Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family，and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck.I'm not going to say luck，talent，and circumstances don't come into play because they do.Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence，and that's just the reality of how life is.
However，to succeed in life，one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.And，in addition to that，in order to get really good at something，one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practising.To become great at certain things，it'll require even more time，time that most people won't put in.
However，to succeed in life，one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.And，in addition to that，in order to get really good at something，one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practising.To become great at certain things，it'll require even more time，time that most people won't put in.
This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don't enjoy what you do，it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.
This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don't enjoy what you do，it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.
When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success，you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost.It's sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent，but thinking that way does you no good，and there's a huge chance that you're wrong anyway.
Whatever you do，if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out，almost to the point of addiction，and over a long period of time.If you're not willing to put in the time and work，don't expect to receive any rewards.Consistent, hard work won't guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.
小題1:Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.
A．the reasons for success
B．the meaning of success
C．the standards of success
D．the importance of success
小題2:Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ________.
A．work makes one feel pain
B．one tends to enjoy his work
C．one gives up his work easily
D．it takes a lot of time to succeed
小題3:What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A．Successful people like to show their great skills.
B．People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.
C．People need to achieve success at the cost of life.
D．It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.
小題4:What is the main theme of the passage?
A．Having a goal is vital to success.
B．Being good is different from being great.
C．One cannot succeed without time and practice.
D．Luck，talent and family help to achieve success.

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:C

本文主要論述了在人生中要成功，雖然運氣、天賦、家庭出身固然很重要，但首先要樹立目標，然后花大量的時間來學習和實踐，沒日沒夜地工作，達到入迷的程度，并長此以往。
小題1:解析　段意歸納題。文中的“運氣”“天賦”“家庭環(huán)境”等都是指成功的條件或理由，故選A。本段中并沒有講什么是成功，排除選項B(成功的含義)和C(成功的標準)；也沒講成功對人生有哪些重要性，也容易排除選項D。
答案　A
小題2:解析　細節(jié)理解題。題眼出現(xiàn)在第三段第一句This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love.但其中的this就是指代上文的內(nèi)容，即第二段的最后兩句話的內(nèi)容．..one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it'll require even more time, time that most people won't put in.這兩句就告訴我們，要成功需要花費大量的時間。
答案　D
小題3:解析　推理判斷題。由第一句they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost可推知。
答案　C
小題4:解析　主旨歸納題。由第二段開頭的However可知，本文的中心論題不是第一段而在第二段．..to succeed in life, one first needs to...needs to...，再結(jié)合最后一段第一句．..if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time.可知本文的主題思想是：不花時間和實踐是不可能取得成功的。答案　C。
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Love, Ma
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