What Is Success

孫繼艷

什么才是成功？我們應(yīng)該如何正確理解成功的內(nèi)涵？道德教育和人格塑造與成功又有怎樣的關(guān)聯(lián)呢？

Success is often considered to be the opposite of failure. To teenagers， it is the achievement of a goal or completion of something they really need， such as good grades and the ability to get along well with their classmates. Some schools used to agree with most parents who measured（判定）the success of their children according to grades， but now they pay special attention to moral（道德的）education and character?building to make sure teenagers achieve success in building human relationships.

Schools give chances to students to discover their hidden ability so that they can enjoy some form of success. For example， those good at speaking skills are advised to take part in speech competitions while those interested in arts are expected to perform in front of their classmates. Teenagers also get the pleasure of success when they join their favorite clubs.

Teenagers are often told that success is not easy to achieve and that success lies in hard work. Great efforts have to be put into project work. Doing things much later than planned should be avoided as this will lead to a mountain of work which finally makes them nervous. Another good quality（品質(zhì)）is a sense of responsibility which makes them remember that a task has to be completed in time.

Sticking to moral values is the key to success too. Honest teenagers will win the trust of friends leading to good relationships. Self?motivation（自我激勵(lì)）is another quality to be developed， for self?motivated teenagers will have the strong will and drive to perform a task and finally get to enjoy a sense of achievement.

1. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 1 refer to（指代）？

A. Their classmates. ? ? B. Some schools.

C. Most parents. D. Their children.

2. Why are students given chances to take part in activities？

A. To get good grades. ? ? ? B. To improve speaking ability.

C. To express their love for arts. ? D. To get the pleasure of success.

3. What can we learn from Paragraph 3？

A. Project work makes teenagers nervous.

B. Good qualities will lead to a happy life.

C. Teenagers are advised to complete tasks in time.

D. Taking responsibility will make work much easier.

4. What is important for making students strong minded？

A. Honesty. ? ? B. Self?motivation.

C. Communication. D. Friends trust.

5. What can be the best title for the text except the given one？

A. The Value of Moral Education

B. The Key to Discovering Hidden Ability

C. The Meaning of Success to Teenagers

D. The Way to Communicate with Others

【主旨大意】本文主要介紹了現(xiàn)今老師和學(xué)校更加關(guān)注學(xué)生道德教育和性格塑造，以確保學(xué)生在建立人際關(guān)系方面取得成功，同時(shí)介紹了幫助同學(xué)們獲得成功的關(guān)鍵是什么。

1. B.詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)“Some schools used to agree with most parents who measured（判定）the success of their children according to grades， but now they pay special attention to moral（道德的）education and character?building”可知，一些學(xué)校過去同意大多數(shù)家長(zhǎng)用成績(jī)來衡量孩子的成功，但現(xiàn)在他們特別重視道德教育和性格塑造，所以they指代前文提到的some schools，故選B。

2. D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Teenagers also get the pleasure of success when they join their favorite clubs”可知，參加活動(dòng)是為了獲得成功的樂趣，故選D。

3. C.推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Another good quality（品質(zhì)）is a sense of responsibility which makes them remember that a task has to be completed in time”可知，如果孩子們有責(zé)任感，這會(huì)讓他們記得要按時(shí)完成任務(wù)，故選C。

4. B. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Self?motivation（自我激勵(lì)）is another quality to be developed， for self?motivated teenagers will have the strong will and drive to perform a task and finally get to enjoy a sense of achievement”可知，自我激勵(lì)的青少年會(huì)有堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的意志，故選B。

5.C. 最佳標(biāo)題題。通讀全文可知，本文圍繞“success成功”這一個(gè)詞展開描述，介紹了成功對(duì)于孩子們的意義，以及成功的關(guān)鍵，所以C選項(xiàng)“成功對(duì)青少年的意義”符合本文標(biāo)題，故選C。