Failure is probably the most fatiguing experience a person ever has. There is nothing more exhausting than not succeeding, being blocked, not moving ahead. It is an evil circle. Failure breeds fatigue, and fatigue makes it harder to get to work, which adds to the fatigue.
We experience this tiredness in two main ways, as start-up fatigue and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task that we are forced to take up. Either because it is too tedious or because it is too difficult, we avoid it. And the longer we postpone it, the more tired we feel.
Such start-up fatigue is very real, even not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones, The remedy is obvious, though perhaps not easy to apply: willpower exercise. The moment I find myself turning away from a job, or putting it under a pile of things I have to do, I clear my desk of everything else and attach the objectionable item first. To prevent start-up fatigue, always treat the most difficult job first.
Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Here we are willing to get started, but we can’t seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear to be insurmountable and however hard we work, we fail again and again. The mounting experience of failure carries with it an ever-increasing burden of mental fatigue. In such a situation, I work as hard as I can, then let the unconscious take over.
1.Which of the following can be called an evil circle?（ ）
2.According to the passage, when keeping putting off a task, we can experience（ ）.
3.To overcome start-up fatigue, we need（ ）.
4.The word“insurmountable”in the last paragraph probably means（ ）.
5.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?（ ）
问题1选项
A.Success-zeal-success-zeal.
B.Failure-tiredness-failure-tiredness.
C.Failure-zeal-failure-tiredness.
D.Success-exhaustion-success-exhaustion.
问题2选项
A.tiredness
B.performance fatigue
C.start-up fatigue
D.unconsciousness
问题3选项
A.toughness
B.prevention
C.muscles
D.strong willpower
问题4选项
A.that cannot be solved
B.that cannot be understood
C.that cannot be imagined
D.that cannot be objected
问题5选项
A.It is easier to overcome start-up fatigue.
B.Performance fatigue occurs when the job we are willing to take gets blocked.
C.One will finally succeed after experiencing the evil circle.
D.Failure often accompanies fatigue.
第1题:B
第2题:C
第3题:D
第4题:A
第5题:C
第1题:
【选项释义】
Which of the following can be called an evil circle? 以下哪项可以称为恶性循环？
A. Success—zeal—success—zeal A. 成功——热情——成功——热情
B. Failure—tiredness—failure—tiredness B. 失败——疲劳——失败——疲劳
C. Failure—zeal—failure—tiredness C. 失败——热情——失败——疲劳
D. Success—exhaustion—success—exhaustion D. 成功——筋疲力尽——成功——筋疲力尽
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词an evil circle可以确定答案所在区域为第一段。根据第一段关键信息：There is nothing more exhausting than not succeeding, being blocked, not moving ahead. It is an evil circle. Failure breeds fatigue, and fatigue makes it harder to get to work, which adds to the fatigue（没有什么比不成功、受阻、止步不前更让人精疲力竭的了。这是一个恶性循环。失败滋生疲劳，疲劳使人更难投入工作，从而加重了疲劳），由此可知正确答案为B选项。
【干扰项排除】A、C、D选项均属于曲解原文。
第2题:
【选项释义】
According to the passage, when keeping putting off a task, we can experience ______. 根据这篇文章，当一直拖延一项任务时，我们会经历______。
A. tiredness A. 疲劳
B. performance fatigue B. 绩效疲劳
C. start-up fatigue C. 启动疲劳
D. unconsciousness D. 无意识
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词keeping putting off a task可以确定答案所在区域为第二段。根据第二段前两句：We experience this tiredness in two main ways, as start-up fatigue and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task that we are forced to take up（我们主要以两种方式体验这种疲劳，即启动疲劳和绩效疲劳。在前一种情况下，我们不断推迟我们被迫接受的任务），由此可知正确答案为C选项。
【干扰项排除】A、B、D选项均属于曲解原文。
第3题:
【选项释义】
To overcome start-up fatigue, we need ______. 要克服启动疲劳，我们需要______。
A. toughness A. 坚韧
B. prevention B. 预防
C. muscles C. 肌肉
D. strong willpower D. 强大的意志力
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词To overcome start-up fatigue可以确定答案所在区域为第三段。根据第三段前两句：Such start-up fatigue is very real, even not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The remedy is obvious, though perhaps not easy to apply: willpower exercise（这种启动疲劳是非常真实的，甚至实际上不是身体上的，也不是肌肉和骨骼上的。补救措施是显而易见的，尽管实施起来可能不容易：锻炼意志），可知正确答案为D选项。
【干扰项排除】A、B、C选项均属于曲解原文。
第4题:
【选项释义】
The word “insurmountable” in the last paragraph probably means ______. 最后一段中的“insurmountable”一词可能是指______。
A. that cannot be solved A. 无法解决
B. that cannot be understood B. 无法理解
C. that cannot be imagined C. 无法想象
D. that cannot be objected D. 无法反对
【考查点】词汇推断题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词the last paragraph可以确定答案所在区域为最后一段。根据最后一段：Its difficulties appear to be insurmountable and however hard we work, we fail again and again（它的困难似乎是“insurmountable”，无论我们多么努力工作，我们一次又一次地失败），可知该句是说困难是无法解决的，所以正确答案为A选项。
【干扰项排除】B、C、D选项均属于曲解原文。
第5题:
【选项释义】
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? 根据这篇文章，以下哪项说法不是正确的？
A. It is easier to overcome start-up fatigue. A. 克服启动疲劳更容易。
B. Performance fatigue occurs when the job we are willing to take gets blocked. B. 当我们愿意接受的工作受阻时，就会出现绩效疲劳。
C. One will finally succeed after experiencing the evil circle. C. 一个人在经历了恶性循环之后，最终会取得成功。
D. Failure often accompanies fatigue. D. 失败常伴随着疲劳。
【考查点】判断推理题。
【解题思路】C选项“一个人在经历了恶性循环之后，最终会取得成功”，文中只提及了恶性循环的一个遵循路线，但并没有说在经历这样的恶性循环后会成功，该选项说法不正确，所以正确答案为C选项。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“克服启动疲劳更容易”，根据最后一段第一句：Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle（绩效疲劳更难处理），本文只提到了两种疲劳，因此可推测“启动疲劳更容易处理”，该选项说法正确，属于反向干扰；
B选项“当我们愿意接受的工作受阻时，就会出现绩效疲劳”，根据最后一段关键信息：Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Here we are willing to get started, but we can’t seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear to be insurmountable and however hard we work, we fail again and again（绩效疲劳更难处理。在这里，我们愿意开始工作，但似乎无法把工作做好。它的困难似乎是无法解决的，无论我们如何努力，都会一次又一次地失败），可知该选项说法正确，属于反向干扰；
D选项“失败常伴随着疲劳”，根据第一段最后一句：Failure breeds fatigue, and fatigue makes it harder to get to work, which adds to the fatigue（失败滋生疲劳，疲劳使人更难投入工作，从而加重了疲劳），可知该选项说法正确，属于反向干扰。
