Goals can help you do, be and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen.
Successful and happy people have an idea of how their life should be and they set lots of goals to help them succeed. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s like having a map to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind which is laid out for her on a map. She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, but she drives without an aim around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas and oil. Which driver do you want to be？
Winners in life set goals and follow through on them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set―and they aren’t difficult to reach. It’s up to you to find out what your goals and ideals（理想）really are.
Research tells us that when we write a goal down, we are more likely to achieve. Written goals can be reviewed regularly，and have more power. Like a contract with yourself, they are harder to neglect（忽视）or forget. Also when you write your goals in a particular way, you are able to make yourself be continuously alert（警觉）to situations that will further your goals.
1.The writer gave the example of two drivers to show .
A . how stupid the first driver was B. the importance of having a map and right direction
C. how stupid the second driver was D. the importance of setting goals
2.According to the passage, successful people are different from unsuccessful ones because .
A. the successful people set goals for everything and can get help from others
B. the unsuccessful people always set unrealistic plans for themselves
C. the successful people set goals in their lives and make plans to carry it out
D. the unsuccessful people make plans for everything but can not work hard
3.According to the passage, the most important thing in realizing one’s ideal is to .
A. try to be realistic about one’s ability
B. let others help him or her to make his or her dream come true
C. let others understand him or her first，then work together with them
D. have a clear mind of what he or she wants in life
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？
A. Goals can make you gain everything you want in life
B. Only successful people can be happy
C. If you want to succeed，you need a set long-term goals instead of short-term Goals
D. When we put our goal down on papers, we are more likely to succeed
5.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Goals help you succeed B. How to succeed
C. Why we always failed D. A research on setting goals
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Mozart was born 1_____________January 27, 1756 and died on December 5, 1791. When he was three, he often had lessons with his elder sister. His father took him to many different countries 2.__________ he played music for lots of people.3._ ___, some people didn’t believe that a little boy could write wonderful music. They asked him to stay in a room all by himself for a week and somebody watched 4._________ room all the time. In the week, he finished a new piece 5.____________music. After that, people believed that he could write beautiful music. Mozart died when he was still a young man. 6.____ _______ his short life, he studied music and taught music, played music and wrote music. Even by working 7.________ hard, he couldn’t make much money. Often he had to borrow money 8_________ his friends. But his music made him happy and for more than two hundred years his music has made other people happy, too.
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are words or expressions marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of the environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be 36 ___________ .
Today things are different, the world has become too 37________. We’re using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are 38__________our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth will not survive.
Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many 39_____ are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we 40______ to use bigger and more powerful machines to 41_________more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. 42_____, in most countries wastes are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 43__________laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the 44_______ of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough food. 45________ can we deal with these problems ?
If we eat more vegetables and less meat, there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops on feeds five times more people than land 46_____ animals are kept. Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control. Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we 47_____ have a better and clearer planet in the future.
1.A. beautiful B. unlimited C. rare D. valuable
2.A. crowded B. small C. dirty D. busy
3.A. protecting B. saving C. polluting D. fighting
4.A. mountains B. flowers C. trees D. grass
5.A. continue B. have C. ought D. go on
6.A. grow B. plant C. save D. cut down
7.A. Thus B. However C. Generally speaking D. Therefore
8.A. too many B. a few C. some D. few
9.A. production B. pollution C. population D. revolution
10.A. What B. How C. Why D. Where
11.A. that B. which C. where D. what
12.A. may B. can C.should D. shall
The owner of the cinema needed to make a lot of improvements and employ more people to keep it running, _______meant spending tens of thousands of pounds．
A. who B. that C. as D. which
The little girl felt ________ on hearing the _________ news.
A. amazed; amazing B. amazing; amazed
C. was amazed; amazing D. was amazing; amazed
These problems, __________, will seriously affect the growth of teenagers and even the nation’s future.
A. solved properly B. if solved properly
C. not if properly solved D. if not solved properly
