【正文】 abits and consciously replacing them with consistently practiced good habits. If you associate with positive thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success. On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing(培育 ) the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks. In short, in all areas of your life, whether they be financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it, you are on the road to success. 5. Losers would think that ________. A. success is the result of hard work B. working hard will lead to success C. they fail only because of bad luck D. they don’t make efforts to succeed 解析： 選 C。根據(jù)文章的第四段可知，失敗者總是認(rèn)為事情的發(fā)生都是偶然的，因此他們會(huì)把自己的失敗歸因于時(shí)運(yùn)不濟(jì)。推理判斷題。走向成功需要對自己充滿期望和自信。最后一段開頭的短語 In short暗示本段為文章的結(jié)論部分。主旨大意題。 基礎(chǔ)鞏固練習(xí) Ⅰ . 單詞拼寫 1. If you are ________(滿足于 ) with such a small success， you won’t make greater progress. 答案： content 2. In order not to be heard by our English teacher， I had to ________(低語 )the good news to my deskmate David. 答案： whisper 3. Daniel ________(溜走 )out of the classroom through the back door when no one was looking， but he was caught by the headmaster outside. 答案 ： slid 4. Hawking is one of the ________(杰出的 )scientists in the world， who puts forward the new theory of the black hole. 答案： outstanding 5. With Jack ________(指示 )me， I had no difficulty in finding the famous singer’s house. 答案： directing Ⅱ . 選詞填空 up to now； cut off； pick up； be content with； be badly off 1. With the electricity ________， all the machines had to stop working. 答案： cut off 2. He ________the salary at present， so he’s decided to leave the pany. 答案： isn’t content with 3. Our junior middle school ________for teachers. 答案： is badly off 4. ________， the work has been quite smooth. 答案： Up to now 5. I believe things will ________soon. 答案： pick up Ⅲ . 易錯(cuò)模塊 1. No matter how I tried to read it， I just couldn’t make ________of this sentence. A. meaning B. thought C. sense D. idea 解析： 選 C。句意：不管我怎么努力讀，就是不明白這個(gè) 句子的意思。 have no sense of direction 是習(xí)慣用法，指沒有方向感。 3. (2020年高考福建卷 )What’s the ________of having a public open space where you can’t eat， drink or even simply hang out for a while? A. sense B. matter C. case D. opinion 解析： 選 A。根據(jù)題意選A。 have a sense of. . . “有 …… 感 ”，句意：我敢肯定戴維能找到圖書館，他有很好的方向感?？疾榉侵^語動(dòng)詞。 2. Her main job is ________the office， which means keeping the diary and filling in everybody’s appointments. A. managing B. to be managing C. having managed D. managed 解析： 選 A。 3. The plan to be carried out next month needs ________among the members of the Labor Union before ________. A. to discuss； carrying out B. to be discussed； carried out C. discussing； being carried out D. discussed； to be carried out 解析： 選 C。 need表示 “需要 ”，主語是物時(shí)，其后可以接動(dòng)詞的 ing形式，此時(shí)用主動(dòng)形式表示被動(dòng)含義；第二空前的 before 在此是介詞，其后接名詞或動(dòng)名詞，故答案為 C?，F(xiàn)在分詞作主語補(bǔ)足語。 5. My favourite cartoon character is Mickey Mouse. It’s so ________that we often feel ________when we see it. A. exciting； exciting B. excited； exciting C. exciting； excited D. excited； excited 解析： 選 C。