Ask any person who is successful in whatever he or she is doing what motivates him/her, and very likely the answer will be "goals". Goal Setting is extremely important to motivation and success. So what motivates you? Why are you in college? If you are in college because that's what your parents want, you may find it difficult to motivate yourself. Sure, it's possible to succeed with someone else providing the motivation for you. ("If you graduate from college, I'll give you a car!" or worse "If you don't graduate from college, you won't get a car.") But motivation that comes from within really makes the difference.
Certainly, you need some intelligence, knowledge base, study skills, and time management skills, but if you don't have motivation, you won't get far. Think about this analogy. You have a car with a full tank of gas, a well-tuned engine, good set of tires, quadraphonic CD system, and a sleek, polished exterior(外表). There it sits. This car has incredible potential. However, until a driver sits behind the wheel, puts the key in the ignition(点火装置), and cranks it up, the car doesn't function. You guessed it; the KEY is MOTIVATION.
Interest is an important motivator for a student. So is a desire to learn. When you link these two things together, you create success. Often success in an endeavor(努力) leads to more interest and a greater desire to learn, creating an upward spiral(螺旋形) of motivation toward a goal you have established.
So be honest with yourself. Are you genuinely interested in being in college? Have you set realistic goals for yourself? How can you develop the internal motivation that really counts? When it comes to motivation, KNOWING is not as important as DOING.
1.Why does the writer give the example of a car in the second paragraph?
| A．Because people can never go far without a good car. |
| B．Because a good car motivates some college students to study harder. |
| C．Because a good car is a symbol of being a success. |
| D．Because motivation leads people to success like it starts a car. |
2. What is the CORRECT comparison between the internal motivation and the external (外部的)motivation?
| A．Only the internal motivation can result in success. |
| B．Internal motivation is more important than external motivation. |
| C．Internal motivation and external motivation has equal importance. |
| D．External motivation is enough for people to achieve success. |
3. According to the article the following factors can push people towards their goals EXCEPT __________?
| A．interest | B．the desire to learn |
| C．the knowledge of motivation | D．the sense of success |
4. What’s the main purpose of the article?
| A．To encourage everyone to develop motivation for whatever they are doing.. |
| B．To inspire college students to set goals for their college life. |
| C．To imply that the less motivated college students quit the college. |
| D．To call on parents to give up their over-protection of their children. |
5. What may be the writer’s advice to the potential readers?
| A．The goals you set for yourself shouldn’t be far beyond your reach. |
| B．You needn’t attend college if you are really not interested in it. |
| C．You should work harder to win praise from others. |
| D．Honesty is the best policy to solve problems in your life. |
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Most young architects ----particularly those in big cities ----can only dream about working in a building of their own. And marking that dream come true often means finding a building no one else seems to want, which is exactly what happened to David Yocum and his partner, Brain Bell. Their building is a former automobile electrical –parts firm in Atlanta. Form the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, but open the door and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting(生锈的) walls.
In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city’s West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition(拆除), pulling rubbish out through the roof, because it was too dangerous to go inside the building, The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to think about what he wanted to do, and “to treasure what was there – the walls, the rust, the light,” Yocum said.” Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It’s like an art installation(装置) in there-a slow-motion show.”
Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer(缓冲) zone between the front and the back contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond.
Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.
1. According to the passage, it is________for most young architects in big cities to work in a building of their own.
| A．easy | B．unnecessary | C．unrealistic | D．common |
2.Yocum bought the old building because __.
| A．it was a bargain to him | B．it was still in good condition |
| C．it was located in the city center | D．it looked attractive from the outside |
3. Working on the old building, Yocum and Bell＿.
| A．pulled rubbish out through the roof | B．removed the skylights from the bathroom |
| C．presented a slow–motion show in an art gallery | |
| D．built a kitchen at the back part of the old building |
4.It can be inferred from the passage that Yocum and Bell __.
| A．benefited a lot from pulling down the roof | B．turned more old buildings into art galleries |
| C．got inspiration from decorating their old building | |
| D．paid more attention to the outside of the gallery |
5.The main idea of the passage is that __.
| A．people can learn a lot from their failures |
| B．it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building |
| C．people should not judge things by their appearance |
| D．creative people can make the best of what they have |
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