【正文】 t to confuse busyness with progress. Be selective about how you use your time and what you focus on. Success often es when you know what to leave out, rather than what to include in your life. You may have too many people in your life who consciously or subconsciously are unwilling or unable to support you to reach your goals. Surround yourself with people who want you to have what you want for yourself. Support each other and you39。 They may be making goals that are too global, and too unrealistic. The elephant analogy (比喻) is still the best one I know of to illustrate good goal setting. How do you eat an elephant? One spoonful at a time. So it is with goals. Make spoon size goals and acplish them easily. Once you39。s Resolution Syndrome? People make resolutions, work hard at them for a few weeks, maybe even a few months, and then forget them. Next year, they make the same New Year39。 A Harvard study of their graduates over thirty years found that there were only a small percentage (3%) of them who actually wrote down their goalsand these were the most successful! You can be certain that every one of those students had repeatedly heard the value of goal setting. Yet only 3% actually wrote down their goals consistently. Imagine what you can do if you both write down your goals and, then, focus on them consistently, until they are acplished! 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，句義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。最后一段介紹了三種情形，所以接下來討論的該是解決的方法了。根據(jù)由最后一段中的“In this article, I39。選C。t matter what the topic is –politics. The laws of physics ,or the proper way to break an egg –the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong , for both wish to be considered an authority—someone who actually knows something — and （3）考查細節(jié)理解。劃線句子意為:青少年也正好是同樣的方式看待的，只是正好相反的，也就是在孩子們看來，斗爭的原因完全是他們的父母蠻不講理。 point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents39。 （2）考查句義猜測。根據(jù)第一段中的“Like a border conflict between neighboring countries ,the parentteen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?”可知和鄰國之間的邊界紛爭一樣，兩代人之間的戰(zhàn)爭是關于界限的：我所能控制的和你所做的之間的界限。Neither can be put to an end.（2）What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean? teens blame their parents for starting the conflict. teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict. teens accuse their parents of misleading them. teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.（3）Parents and teens want to be right because they want to__________. orders to the other more than the other respect from the other the other to behave properly（4）What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows? for the parentteen conflicts of the parentteen war to the parentteen problems of the parentteen relationship【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，對于父母來說，撫養(yǎng)一個十幾歲的孩子就像是打一場持久戰(zhàn)，但是是一場沒有贏家的持久戰(zhàn)。Both are about where to draw the line.C.ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.（1）Why does the author pare the parent teen war to a border conflict? A.s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn39。ll describe three nowin situations that monly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first nowin situation is quarrel on unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen39。 plete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped. Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents39。4．閱讀理解 故選D?？梢钥闯? 減薪是make a difference的重要性。通過第一段的調查結論得出：對年輕人的幸福，通過工作改變世界是至關重要的。故選C。根據(jù)第二段中的“The survey found that 72 percent of graduating college seniors believe being able to have a positive social influence through their work is essential to their happiness.”調查發(fā)現(xiàn)，72% 的大學畢業(yè)生認為通過工作產生積極的社會影響對他們的幸福至關重要。故選C。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。都說明了女性更愿意在工作中做出影響。根據(jù)第三段中的“Besides this, the survey found that female students are far more likely to put social influence in first place than their male classmates，”除此之外，調查發(fā)現(xiàn)女生比男生更有可能把社會影響放在第一位；以及“the results of a former study showing that female maths and science majors are more likely to say they go into those fields to make a difference.”以前的一項研究結果顯示，女性數(shù)學和科學專業(yè)的學生更有可能說她們進入這些領域是為了有所作為。t Depend on Money Bee More Interested in Challenging Jobs Graduates Would Take a Pay Cut to Make a Difference【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了通過工作能有一個積極的社會影響對年輕人的幸福至關重要。 education has on their children.（3）What can you learn from the passage? people will surely gain happiness if they can make a difference in their work. than half of the college seniors will take a pay cut to work with the same values. college graduates believe it important to have a positive social influence in work. graduates are all putting more social influence in first place than male graduates.（4）Which could be the best title for the passage? Students Are Concerned about Society People39。 One reason for the emphasis (強調) on improving the world probably has to do with the culture of colleges, which encourages students to connect their studies back to realworld problems. Students are used to discussing important social issues (問題) with their friends and professors, and doing something about them in class or through volunteer activities. Once students develop those habits, they don39。 The survey found that 72 percent of graduating college seniors believe being able to have a positive social influence through their work is essential to the