Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life. 41 just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen.

Successful people 42 how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are 43 your life. It’s like having a 44 to show you where you want to go. Thank of it this way. There are 45 drivers. One has a destination (目的地) in mind (her goal) which can be found on a map. She can drive straight there without any 46 time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, 47 she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just 48 gas. Which driver do you want to be?

Winners in life set goals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there by making 49 and setting goals. 50 people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set ad they aren’t difficult to reach. It’s up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must 51 what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life.

Research tells us that when we write a goal down we are more 52 to achieve it. Written goals can be 53 regularly, and have more power. Like a contract (合同) with yourself, they are harder to neglect or forget. Also 54 you write your goals in a particularly 55 situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.

41. A. Because of B. Instead of C. In spite of D. In addition of

42. A. imagine B. discuss C. experience D. show

43. A. going on with B. taking control of

C. getting along with D. taking advantage of

44. A. guide B. friend C. map D. sign

45. A. two B. such C. some D. good

46. A. free B. dull C. fixed D. wasted

47. A. or B. for C. but D. so

48. A. thinking of B. using up C. turning off D. paying for

49. A. plans B. money C. friends D. maps

50. A. Lucky B. Young C. Ordinary D. Unsuccessful

51. A. practise B. change C. admit D. decide

52. A. willing B. anxious C. likely D. clever

53. A. improved B. reviewed C. set D. reached

54. A. although B. until C. when D. unless

55. A. aware of B. worried about C. familiar D. accustomed to

答案與解析：

41. B 【解析】考查語境理解。制定目標，生活就不會那樣漫無目的了。因此要填I(lǐng)nstead of(代替)。

42. A 【解析】考查語境理解。成功者總是設想自己的生活應該是什么樣的而設立一些目標。imagine在這里的意思是“設想”。

43. B 【解析】考查語境理解。通過設立目標而控制自己的生活。

44. C 【解析】考查語境理解。目標的設立使自己感覺有一張地圖在告訴自己應該到哪兒去。

45. A 【解析】考查邏輯推理。從下文所舉的例子可知，應是兩個司機。

46. D 【解析】考查語境理解。由于第一個司機制定了自己的目的地，所以她不會浪費自己的時間。

47. C 【解析】考查語境理解。因為例舉的是兩個相反的例子，所以是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

48. B 【解析】考查邏輯推斷。由于第二個司機漫無目的的開車，最終的結(jié)果只能是耗盡汽油。

49. A 【解析】考查語境理解。成功者為了達到自己的目的，他們會制定計劃和目標。

50. D 【解析】考查語境理解。與成功者對比的是不成功者。

51. D 【解析】考查語境理解。一個人必須決定自己在哪些方面可以取得成功。

52. C 【解析】考查詞語的意義。一旦制定了目標，就可能會成功。likely很可能。

53. D 【解析】考查語境理解。書面的目標可以容易地達到。

54. C 【解析】考查語境理解。這是一個時間狀語從句。句意是：當以特殊的方式寫出自己的目標時。

55. A 【解析】考查語境理解。當以特殊的方式寫出自己的目標時，知道自己所處的接近目標的位置。aware of 知道。

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