There are many things that we wish to achieve in life. For some, we set goals and objectives, and for some we don’t. Try to remember the last time you set a goal to achieve a certain task. Were you able to complete the task in an effective manner? The tasks which are done by setting and meeting daily goals will definitely be useful and rewarding experiences. A step-by-step approach towards achieving smaller goals is the key to achieving larger ones.
When it comes to the workplace, each and every employee is expected to meet daily responsibilities and expectations. With organizations becoming more and more competitive, the importance of goal-setting for employees is increasing. It helps the employee to perform better and increases his or her efficiency and time management. It’s also important for every student to set high academic goals so as to be able to build a good career.
Setting goals for completing the daily schedule helps an employee to finish the assigned tasks and targets in a timely manner. If an employee is performing the way he or she is expected to, then this will automatically increase the performance, output and productivity of both the employee and the organization. Daily study targets are the same. This helps you complete your assignments within the set time, thus putting less pressure on you during exams and increasing your chances of performing well.
How many times you have to be at work on a weekend just to complete your work? How many times you have had to stay up all night to complete your homework or study for your exams? Had you followed your set goals and targets right from the beginning, you would have spent the time relaxing rather than being busy working or studying! Setting up goals and objectives helps you organize your time and efforts in an efficient manner.
In performing your work diligently, you are likely to keep a steady pace when it comes to fulfilling your set targets. Because you are already on track, there will be no unnecessary workload and time limits over your head. Therefore, another benefit of effective goal-setting is lack of stress and a more calm and relaxed mind. Only a stress-free and calm mind can house progressive and productive thoughts. A calm mind causes positivity, which goes a long way towards increasing your ability to achieve the personal goals you have set for yourself.
Each and every human being aims to achieve two things: to fulfill desires and to enjoy life. This is possible only through proper discipline and time management. Goal-setting leads to not only professional growth but also personal growth and development. You are expected to know that every step counts and that setting up goals is easy, but following them on a consistent basis is difficult. Therefore, if you want to be successful and also harvest the fruits of your hard work, you need to stick to your set goals and be focused towards achieving them. Realize the significant role that goal-setting plays in your life, make sure that you do all you can to achieve what you want., set your goals, work towards achieving them and celebrate your success!
| Passage outline |
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| Significance of goal-setting in achieving success |
In face of competition, employees with goals can perform better as well as Students who want to build a good career should attach |
| Increase output and performance |
By setting goals, an employees can increase output and performance instead of Students can have less pressure and perform well with the aid of daily study targets. |
| Help in time management |
You can have your time and efforts You’re likely to have more time for |
| Reduce |
Chances are that you can fulfill your set targets steadily Effective goal-setting is |
| Every step counts |
You should be Your hard work will |
第二节 短语填空（从下列短语中选出一个合适的并用其适当形式填入每个句子中，使其句意完整，共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
66． the sun does great harm to your skin so you should avoid doing so in daily life.
67．Nowadays plastics many conventional materials.
68．A terrible earthquake struck Wenchuan in Sichuan Province in 2008, many injuries and deaths.
69．With the development of science and technology, the young generation surfing the Internet and playing computer games, which has a bad influence on their study.
70．With the victim him attempted murder, the man was thrown into great depression.
71．It is unlikely for him to his boss, who is strict and mean, his innocence.
72．Super Junior, a band made up of 13 handsome boys, both boys and girls in the school.
73．Some scientific researches provide further support for the idea that even small differences in lifestyle may health in the population.
74．Look at the expression on his face! He must great difficulty in yesterday’s knowledge contest.
75． the car which was speeding, the traffic police decided to ask his colleagues to search for it.
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每题2分，共20分）
仔细阅读下面短文，短文中有10个空格。请按照语境以及括号里的具体要求完成语法填空、词形变化等。答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的对应位置。
The holiday’s upon us. After months of study, you have some time to yourself. So, why not read a book? Well, some people will say, ‘Why trouble with books? We have the Internet and 16 media that offer a lot more 17 (colour) programs. Books are history!”
But don’t be fooled. There’s still a lot to be said for reading and reading as widely as possible.
One clear reason is that a well-chosen book is a wonderful collection 18 words and expressions, so long as you have a good dictionary, of course. Believe me, it’s far easier to get new English words and expressions from a book or article 19 it is from the TV or the Internet.
But an even more important point is 20 books give you something that modern media simply can not: The webpage is always full of pictures and the text is often designed to make it as easy to read as possible.
Though “easy” may be welcome, 21 (luck) it’s of little use for any long-time development of reading skills and the general language level. For that, there’s still no substitute(替代品) for a book.
But perhaps the best single reason is that simply 22 (choose) what you read and doing it by yourself 23 (mean) that it’s something you do by and for yourself. You can choose what you want to read. It’s hard work, 24 while you are reading, you’ll find that what once 25 (seem) like a duty is now a pleasure.
第五节：课文填空（共1篇，10空格；满分10分）
根据课文内容和首字母提示，填入恰当的词，使文章完整。
Not long ago there was a girl called Daisy. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed, which took Daisy to Tibet of China to see antelopes. The antelope told her that they lived a sad life, because they were killed for the fur that was taken from under their s _______(61). Every year thousands of antelopes are killed and now they are becoming e______________(62) species.
Daisy was very sad and then she asked the carpet to bring her to some place where the animals were well protected. Next minute she was in Zimbabwe. Daisy first saw an excited elephant. It asked Daisy to take its picture. In Zimbabwe, Daisy knew the people began to realize the i __________(63) of animals, especially the g________(64), and they decided to help. They allowed t (65) to hunt only a certain number of animals if they were willing to pay the farmers.
The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a t________(66) rain forest. A monkey watched her as it r_______(67) itself. The monkey said the millipede contained a p_________(68)drug which could affect m ______(69). And the monkey told Daisy to take care of the rain forest. Daisy was a _______(70). Later, the carpet flew Daisy home and Daisy found it was only a dream, but she learned a lot from her experience.
第二节语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l~40的相应位置上。
Scientists have found “significant” amounts of water in a crater (火山口) at the moon’s south pole, a major 31 (discover) that will dramatically revise the description of the moon 32 a dead world and likely make it a more attractive destination for future human space missions.
“The moon is alive,” declared Anthony Colaprete, the chief scientist for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission, 31 used a rocket on Oct. 9 to punch a hole about 100 feet across in the moon’s surface, and then measured about 25 gallons of water in the form of vapor and ice. 31 that’s not enough to swim in, it could indicate sufficient water in permanently shaded craters at the poles for future astronauts to live off the land.
NASA’s plans, currently under review by the Obama administration, call for 31 return to the moon at the end of the next decade, and 31 (construct) of a lunar base in which astronauts could live and work for months at a time.
The presence of large quantities of water would make that plan more 31 (practice), since water could be used for drinking, breathing and even making rocket fuel. 31 , a resource-rich moon could also serve as the perfect low-gravity launch-pad (发射台) for missions that would carry astronauts and 31 families elsewhere in the solar system, 31 (realize) the dreams of generations of science-fiction writers.
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。
It was a very cold evening, an old man was waiting for a ride across the river. He saw several horsemen pass by but he didn’t ask for any help. The wait seemed 31 (end). Then came another rider, the old man 32 (catch) his eye and said, “Sir, would you mind doing me a favor?”
Stopping his horse, he replied, “Of course.” Almost 33 (freeze), the old man could not get 34 the ground. The horseman helped him onto his horse. He took the o1d man not just across the river, 35 to his home.
“Sir, you didn’t even ask the other riders for help, why? What 36 I had said ‘no’ and 1eft you there?” the horseman asked.
The old man looked at him straight in the eyes and said, “I looked into their eyes, I found they didn’t care, 37 told me it would be useless, but when I looked into 38 , I saw kindness.”
These words touched the rider deeply. “Thank you for 39 you’ve said, I hope I will never be too busy to help others.” With that, Thomas Jefferson, the 40 (three) president of the US, turned his horse around and went away．
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