Success does not belong to a select group of individuals (个人). Success belongs to those who are willing to go after it and try their best to do what they have to do. Here are some useful practical ways for you if you want to be a success.
Desire. Desire is the strong wish to achieve a goal. Without desire you have nothing. Before you can run with desire, your goal must be plain, clear, and it must also be exciting.
Show up. Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. You can’t have a best seller, if you have never written a book. You can’t get your dream job, if you’re afraid to turn in an application. Showing up doesn’t guarantee(保证) success, but if you don’t show up, you won’t succeed.
Fail. Unless you’re willing to have a try, fail unhappily, and have another try, success won’t happen. To have success you have to do things the right way, but often the only way to do something right is to first fail at it. As Thomas J. Watson said, a simple formula (公式) for success is to double your rate of failure (失败). So welcome failure, become a student of failure, learn from failure, and soon you will succeed.
Work Harder. Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day. Success is not about doing what the common person can’t do. It’s about doing what the common person is unwilling to do. And on a deeper level, it’s about creating habits that the common person is unwilling to create. It’s the habit of doing things with excellence that causes success.
Enjoy the Journey. Success is a journey, not a destination (终点). Success is not a certain car or a certain house or a certain happy marriage. Success is the enjoyment of the journey. You have to enjoy the journey.
Someone once said, “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.” You have to change, you will change, and you will succeed.
1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in achieving success?
A.Working hard. B.Good education. C.Strong desire. D.Enjoying failure.
2.What does the writer really mean by saying “Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day.” ?
A.It’s not easy for people to develop their health.
B.You are sure to meet with some difficulty in your life.
C.Keeping working harder is necessary when you go after success.
D.Most people don’t want to spend too much time running.
3.Which of the following is TRUE about success according to the passage?
A.If you want to succeed, you should have special talents.
B.If you want to succeed, you’d better not show up.
C.Success is about doing what the common person can’t do.
D.Success means the enjoyment of your gain or loss on the journey.
4.The best title of the passage might be________.
A.The Importance of Success B.The Meaning of Success
C.Success or Failure D.The Five Main Steps to Success
5.We can find the article in the ________ part of a newspaper .
A.news B.education C.entertainment D.advertisement
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Telling the truth is a very good habit. Here is a story of a man who did lots of bad things, but his promise to tell the truth _________ him.
One morning the man came to the prophet(先知) Muhammad and said, “Oh prophet of Allah, I have many bad _________. Which one should I _________ first?”
The prophet said,“ _________ telling lies first and always tell the truth.” The man promised to do so.
He went home and thought about the prophet’s __________all day. But at night he planned to go out to steal something. Before leaving home, he said to _________, “If tomorrow the prophet asks me_________ I have been, shall I say that I went out to steal? No, I can’t say that. But _________ can I tell a lie. If I tell the truth, everyone will call me a thief.” So the man decided _________ that night.
Next day, when the man was about to drink_________, he thought, “What shall I say to the prophet _________he asks me what I did during the day? I can_________ tell a lie, and if I tell the truth, people will hate me because a Muslim is not allowed to drink wine.” So he gave up the idea of drinking wine_________, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he _________ remembered his promise to tell the truth. Step by step, he didn’t do anything _________. He became a good Muslim and a very good person.
1.A.saved B.killed C.reminded D.developed
2.A.chances B.suggestions C.habits D.purposes
3.A.hand out B.hand in C.deal with D.give up
4.A.Enjoy B.Stop C.Practice D.Remember
5.A.dream B.advice C.decision D.trick
6.A.herself B.myself C.themselves D.himself
7.A.where B.how C.when D.which
8.A.either B.so C.neither D.none
9.A.to kidnap B.not to kidnap C.to steal D.not to steal
10.A.coffee B.wine C.milk D.water
11.A.unless B.if C.whether D.before
12.A.once B.sometimes C.never D.always
13.A.In his way B.On his way C.In some ways D.In this way
14.A.always B.seldom C.sometimes D.never
15.A.amazing B.exciting C.good D.bad
—Why does Ms Wang look so worried?
—Because she wonders ________.
A.that her husband was badly hurt B.what wrong is with her husband
C.whether her husband had been hurt D.what has happened to her husband
— It’s impolite to________on others while they are talking .
—I agree with you.
A.cut down B.cut in C.cut short D.cut out
—We can hold a big party to celebrate our graduation after exams.
—________. Let’s prepare for it right now.
A.Why not? B.What for? C.Of course. D.Not at all.
