7．Have successful people ever felt sad？Do they have any"secrets"to success？The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama's"back to school"speech．Here is an excerpt（摘錄） from his speech．
I know that sometimes，you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work-that your ticket to success is through rapping （饒舌音樂） or basketball or being a TV star，when chances are，you're not going to be any of those things．
But the truth is，being successful is hard．You won't love every subject you study．Not all the homework will seem completely important to your life right this minute．And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try．
That's OK．Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures．JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was turned down12 times before it finally came out．Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team，and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career．But he once said，"I have failed over and over again in my life．And that is why I succeed．"
These people succeeded because they understand that you can't let your failures beat you-you have to let them teach you．You have to let them show you what to do differently next time．
No one's born being good at things．You become good at things through hard work．Don't be afraid to ask questions．Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it．I do that every day．Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness； it's a sign of strength．It shows you have the courage to admit（承認） when you don't know something，and to learn something new．
And even when you're struggling，even when you're discouraged （泄氣），and you feel like other people have given up on you-don't ever give up on yourself．Because when you give up on yourself，you give up on your country．
51．Why does Barack Obama mention JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the fourth paragraph？
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A．To compare （比較） these two famous persons．
B．To explain that writing and sports are difficult skills．
C．To show that the two persons were treated unfairly．
D．To prove that failure is the mother of success．
52．Which of the following statements is NOT true？C
A．No one can be successful without working hard．
B．Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way．
C．Those who believe in themselves shouldn't ask others for help．
D．One should try his best to make his dream come true．
53．Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined sentence？B
A．One should change his mind when others give honest advice to him．
B．One should believe in himself no matter what difficulty he is faced with．
C．One doesn't have to work hard when he has failed several times．
D．One doesn't have to take others'advice when they get away from him．
54．Who is JK Rowling？B
A．The present's wife
B．It may be a writer's name．
C．A basketball player
D．Harry Potter's mother
55．The underlined words in the paragraph 4 means"A"in Chinese．
A．拒絕
B．放下
C．接受
D．放棄．
分析 本文主要談論了成功的秘訣，引用了奧巴馬的演講詞進行論證，名人們的成功是在是失敗的基礎上，通過反復的努力，最終走向成功，在努力的過程中，不要放棄，不要泄氣，要相信自己，遇到問題，也要向別人尋求幫助．
解答 答案：51．D 細節理解題．根據第四段第一行句子Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures．世界上最成功的人是那些經歷過最多失敗的人，可知為了證明失敗是成功之母，故選D．
522．C 細節理解題．根據最后一段句子No one's born being good at things．Don't be afraid to ask questions．Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it．沒有人生來什么都會．不要害怕問問題．當你需要幫助時，不要害怕尋求幫助．可知相信自己的人不應該向他人求助是錯誤的．故選C，
53．B 細節理解題．根據原句And even when you're struggling，even when you're discouraged （泄氣），and you feel like other people have given up on you-don't ever give up on yourself．而且當你去奮斗的時候，甚至當你沒有了勇氣了的時候，你感覺別人放棄了你的時候，請不要放棄你自己．可知結合選項，不管面臨什么樣的困難，人都要相信自己．故選B．
54．B 細節理解題．根據第四段句子JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out．JK Rowling的第一本書哈利波特在出版之前被拒絕了12次．可知JK Rowling可能是一個作家的名字．故選B．
55．A 詞義猜測題．根據上文Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures．世界上最成功的人是那些經歷過最多失敗的人，和后文before it finally came out．在它最終出版之前．可知結合選項，應是說被拒絕了12次．所以turned down意為拒絕．故選A．
點評 在通讀全文的基礎上，根據全文大意，展開邏輯思維，瞻前顧后，認真觀察選項，仔細推敲，確定最佳答案．
