Question

People often ask me how I became successful in that six-year period of time while many of the people I knew did not. The answer is simple: The things I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do.

I found it easy to set the goals that could change my life. They found it easy not to. I found it easy to read the books that could affect my thinking. They found that easy not to. I found it easy to attend the classes. They said it probably really wouldn’t matter. Six years later, I’m a millionaire and they are all still blaming the economy, the government and company policies. They neglected(忽视) to do the basic, easy things.

In fact, the primary reason most people are not doing can be summed up in a single word: neglect. It is not the lack of money – banks are full of money. It is not the lack of opportunity – the government continues to offer the most opportunities. It is not the lack of books – libraries are full of books – and they are free! It is not the schools – the classrooms are full of good teachers. We have plenty of good advisors. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is neglect.

Don’t do the things which cause us to feel guilty(感到内疚的) and guilt erodes our self-confidence. As our self-confidence reduces, so does the level of our activity. And as our activity goes down, so do our results. And as our results suffer, our attitude begins to weaken. And as our attitude begins changing from positive to negative, our self-confidence becomes even less … and on and on it goes.

So my suggestion is that when giving choice of “easy to” and “easy not to”, do not neglect to do the simple, basic, “easy” but potentially life-changing activities.

1.Why did the author become a millionaire in six years?

A.He was a very lucky man.

B.He didn’t come across difficulties.

C.He did some basic and easy things.

D.He set himself long-term life goals.

2.The underlined word “erodes” in Paragraph 4 probably means “_____”.

A.changes         B. neglects

C.weakens         D.exposes

3.What is the main reason that some people fail to succeed?

A.They don’t have good opportunities.

B.They neglect the importance of success.

C.They lack the government’s support.

D. They don’t make use of what they have.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Being self-confident works

B.Nothing can not be neglected

C.Everything is easy to do

D.Success is easy, but so is neglect

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇议论文，告诉人们成功很简单。很简单的事情就能迈向成功，但是人们却认为太简单不去做，成功往往就是这样被忽视掉。

1.C细节理解题。根据The answer is simple: The things I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do.可知，我做了简单的事情，而人们却不去做简单的事情。所以我成功是因为我做了最基础简单的事情。故选C。

2.C词义推测题。根据Don’t do the things which cause us to feel guilty(感到内疚的) and guilt erodes our self-confidence.可知不要做那些让我们感到内疚的事情，因为内疚会减弱我们的自信心。故选C。

3.

可知没成功的主要原因就是因为很少有人会充分利用我们所拥有的。故选D。

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