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There are many stories about people who did not let age stop them in the pursuit of their goals. I’m sure you have heard of recent 70-year-old college graduates, or teenagers who are 1 of many useful things or owners of companies. Actually, it can be done; it just 2 your attitude.Michael had wanted to run his own business from an early age, but he was 3 a big risk taker. After many years of working for others, he put a business plan together and was about to make the 4 , but his friends told him that at 45 he was too 5 to start his own construction business. They thought it was a young man’s business while Michael needed a steady income to support his family. Michael was discouraged. 6 many of his friends worked in the very field that he was considering starting his business in, he 7 that they knew what was best, so he decided to give up his 8 . But his wife told him that he was foolish to do so. They discussed it and Michael 9 that he’d been using his age as a(n) 10 instead of as an advantage.
Have you put off a goal 11 age or another limiting factor? Does the limiting 12really have as much influence as you think? Age is just a number and each challenge is an opportunity. Your attitude 13 . You’re not too old to try something 14 and never too old to give up on your dreams. They may 15 a bit of adjustment, but if you want something enough, believe in yourself and your desires will have no bounds.
小题1:A．ownersB．discoverersC．inventors D．users小题2:A．depends on B．turns downC．makes up D．leads to小题3:A．neverB．hardlyC．nearly D．surely小题4:A．decisionB．leapC．conclusion D．contribution小题5:A．early B．old C．hard D．wise小题6:A．If B．Before C．Even D．Since小题7:A．hopedB．learntC．thoughtD．heard小题8:A．plan B．job C．belief D．method小题9:A．stressedB．decidedC．realizedD．Dreamed小题10:A．response B．replyC．answer D．excuse小题11:A．instead ofB．regardless ofC．because of D．in spite of小题12:A．resultB．factorC．pressureD．strength小题13:A．changesB．helps C．beginsD．matters小题14:A．oppositeB．impossibleC．strange D．valuable小题15:A．make B．suggest C．requireD．follow 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:D
小题15:C
解析
本文通过一个举例告诉我们不要把自己的年龄当借口，去放弃自己的追求和梦想。
小题1:根据of many useful things，故选C, inventors发明家。
小题2:这里想说它取决于你的态度，故选A，depends on取决于。
小题3:根据After many years of working for others, he put a business plan together and was about to make the decision，故选A，never从不。
小题4:根据he put a business plan together，故选A，decision决定。
小题5: 根据They thought it was a young man’s business while Michael needed a steady income to support his family，故选B。
小题6:根据many of his friends worked in the very field that he was considering starting his business in, he thought that they knew what was best，故选D，Since既然。
小题7:这里想说他认为他们知道什么是最好的，thought，认为，故选C。
小题8:根据he put a business plan together，故选A。
小题9:这里想说Michael意识到自己把年龄当成了一个借口，而不是一个优势，realized意识到，故选C。
小题10:这里想说这里想说Michael意识到自己把年龄当成了一个借口，而不是一个优势，excuse借口，故选D。
小题11:根据age or another limiting factor，故选C，because of由于。
小题12:根据Have you put off a goal because of age or another limiting factor?故选B。
小题13:这里想说你的态度最要紧，matters，重要，故选D。
小题14:这里想说你没有老到不能尝试有价值的事情，故选D，valuable有价值的。
小题15:这里想说它们需要一点调整，故选C，require需要。
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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。
