(河南省鄢陵一中20142015学年高二下学期第五次月考英语试卷.docVIP

鄢陵一高高二年级第五次考试 英语试卷 一 阅读理解 A 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 a certain thing , it’ll require even more time , time that most people won’t put 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 quickly before you ever become good at it . When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success , you know that they 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 . Paragraph 1 mainly talks about _________________. A . the meaning of success B . the importance of success C . the reasons for success D .the standards of succ