Question

    Years ago, I was so confident, and so naive(幼稚的). I was so sure that I was right and everyone else was wrong.

Unfortunately I was lucky and got successful, so that kept me blind to my weak points. I sold my company, felt ready to do something new, and started to learn. But the more I learned, the more I realized how little I knew and how lucky I had been.

I’d start to make things, but then saw how stupid I was, so I stpped. I lost all confidence. I spent a few years completely stuck.

Finally, some new ideas helped:

Learning without doing is wasted. If I don’t use what I learn, then it is pointless! How terrible to waste hundreds of hours spent learning, and not turn them into action. Like throwing good food in the trash: it’s wrong.

This isn’t about me. How I feel in this moment doesn’t matter－it will pass. Nobody is judging me, because nobody is thinking of me. They are just looking for things to improve their own life. The public me is not the real me anyway, so if they judge my public personality, that’s fine.

The work is the point, and my work is special. If I can do something that people find useful, then I should. It doesn’t matter if it’s a masterpiece or not, as long as I enjoy it.

So I’m glad my old confidence is gone. Now I aim(以……为目标)to make my work my little contribution to the world－just special and useful.

1.I lost all my confidence when______

A.I got successful in my career.

B.I Learned more than before.

C.I sold my company.

D.I realized I knew little.

2.According to the passage, the author prefer______

A.learning by using.

B.learning is wasting time.

C.learning by spending hours.

D.learning is pointless.

3.Why does the author think his work is special?

A.Because he is a unique person in his company.

B.Because he can gain confidence by helping others.

C.Because his aim is to be special in the world.

D.Because his old confidence is gone.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲述了作者在意识到自己知之甚少时而失去了所有的信心，然而一些新的想法让作者改变了态度，那就是学而不用是浪费，要在实践中学习，并且找到了自己新的定位和目标。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段的But the more I learned, the more I realized how little I knew and how lucky I had been.（但我学得越多，就越意识到我知道的太少）和第三段的…, but then saw how stupid I was, so I stopped.（后来发现我有多笨，所以我就停了下来）可知，当作者意识到我所知甚少时，我失去了所有的信心。故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据第五段的How terrible to waste hundreds of hours spent learning, and not turn them into action.（浪费数百个小时的学习，却不付诸行动，这是多么可怕啊!）可知，作者更喜欢通过实践中学习，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的If I can do something that people find useful, then I should.（如果我能做一些人们觉得有用的事情，那么我就应该去做）可知，作者认为他的作品很特别的原因是他可以通过帮助别人来获得自信。故选B。