题文
Everyone has talent, but not everyone succeeds with their talent. More factors than mere talent attribute to a greater personal success. Having talent or being talented is never enough to find success in life.Dr. John Maxwell has written a new book to explain that there is more to success than just being talented. He says that the only way to find success in life is to apply good choices to talent and rise above the crowd. He believes that talented people need more than their gifts or abilities to succeed in life. There must be something more than just talent to become successful. A talent-plus person, a person who rises above the understanding of mere talent, is much more likely to find success than those with just talent alone.
People who have talent must be willing to make the right choices to maximize their talent. Wrong choices will minimize their talent, preventing them from rising to higher levels in life. Maximizing talent requires people to make good choices, but understanding that there are specific things in life requires no talent at all. Maxwell lists many different choices that people make to become a talent-plus persons including Belief lifts talent, Relationships influence talent, Responsibility strengthens talent, Teamwork multiplies talent, etc.
Following the simple principles found in the book can not only help people raise the level of their talent but also raise their level of living. When people combine the principles with their talents they can become a talent-plus person. The choice becomes one of willingness and personal change. Talent-plus people have the ability to change their life and the world.
小题1:What’s the possible name of Maxwell’s new book?
(no more than 8 words)
小题2:What should one do if he wants to become a talent-plus person?
(no more than 8 words)
小题3:List three specific things which can maximize one’s talent according to Paragraph 3 ?
(no more than 5 words)
小题4:What does the underlined word “maximize” in Paragraph 3 mean in English?
(no more than 8 words)
小题5:Do you want to be a talent-plus person? Why or why not? Please give one or two reasons.
(No more than 25 words) 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:Having talent is not enough to find success/Talent is never enough/To be a talent—plus person/More factors than talent.
小题2:He should make good choices./He should apply good choices to talent.
小题3:Belief.Relationship.Responsibility.Teamword.(答出其中一个即可)
小题4:To increase something as much as possible.
小题5:Open.
解析
短文大意:这篇短文主要论述了天赋与成功之间的关系以及如何提升自己的天赋的问题.
小题1:根据第二段Dr. John Maxwell has written a new book to explain that 描述，可知that指代的是前文第一段叙述的内容，故答：Having talent is not enough to find success/Talent is never enough/To be a talent—plus person/More factors than talent.想要成功仅仅有天赋是不够的。
小题2:根据短文第二段He says that the only way to find success in life is to apply good choices to talent and rise above the crowd. 描述，可知想要成为一个更有天赋的人,他需要做出更好的选择.故答：He should make good choices./He should apply good choices to talent.
小题3:根据短文第三段including Belief lifts talent, Relationships influence talent, Responsibility strengthens talent,Teamwork multiplies talent, etc.描述，可知这些不同的选择有：Belief.Relationship.Responsibility.Teamword.(答出其中一个即可)
小题4:联系后一句Wrong choices will minimize their talent, preventing them from rising to higher levels in life.描述，可知这个单词指的是，提升自己的天赋。故答To increase something as much as possible.尽可能的提升某事/物.
小题5:本句问的是你想不想成为一个更有天赋的人,为什么或者为什么不?并给出一两条理由.答案符合题意即可.
考点
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1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
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对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
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要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
