Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
问题1选项
A.When luck plays a role.
B.Whether practice makes perfect.
C.What determines success.
D.How important natural talent is.
问题2选项
A.It knocks at your door only once in a while.
B.It means being good at seizing opportunities.
C.It is something that no one can possibly create.
D.It comes naturally out of one’s self-confidence.
问题3选项
A.Practice is essential to becoming good at something.
B.One should always be ready to seize opportunities.
C.One must have natural talent to be successful.
D.Luck rarely contributes to a person’s success.
问题4选项
A.People who love what they do care little about money.
B.Being passionate about work can make one wealthy.
C.Putting time and effort into fun things is profitable.
D.People in need of money work hard automatically.
Conversation Two W: I have many Business English students. [5] When I teach the classroom, we often end up talking about things like success and what leads to success. And it’s interesting that many of them mention the element of luck. M: Right. W: Luck is important to success. But since you’ve seen that fantastic video on the Ted talk’s website by Richard St. John, he doesn’t mention luck at all. M: Well, I’m a firm believer that people can make their own luck. I mean what people regard as luck, you can actually create to a degree. W: Sure. [6] I think a lot of what people consider luck is attributed to how you respond to the opportunities that come your way. M: Yes, very good point. W: [6] Seizing the opportunities. But was there any point in the video that you thought was particularly interesting? M: Yes, actually there was. Something very impressive to me is many people think that luck is important and that natural talent is something you must have in order to be successful. [7] And in the video we saw, the point about getting good at something is not about having some natural talent, it’s all about practice, practice, practice... W: Definitely yeah. Natural talent helps in some way. But at the end of the day, you really do need to work hard and get really, really good at what you do. M: Sure. W: I thought one interesting thing in the video was the idea of passion being so important and that people who really love what they do. Of course you’re going to want to work harder and put the time and effort into it. [8] And the funny thing is that if you love what you do and are really passionate about it and work really hard, the money kind of comes automatically.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? 【试题答案】C 【试题解析】题目问说话者主要在谈论什么？录音开头，女士就提到她在教学课堂上经常会讨论“成功”这个话题以及什么因素导致了成功。由此可知C选项“什么决定了成功”正确。A选项“幸运什么时候发挥作用”，录音只是提及幸运对于成功的作用，并没有提及什么时候发挥作用，因此可排除；B选项“是否熟能生巧”和D选项“个人天赋如何重要”在录音中虽有提及，但都不是说话人谈论的主要内容，因此也可排除。 6. What is the woman’s view of luck? 【试题答案】B 【试题解析】题目问女士是如何看待运气的？录音中，女士提到运气对成功来说是很重要，但是否有运气其实主要是看我们能否把握机会。B选项“运气意味着善于把握机会”符合录音原文，因此正确。A选项“幸运有时会自己找上门”和D选项“幸运自然来自于一个人的自信”在录音中均没有信息提及。C选项“幸运是任何人都不可能创造出来的”，录音中，男士提到一定程度上幸运是需要我们自己创造的，女士对此表示认同，因此C选项错误。 7. What is the chief point the Ted talk’s video makes? 【试题答案】A 【试题解析】题目问Ted演讲视频的要点是什么？录音中，男士提到，Ted演讲视频里强调一个人是否擅长做某事并不是取决于其个人天赋，而是要靠不断地练习。因此A选项“要想擅长某件事，练习是必不可少的”正确。B选项“一个人应该随时准备抓住机会”在录音中是女士所提出的观点，并不是Ted演讲视频的要点，因此不正确；C选项“一个人必须拥有天赋才能获得成功”与Ted演讲视频里强调的内容不符，因此可排除；D选项“运气很难促进一个人的成功”录音中女士提到，Richard St. John在Ted演讲网站上的精彩视频，他一点都没提到运气。因此D选项也不正确。 8. What does the woman think is the funny thing in the Ted talk’s video? 【试题答案】B 【试题解析】题目问女士认为Ted演讲视频中最有趣的事情是什么？录音最后，女士说她认为视频演讲内容中有一点很有趣：若一个人喜欢他所做的事情，对所从事的工作抱有热情，并努力做好工作，那金钱自然就会来。B选项中的passionate about...为录音原词复现，wealthy对应录音中的money... comes。因此B选项“对工作的热情可以使人富有”正确。A选项“热爱工作的人不太关心金钱”；C选项“把时间与精力投放在有趣的事情上是有利可图的”和 D选项“需要钱的人会自动努力工作”均不正确。
