the necessary to make a wise decision.可知這里填basing。Base on是固定用法，意思是以……為基礎(chǔ)，故選A。

12. a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the necessary to make a wise decision.可知這里意思是沒有進(jìn)行做出明智決斷的有必要的研究。Research研究；search尋找；resources資源；activity活動，故選A。

13. to Wall Street, I intended to suppose that my more senior knew more than I did,可知我這樣做并不是由于懶惰。Poverty貧窮；laziness懶惰；richness富裕；diligence勤奮，故選B。

14. knew more than I did,可知我是新來華爾街的。Used用過的；accustomed習(xí)慣；new新的；old舊的，故選C。

15. a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the necessary to make a wise decision. 可知這里填colleagues。Students學(xué)生；brothers兄弟；colleagues同事；classmates同學(xué)，故選C。

16.

17. and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions.可知我最終以失敗告終。Disaster災(zāi)難；progress進(jìn)步；failure失��；success成功，故選C。

18.

19. this可知這里意思是直到三十歲我才意識到這些。Think想；remember記得；realize意識到；recall使想起，故選C。

20. and to life.

可知這里填business。Payment付款；dreams夢想；happiness；business商業(yè)，故選D。

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