绵阳市2013高考英语阅读理解三月天天练（8）及答案第—节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（A）Fromnowon,neverspendyourprecioustimethinkingofreasonsforyourfailuresandshortcomings.Instead,realizethattheseedsofsuccesswereplantedwithinyouwhenyouwereborn.Onlyyouhavethepowertomakethoseseedsgrow.Theseeds,andthepowertogrowthem,arecontainedinthemostawesomemachineevercreated：thehumanmind.Successisachoiceandnotachance.Youwerebornawinner.Youwerebornrich.Youcanbeasuccessifonlyyoumaketherightchoice.Youcannotbesuccessfulwithoutfirstdevelopingyourself-confidence.Yourlevelofself-confidenceisalwaysbasedonthedegreeofcontrolthatyouareabletoexerciseoveryourself,andthusoveryourlife.Peoplewithlowself-confidencearepeoplewhodonotbelievethattheyhaveanypower,orresponsibilityfortheirlives.Theyaremerevictims.Theyareleavestossed（摇摆）bythewindsofchanceblownaboutwithanysuddenchangeintheweather.Youcanexercisecontroloveryourlifeonlytothedegreethatyoubelievethatyouareresponsibleforeverythingthathappensinyourlife.Failuresthinkthateverythinghappensbyaccidentandchance.Successfulpeoplerealizethattheyareresponsible.Everythinghappensasaresultofsomething.Ifwecanidentifythecause,wecancontroltheeffect.Weareresponsibleforwhatwechoosetothinkandbelieve.Onegenerallyrisestothelevelthatoneexpects.Weareresponsibleforsettingourexpectations.Oursuccessisdependentuponourlevelofconfidence.Ifyouassociatewithpositive-thinkingpeople,youaredefinitelygoingtoachievesuccess.Onthecontrary,theoppositehappens.Weareresponsibleforfinding,planting,andnurturingtheseedsthatcontainfuturevictory,born1fromsetbacks.Inshort,inallareasofyourlife,whethertheybefinancial,physical,emotional,orspiritual,youareresponsible.Onceyourecognizethis,acceptit,andfirmlybelieveit,youareontheroadtosuccess.41.Peoplewithlowself-confidencearecomparedtoleavesbecausethey____________.A.arereadytochangetheirmindsB.areeasilyaffectedbywindyweatherC.don'thavethepowertofacetheirfateD.can'tcontrolthemselvesinlife42.Loserswouldthinkthat___________.A.successistheresultofhardworkB.workinghardwillleadtosuccessC.theirfailureisonlybecauseofbadluckD.theydon'tmakeeffortstosucceed43.Itcanbeinferredfromparagraph5that___________.A.whetherwewillsucceeddependsonourattitudesB.developingconfidenceisthekeytofuturesuccessC.thoughtsandbeliefsaretheresultofcreativemindD.settingourexpectationsisessentialbeforetakingaction44.Thelastparagraphservesas____________.A.theproofoftheauthor'spointsB.theconclusionoftheargumentC.anintroductiontoanothertopicD.acomparisonbetweentwoviews45.Whichisthebesttitleforthetext?_______________.A.SuccessisachoiceB.ThesecretsofsuccessC.DevelopourconfidenceD.Howtoachievesuccess41.D.文中三\四段:原文的whodonotbelievethattheyhaveanypower是指他们没有掌控自己命运的能力,不是没有面对命运的能力.42.C.243.A.原文第五段末句说“成功依赖于信心的程度”,也就是人的态度.信心对于成功很重要而不是“培养信心”很重要.44.B.45.A.原文第二段的Successisachoiceandnotachance.是全文的论点.此文并没有介绍成功的具体过程或方法.************************************************************结束Justasthestockmarketrisesandfallsinresponsetowhatpeoplearewillingtoputtheirmoneybehind,wehaveinsideourselvesaninnereconomythatrisesandfallsinresponsetoourbeliefsaboutwhatispossible.Sometimesthedegreetowhichwearewillingtochallengeo...
