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Fourteen – year – old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first．The contest could have been the perfect setup for fear, worrying about mistakes, and trying to impress the judges．But Hawley says he did pretty well in staying calm. “I couldn’t be thinking about how many mistakes I’d make—it would distract me from playing,” he says．“I didn’t even remember trying to impress people while I played． It’s almost as if they weren’t there． I just wanted to make music．”
Hawley is a winner． But he didn’t become a winner by concentrating on winning． He did it by concentrating on playing well．
“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part,” said the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin．“The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle．The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well．”
A characteristic of high performers is their intense, pleasurable concentration on work, rather than on their competitors or future glory or money, says Dr．Charles Garfield, who has studied 1,500 achievers in business, science, sports, the arts, and professions．“They are interested in winning, but they’re most interested in self-development, testing their limits．”
One of the most surprising things about top performers is how many losses they’ve had and how much they’ve learned from each． “Not one of the 1,500 I studied defined losing as failing,” Garfield says．“They kept calling their losses ‘setbacks’．”
A healthy attitude toward setbacks is essential to winning, experts agree．
“The worst thing you can do if you’ve had a setback is to let yourself get stuck in a prolonged depression． You should analyze carefully what went wrong, identify specific things you did right and give yourself credit for them．” Garfield believes that most people don’t give themselves enough praise． He even suggests keeping a diary of all the positive things you’ve done on the way to a goal．
小题1:Hawley won the contest because _______．A．he put all his mind to his performanceB．he cared much about the judges’ feelingsC．he tried his best to avoid making mistakesD．he paid close attention to the people around小题2:High performers is that they tend to give priority to _______．A．gloryB．wealthC．pleasureD．work小题3:According to the passage, successful people concentrate on _______．A．challenging their own limitsB．learning from othersC．defeating their opponentsD．avoiding setbacks小题4: It can be learned from the passage that top performers are not _______．A．interested in winningB．free of lossesC．accustomed to failuresD．concerned about setbacks小题5:The passage tells us that “praise” in times of trouble _______．A．helps people deal with their disappointmentB．makes people forget their setbacksC．makes people regret about their pastD．helps people realize their goals 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:A
解析
文章大意为：小提琴大赛前Richie Hawley在学校里学了5年小提琴，在大赛中他脱颖而出接着在分说其参赛时的心态、获胜原因以及成功者的特点。
小题1:A 细节理解题：根据第二段第三句及第四、五句“I couldn’t be thinking about how many mistakes I’d make—it would distract me from playing,” he says．“I didn’t even remember trying to impress people while I played． It’s almost as if they weren’t there． I just wanted to make music．”
可知他全身心投入比赛。
小题2:D细节理解题：根据第四段第一句“A characteristic of high performers is their intense, pleasurable concentration on work, rather than on their competitors or future glory or money,”可知D项正确。
小题3:A细节理解题：根据第四段最后一句“They are interested in winning, but they’re most interested in self-development, testing their limits．”可知选A。
小题4:B 推理判断题：A 在第五段提到; B 谁都会有失败，该说法太绝对，文章第六段也提到成功人士会失败，但他们把失败当挫折并从中学习; C 成功者也有很多失败，但他们的心态积极健康，能从失败中走出，能从中学到很多东西，这表明成功者对失败是抱着一种平常心的；D 成功者也会关心挫折，他们会去分析错在哪里，从中学到什么。故选B项。
小题5:A 细节理解题很明显地，本文写的是关于成功者的心态方面的问题，探究了如何对待失败。所以A正确。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“ Fourteen – year – o.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
