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(1)A.段落大意题。通过第一段我们可以得知作者列出很多人认为成功的因素,如"Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence"出生在好的家庭,天赋异禀,可得知本段主要在讲一些成功的因素,故选A.此外根据上下文意思和排除法,不难得出答案是原因。其他meaning(意义),standards(标准),importance(重要性)都不正确。故选A.
(2)D.细节理解题。根据第三段的this is a big reason why…,"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.可知答案的关键是this.而this 指代的内容刚好是与时间(To become great at certain things,it'll require even more time,time that most people won't put in.)有关。属于原词重现。故选D.
(3)C.推理判断题。根据第四段"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." 句义为"很容易去认为他们是运气好,或者天生有些独特的天赋,但是这么想对你并无好处,而且极有可能你想错了。可以得知很多人的成功并不是因为天赋或运气。通过but之后的内容"thinking that way does you no good,and there's a huge chance that you're wrong anyway."不难得出答案。而且也可以通过排除法得出答案。A项的"show skills 展现技能"表达错误。C项的表达"at the cost of life 以生命为代价"是错误的,这不符合常理,但这道题最容易出错。D项可以根据第四段最后一句的does you no good排除。故选C.
(4)C.主旨大意题。可通过文章最后一段主题句"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. ""不管你做什么,如果你想成为一个伟大的人,你需要日复一日地工作,几乎到了上瘾的程度,而且还要长期工作。"以及文章多次提到要花费时间和精力。可知一个人没有时间和实践是不可能成功的。ABD项都是以偏概全。故选C.