Question

If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time.

     Every year it's the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the last year. You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make, but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life.

Here's a suggestion: Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. “We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it's so hard for us to reach it.” said Robert Maurer, who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life. “What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can’t find any excuse not to do it.”

     “Kaizen”, a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes (態度). During World War II, American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding (重建) Japan. It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”.

Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could possibly help people succeed in doing everything.

1.At the end of December, people usually ___________ .

A. plan for the last year           B. fail to make big changes

C. try to lose their ideas           D. think about the new year  

2.Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us ___________ .

A. we should do everything in big steps

B. how to find a small step without any excuse

C. we should try a lot of sudden changes

D. how to change one’s life with one small step

3. The underlined part “increase productivity” in the passage means “___________ “.

A. 增加成本      B. 提高待遇       C. 提高生產率      D. 增加出口量

4. The writer of the passage suggests we should ___________ .

A. take a tiny step to achieve big goals

B. make changes at the end of the year

C. do few experiments with “kaizen”

D. do things with hard-to-achieve goals 

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. You can't find any excuse not to reach a big goal.

B. You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy.

C. ”Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World WarⅡ.

D. Robert Maurer studied “kaizen” and found it helpful.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了應忘記太大的、難以實現的目標，只想想小的目標，一步步地去實現它。

1.細節理解題。根據As December comes to an end, you think about the new year（當十二月月末的時候，你想一下關于新年的事）可知，本題選D。

2.細節理解題。根據who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life（最近寫了一本書《一小步可以改變你的生活》）可知，本題選D。

3.細節理解題。根據by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes（通過嘗試一個小的、持續的進步來代替突然地改變）可知，本題選C。

4.細節理解題。根據Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones（忘記太大的、難以實現的目標，只想想小的）可知，本題選A。

5.細節理解題。根據Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it（莫勒學習了這個主意，然后做了一些實驗）可知，本題選D。

考點：教育類短文閱讀。