The Winner’s Guide to Success
How do successful people think? What helps them to make success? To find out the answers, an American scholar recently visited some of the most successful people in America.
Be responsible for yourself
Sometimes you may want to blame others for your failure to get ahead. You’re saying, “You have more control over my life than I do.”
Live life “on purpose”
Almost all successful people live life “on purpose”— they are doing what they believe they should and want to do. When you live your life on purpose, you’ll try your best to do your job or study as well as you can. You love what you do and you can find pleasure in what you do.
Write a plan
It is very difficult trying to get what you want without a good plan. A good plan is like a map to you. Without this “map”, you may waste your time, money and also your energy; while with the “map” you’ll enjoy the “trip” and get what you want in the shortest possible time.
Be willing to pay the price
Nothing great is easy to get. So you must be ready to work hard — even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you won’t get anything valuable.
Never give up When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.
Once an American writer was writing a novel. He could not have a good ending for his book until one night when he had a very good idea. He was so excited that he made a phone call to one of his best friends. “I’ve got a perfect idea,” he said, “I’ll put it down later and show it to you.” But he never did, because he died that night. His book was left without a perfect ending. So remember, do what you can right away. Never delay at all.
| A．It is just like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away. |
| B．It seems to us that everyone knows this. But it is easier said than done. |
| C．Some people achieve success much later in life because they fail to realize earlier the importance of hard work. |
| D．In fact, when you say someone or something outside of yourself is stopping you from making success, you’re giving away your own power. |
E. Someone else’s opinion of you doesn’t have to become your reality.
F. Don’t delay
G. Here are some keys to success that they give.
Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box.. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
| A. demonstrating B. devote C. productive D. slightly E. present F. addressing G. emotion H. happy I. significantly J. productivity ABD. completed |
In the past few decades, the popular belief in the area of organizational behavior and psychology has been that workers are better workers. However, new research at the University of Alberta shows that sad workers are more
.
Psychologist Dr. Robert Sinclair recently conducted a series of four studies the effects of experimentally induced ( 诱发的 ) happiness versus sadness on work
by asking the participants to build circuit boards. In the first study, sad people committed
few errors than did happy people, but there was no difference in the number of boards
.
In similar studies Sinclair found the same results along with the evidence that happy people might not as much energy to the task in order to maintain their happy moods ---- they considered that task as something that might detract from their
feelings.
These findings are not surprising, said Sinclair, since there has been a growing body of literature in the area of social psychology that sad moods lead to more calm lengthy intent consideration and often, more thought or accurate judgments. So it’s important for organizations to take into account the
of their employees. It seems it could be beneficial to creating situations that lead people to believe that performing their jobs will cause them to feel good.
第二节：下面文章中有5处（第58~62题）需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. Live in denial
B. Sell your iPhone
C. Stop making phone calls
D. Purchase a car rather than an iPhone
E. Move to a location with strong carrier signal
F. Return the phone and get one from a different manufacturer（制造商）
Apple’s so-called iPhone 4 “Death Grip” - where holding the phone in the left hand weakens the signal - may rank among the top marketing failures of the 2010s.
Frustrated iPhone 4 owners don’t need to wait around for Apple to handle the problem. They can solve the calling problems on their own. I’ve got five guaranteed solutions, but you probably won’t like them. ________________. In most US states, purchasers can return phones within 14 days - 30 days in states like California. It’s the “buyer’s regret” period, and for some people who can’t make clear calls there surely is some kind of regret. Apple’s newest handset may be the most fashionable phone on the planet, but it is by no means the only choice. Yes, you can use another smart phone and find happiness.
_______________. OK, so this might seem like an extreme choice, but, hey, aren’t all those phone calls annoying? I’ve dramatically reduced the number of phone calls and must say it feels good to be free of them. You text, tweet（推特） and Facebook anyway. The iPhone has a touchscreen for a reason. Use it.
But, please, don’t text and drive._______________. If you must make phone calls, change your location. Repeatedly test for the Death Grip, but don’t let the sellers know the real reason for moving. Surely they’ll think that anyone willing to wait all night in a line to buy a cell phone is some one who is easily tricked or taken in. Don’t let your iPhone 4 enthusiasm drive up the seller’s counter offer.
________________. Hey, why should Apple be the only one who makes money? The iPhone 4 eBay auctions（拍卖）are crazy. There are “buy it now” prices of $1,000 and auctions with bids（出价）starting above $800. While writing this post, I watched one auction count down 7 minutes to zero, where in the final seconds the winning bid was $1,300 for the 32GB black model, unopened.
_______________. It’s surprising how effectively some people can just ignore problems like they don’t exist. No matter what the situation, they ignore it. “Hey, Johnny, don’t you know Toyota recalled（召回） a bazillion cars for accelerator pedal defects?” You know his answer: “Toyota is the best company on the planet. There is no problem with my car.” I’ve seen this kind of denial behavior among some Mac enthusiasts, too. About Death Grip, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is on record firmly stating: “Just avoid holding it in that way.” Apple claims the problem really isn’t iPhone 4 but you. Hey, you can choose to believe that. Denial will fix your problem, because you’ll never admit to having one.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词，并将该单词的标号 (A、B、C、D、E…) 填写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。
| A. countries B. invented C. began D. one E. after F. as G. carry H. speak I. only J. few K. first L. held M. heard N. listen |
The word "Hello" maybe used more often than any other word in the English language. Everyone in the USA and other uses this word again and again every day..
The American inventor Thomas Edison is believed to be the person to use "Hello" on the telephone soon
the world's first telephone was
.
At first people their words on the telephone with "Are you there?" They were not sure if a telephone could really
voices.
Edison was a man of words. He wanted to save time. The first time he picked up the phone, he was very busy. He trusted the telephone
he invented it himself. He was sure someone was there and
said "Hello".
From then on, "Hello" is often when you pick up the telephone.
阅读下列信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
A. When I take notes I always rewrite them. I also add things as I go, especially from the readings that I feel are important. This helps me remember things better and as I look things up in the text and add notes, it brings a deeper understanding of the material.
B. When I have to learn a new word, I write down the word and its meaning in the back of my notebook. Then I make sure to use the word at least 7 times in the next week. I put a check next to the word each time I use it to be sure. This way I can remember that word better.
C. I sit in the front of the classroom. That way there are no distractions between me and the teacher and I can focus my attention on the class. The further back you sit, the more kids there are in front of you who can distract you.
D. I watch my teachers carefully to find what’s the most important. Some start moving around a lot, some raise their voice, and some start moving their hands about. When this happens, I write down what they’re saying in my notebook.
E. Here are some tips on how to create a good study environment: Find a place to study and keep it for study only. Equip the environment with all study needs. Control the noise level at acceptable levels. Avoid relaxing while working.
F. When I work on math problems, I write each step as I do it. This makes me think carefully about what I am doing. If the answer doesn’t seem right, I can go back through the steps I wrote to see where I went wrong.
阅读下列学习方面的问题，并与上面的经验相匹配。I love learning new words, but I’m confused about how to remember them well. Whenever I meet a new word, I look it up in the dictionary for its meaning and write it down. However, a few days later, I’ll forget what the word means. It’s really a headache.
I can’t concentrate on what the teacher says in class. I sit at the back of the classroom. What the students in the front row do always attracts my attention. I’m wondering if anyone else has the same problem.
It’s impossible to write down everything the teacher says in my notebook. I have been told to take down the important points, but how can I tell which points are important?
I take good notes in class. I’m curious to know how to make good use of these notes to improve my understanding. I’m often confused about how to deal with the notes.
I enjoy studying at home at night or over the weekend. But sometimes I just can’t focus. I think it’s the study environment that makes me not feel like studying. Who can tell me how to improve the study environment?
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
| A. turn B. eagerly C. concerned D. particularly E. growing F. changed G. produced H. international I. popular J. called |
There have been a lot of changes in American eating habits in the last ten years. One is the ____ awareness of the nutritional value of food. Another is an increasing interest in a variety of __
__ foods. Since about 1970, Americans have been more and more __
__ about health. They have begun to notice the ingredients（配料） in what they eat.
When they select food in the supermarket, they ____ the package over to read the labels carefully. They prefer to eat food that is __
__ without unnecessary chemicals and often choose fruits and vegetables grown without poisons used to kill insects. A small group of Americans, __
__ vegetarians, has decided not to eat meat. They choose a complete diet from other kinds of food because they think that meat products are not good for health.
Also more and more Americans have become interested in food from other countries. They have been going out to international restaurants and ____ trying unfamiliar dishes. Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, and Greek cooking as well as many other recipes（食谱）are all __
__ these days in the United States. People to say that Americans ate uninteresting, unhealthy food, but this has __
__ in the last ten years.
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