18．Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family，and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck．I'm not going to say luck，talent，and circumstances（環(huán)境）don't come into play because they do．Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence，and that's just the reality of how life is．
However，to succeed in life，one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical（可行的）．And，in addition to that，in order to get really good at something，one needs to spend at least 10，000hours studying and practicing．To become great at certain things，it'll require even more time，time that most people won't put in．
This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love．If you don't enjoy what you do，it is going to feel like unbearable（難以忍受的）pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it．
When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success，you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost．It's sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent，but thinking that way does you no good，and there's a huge chance that you're wrong anyway．
Whatever you do，if you want to become great at it，you need to work day in and day out，almost to the point of addiction（入迷），and over a long period of time．If you're not willing to put in the time and work，don't expect to receive any rewards．Consistent，hard work won't guarantee（保證） you the level of success you may want，but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into．
29．Paragraph 1mainly talks aboutB．
A．the meaning of success
B．the reasons for success
C．the standards of success
D．the importance of success
30．In Paragraph 2，the underlined word"that"refers to _C．
A．being good at something
B．succeeding in life
C．setting a practical goal
D．putting in more time
31．What is the main theme of the passage？D
A．Having a goal is vital to success．
B．Being good is different from being great．
C．Luck，talent and family help to achieve success．
D．One cannot succeed without time and practice．
分析 本文主要論述了在人生中要成功，雖然運氣、天賦、家庭出身固然很重要，但首先要樹立目標，然后花大量的時間來學習和實踐，沒日沒夜地工作，達到入迷的程度，并長此以往．
解答 29．B．段落大意題，通過第一段我們可以得知作者列出很多人認為成功的因素，如"Some people are born into the right family whileothers are born with great intelligence"出生在好的家庭，天賦異稟，可得知本段主要在講一些成功的因素，故選A．此外根據(jù)上下文意思和排除法，不難得出答案是原因．其他meaning（意義），standards（標準），importance（重要性）都不正確；故選B．
30．C．詞義猜測題．根據(jù)前文However，to succeed in life，one firstneeds to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical．And，in additional to that，in order to get really good at something，one needsto spend at least 10，000 hours studying and practicing．譯文為：然而，要在生活中取得成功，你必須要設(shè)定一個目標然后逐步將它變得更加實際．除此之外，要變得更加擅長某事，必須花費至少10，000個小時進行學習和實踐．此外，也可以從結(jié)構(gòu)上找到答案，出現(xiàn)兩次的needs．屬于原詞重現(xiàn)；故選C．
31．D．主旨歸納題．由第二段開頭的However可知，本文的中心論題不是第一段而在第二段…to succeed in life，one first needs to…needs to…，再結(jié)合最后一段第一句…if you want to become great at it，you need to work day in and day out，almost to the point of addiction，and over a long period of time．可知本文的主題思想是：不花時間和實踐是不可能取得成功的．故選D．
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
