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HowtoBeaWinner
SirStevenRedgrave
Winnerof5OlympicGoldMedals
“In1997Iwasfoundtohavedevelopeddiabetes(糖尿病)．Believingmycareerwasover，
Ifeltextremelylow.ThenoneofthespecialistssaidtherewasnoreasonwhyIshouldstoptrainingandcompeting.Thatwasit—theencouragementIneeded.IcouldstillbeawinnerifIbelievedinmyself.Iamnotsayingthatitisn’tdifficultsometimes.ButIwantedtoprovetomyselfthatIwasn’tfinishedyet.Nothingistostandinmyway.”
KarenPickering
SwimmingWorldChampion
“Iswim4hoursaday,6daysaweek.Imanagethatsortofworkloadbyputtingitontopofmydiary.Thisisthekeytosuccess—youcan’tfollowacareerinanyfieldwithoutbeingwell
organized.Listwhatyoubelieveyoucanachieve.Trustyourself，writedownyourgoalsfortheday，howeversmalltheyare，andyou’llbeastepclosertoachievingthem.”
KirstenBest
Poet&Writer
“Whenthingsaregettinghard，avoiceinsidemyheadtellsmethatIcan’tachievesomething.Then，thereareotherdistractions，suchasfamilyorhobbies.Thekeyistoconcentrate.WhenIfeeltense，ithelpsalottorepeatwordssuchas‘calm’，‘peace’or‘focus’，
eitheroutloudorsilentlyinmymind.Itmakesmefeelmoreincontrolandincreasesmyconfidence.Thisisahabitthatcanbecomesecondnaturequiteeasilyandisapowerfulpsychologicaltool.”
21．WhatdoesSirStevenRedgravemainlytalkabout?
A．Difficultiesinfluencedhiscareer.
B．Specialistsofferedhimmedicaladvice.
C．Traininghelpedhimdefeathisdisease.
D．Heovercametheshadowofillnesstowin.
答案 D
解析 段落大意题。全文主要讲的是如何成功，所以各个段落都是为这个中心服务的。再根据第一个案例的具体信息知，答案选D。
22．WhatdoesKarenPickeringputontopofherdiary?
A．Hertrainingschedule.
B．Herdailyhappenings.
C．Herachievements.
D．Hersportscareer.
答案 A
解析 细节理解题。由第二个案例中的
“Iswim4hoursaday,6daysaweek.Imanagethatsortofworkloadbyputtingitontopofmydiary.”可知正确答案为A。
23．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“distractions”probablyreferto?
A．Waysthathelponetofocus.
B．Wordsthathelponetofeellesstense.
C．Activitiesthatturnone’sattentionaway.
D．Habitsthatmakeithardforonetorelax.
答案 C
解析 词义猜测题。由前面的other可知，distractions是与上一句基本相同的意思，上一句话表达的就是让人注意力分散的事情，结合下文可知答案为C。
24．Accordingtothepassage，whatdothethreepeoplehaveincommon?
A．Courage.
B．Devotion.
C．Hardwork.
D．Selfconfidence.
答案 D
解析 推理判断题。由第一个案例中的“IcouldstillbeawinnerifIbelievedinmyself.”及第二个案例中的“Trustyourself，writedownyourgoalsfortheday，howeversmalltheyare，andyou’llbeastepclosertoachievingthem.”和第三个案例中的“Itmakesmefeelmoreincontrolandincreasesmyconfidence.”可知这三个人的共同点是selfconfidence。故答案D正确。
