高中英语Unit2SUCCESSSectionⅣLESSON2TOPFIVESECRETSOFSUC

1 LESSON 2 TOP FIVE SECRETS OF SUCCESS

[A级——语言点基础练]

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．The prime minister rejected (拒绝接受) any idea of reforming the system.

2．How did the team prepare for the team championship (冠军)?

3．A minimum (最低限度) of 2 people is required for online booking.

4．If we cannot sell more goods, we'll have to cut back on the production (产量)．

5．The book really does great credit to the publisher (出版商)．

6．The music was a hybrid (混合体) of western pop and traditional folk song.

7．You need to convince (使确信) them of your enthusiasm for the job.

8．Actually, continuous eye contact is limited (限定) to lovers only.

9．Imagination is a valuable quality and motivating (起激励作用的) power, and

stimulates achievement.

10．He managed to disengage himself from the contract (契约)．

Ⅱ.单句语法填空

1．Without direction and motivation (motivate), a person would not know what

to do.

2．If successful (success), it could lead the way for new products that keep

our hair full of color for years to come.

3．My mother had always challenged the doctors' prediction (predict).

4．The man received many letters of congratulations (congratulate) after he won

the prize.

5．There have been several movements (move) for reform in this country over

the

last century.

6．He is an influential (influence) figure in early 20th­century.

7．We appreciated his devotion (devote) of time and money to the project.

8．She faced many difficulties on the way to becoming an astronaut, starting

with rejection (reject) of her first application!

9．So far there is no convincing (convince) evidence that there exists life in

outer space.

10．You must reject distraction (distract) and concentrate on your work at hand. 2 Ⅲ.选词填空

lack of， make up for， devoted ... to， give up， be interested in

1．Here lived a wealthy man devoted to the pursuits of literature.

2．Everyone has a story. It teaches that when you're down and out, never give

up.

3．We

have been speaking to a number of companies interested in building them,

but no decisions have been made yet.

4．They made up for

their inexperience by careful preparation for

each lesson.

5．One of the biggest problems for the elderly is lack of money.

Ⅳ.补全句子

1．The missing boy was last seen playing near the East Lake.

人们最后一次见到那个失踪的男孩时，他正在东湖附近玩。

2．Having suffered from heart disease for years, Professor White has to take

some medicine with him whenever he goes.

患有心脏病多年后，怀特教授不得不随身带药。

3．Please bring me the book whenever it's convenient.

请你方便时把那本书带给我。

4．Once he made up his mind to do something, there was no stopping him.

他一旦下定决心做某事，没有什么可以阻止他。

5．Since the war broke out, the phones at donation centres have been ringing

off the hook.

自从战争爆发以来，捐款中心的电话一直响个不停。

[B级——话题语篇练]

Ⅰ. 阅读理解

A

Many studies link music study to academic achievements. But what is it about

serious music training that seems to associate with great success in other fields?

I put the question to top­flight professionals in industries from tech to finance

to media, all of whom had serious (if often little­known) past lives as musicians.

Alan.Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional saxophone

(萨克斯管) player. The billionaire Bruce Kovner is a pianist who took classes at

Juilliard. Almost all made a connection between their music training and their

professional achievements. Mr. Greenspan says, “I can tell you as a statistician, 3 the probability that that is mere chance is extremely small. That's all that you

can judge about the facts. The important question is: why does that connection

exist？”

Paul Allen, the billionaire co­founder of Microsoft, offers an answer. He says

music “builds up your confidence in the ability to create”. The music had the

emotional(情感的) similarity to his day job, with each giving a different type of

motivation. The NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd, who attended college

on music scholarships, says there is a connection, between years of practice and

competition and what he calls the “drive for perfection”. He adds: “The group

playing trains you, quite literally, to play well with others, to know when to

solo (独奏) and when to follow. ”

For many of the high achievers I spoke with, music functions as a “hidden

language”， as the former World Bank president James Wolfensohn calls it, one that

improves the ability to connect diverse or even contradictory ideas. According to

him, music may not make you a genius, or a better person. But it helps train you

to think differently, to process different points of view — and most importantly,

to take pleasure in listening.

语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了学习音乐与日后成功是否紧密联系。

1．How does Alan Greenspan find the connection between music training and