Question

【題目】Much of my work as a coach includes helping people make an important decision, such as “If Im at a crossroads in my career, which path should I follow？” “If Im considering offers, which one should I accept？”

Difficult decisions like these remind me of a comment made by Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems for years during a lecture while I was in a business school at Stanford. He was asked how he made decisions and responded, “Its important to make good decisions. But I spend much less time and energy worrying about making the right decision and much more time and energy ensuring that any decision I make turns out right.”

In fact, before we make any decisions, particularly those difficult ones, were anxious to focus on identifying the “best” option because of the risk of being “wrong”. But a side effect of that mindset(觀念模式) is that we pay too much attention to the moment of choice and lose sight of everything that follows. Its what happens next that finally determines whether a given decision was “right”．

Another aspect of this mindset is that our focus on making the “right” decision can easily lead to paralysis(麻痹), because the options were choosing among are so difficult to rank in the first place. How can we definitively determine in advance what career path will be “the best”， or what job offer we should accept? Obviously, we cant.

Focusing on the effort after our decision not only helps us succeed, but also reminds us that we play a role in every outcome. Our control should be in our day-to-day activities rather than in our one-time decision.

【1】What is the authors job?

A. To teach people to choose good careers.

B. To tell people how to adapt to a new city.

C. To help people make a vital choice.

D. To advise people to ask for a high salary.

【2】Which of the following about Scott McNealy is TRUE?

A. He tries his best to make his decision right in the end.

B. He never cares about whether his decision is good or not.

C. Making decisions is not very important for him.

D. He only focuses on the process rather than the outcome.

【3】Most people feel anxious when making an important decision because they ________.

A. dont know what to do next

B. cant find a good coach to give them advice

C. worry about the undesired result it may bring about

D. have no idea of what to expect

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A. Making the right decision is very important.

B. Stop worrying about making the right decision.

C. Believe in yourself and choose what you want.

D. Help others make the right decision.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 A

【3】 C

【4】 B

【解析】

本文是一篇議論文，很多人難以做出一些重大決定，因為他們總是擔憂沒有出現(xiàn)自己想要的結(jié)果，文章告訴我們更應(yīng)該關(guān)注所做出的努力，而不是最終的結(jié)果。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“Much of my work as a coach includes helping people make an important decision, such as….”可知我的主要工作就是幫助別人做出一些非常重要的決定。故C項正確。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“It’s important to make good decisions. But I spend much less time and energy worrying about making the right decision and much more time and energy ensuring that any decision I make turns out right.”可知在做出決定的時候他并沒有花太多的時間和精力，但在確保自己所做的決定是正確方面花了很多時間和精力。也就是說他做出決定以后，會非常努力地去證明自己的選擇是正確的。故A項正確。

【3】判斷推理題。根據(jù)第三段第一句“In fact, before we make any decisions, particularly those difficult ones, we’re anxious to focus on identifying the “best” option because of the risk of being “wrong”.可知很多人在做出決定之前都很擔心，自己原來認為得很好的事情會變成壞事，會出現(xiàn)他們意料不到的結(jié)果。故C項正確。

【4】主旨大意題。本文是一篇議論文，很多人難以做出一些重大決定，因為他們總是擔憂沒有出現(xiàn)自己想要的結(jié)果，文章最后一段第一句“Focusing on the effort after our decision not only helps us succeed, but also reminds us that we play a role in every outcome.”告訴我們更應(yīng)該關(guān)注所做出的努力，而不是最終的結(jié)果。故B項正確。