Question

    Why are some people successful and others aren't? What's the secret of success?1.

Many of Gladwell's ideas appear in his social psychology bestsellr Outliers.2.Gladwell thinks that this is just an excuse for not trying...and if you really want to be good at something. you have to work at it.“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you re good." Gladwell writes.“It's the thing you do that makes you good."

Central to the book is the“10.000-hour rule". It means that if you want to be among the best in the world, you need to practise something for 10.000 hours.3.For example, the Beatles played live in Hamburg more than 1.200 times between 1960 and 1964. which is more than 10,000 hours of playing time. And when Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was 13, he was given access to a high school computer (one of the few available in the country) allowing him to practise computer programming for more than (Yes, you guessed it) 10, 000 hours.

The interesting thing is that success has nothing to do with intelligence.4.He's got an IQ of between 195 and 210 (Albert Einstein's IQ was estimated to have been between 160 and 180). As a boy at school, Langan was able to take an exam in a foreign language he d never studied and pass it after just skim-reading a text book for three minutes. However, Langan never graduated from university and worked in labour-intensive jobs his whole life. This proves that intelligence alone will not lead to success- you need hard work, support, finance and opportunities. Gladwell adds,“No one一not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses一ever makes it alone."

5.Even after you've put in your 10.000 hours of practice, you still need one other key ingredient - - luck. So, you could be the most amazing guitarist in the world. but unless you re lucky enough to play in front of a record company executive who sees a way of exploiting that talent, you aren't going to be seeing your name in lights.

A.It isn't just a question of time and support.

B.Author Malcolm Gladwell thinks he knows.

C.That's equal to three hours a day for 10 years.

D.Of course, many people argue that you can create your own“'luck".

E.The popular view is that some of us are born talented and others aren't.

F.Take the example of Christopher Langan, who's mentioned in the book.

G.Someone who's willing to practise something for 10.000 hours is probably active.

Answer

1.B

2.E

3.C

4.F

5.A

【解析】

本文为说明文。文章主要分析了成功的秘诀。成功与智力无关，成功与你练习的时间有关，除此之外还需要有好的运气。

1.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本小题在文章中起承上启下的作用。上文说“Why are some people successful and others aren't? What's the secret of success?（为什么有些人成功而有些人不成功？成功的秘诀是什么？）”。而下一段“Many of Gladwell's ideas appear in his social psychology best seller Outliers.___2___Gladwell thinks that this is just an excuse for not trying.”可知，下文是Gladwell的许多关于成功的观点，因此可推断出作家Gladwell知道为什么有人成功，以及成功的秘诀是什么。分析选项可知B项（Author Malcolm Gladwell thinks he knows）符合题意，故选 B。

2.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。空格后“格拉德威尔认为，这只是一个不去尝试的借口……如果你真的想擅长某件事的话。你必须努力做到这一点。”可知，有人认为有天赋才能成功，认为自己没有才赋，就有了不努力的借口。分析选项可知，此处是指一种流行的观点即我们有些人天生就有天赋，而另一些人却没有。分析选项可知E项符合题意，故选E。

3.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据上句It means that if you want to be among the best in the world, you need to practise something for 10.000 hours”这意味着如果你想成为世界上最好的，你需要练习10000个小时。计算可知，10000个小时相当于10年中每天花3个小时。分析选项可知C项That's equal to three hours a day for 10 years（相当于10年来每天3小时）符合题意，故选C。

4.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。空格所在的一段与Christopher Langan有关。分析选项可知，F项Take the example of Christopher Langan, who's mentioned in the book（以书中提到的克里斯托弗·兰根为例）正是叙述的Christopher Langan，因此F项与本段意义一致，故选 F。

5.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据空格后的“Even after you've put in your 10.000 hours of practice, you still need one other key ingredient - - luck.” 即使你花了10000个小时练习，你仍然需要另一个关键因素——运气。可知，成功不仅仅与时间有关，还需要运气。分析选项可知可知，A项It isn't just a question of time and support.（这不仅仅是时间和支持的问题）符合题意，故选A。