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　　When I was a child I had a model railway set. As I drove my train around the track I set myself __1__ goals：“Keep the train at a constant speed” and “l(fā)et it travel as __2__ as I can”. This was fun and exciting. Finally, I was __3__ to find myself driving the train around bends at full speed. Of course, the train went off the rails, but it did not __4__ me.

　　The few __5__ I had only served to reassure(使……確信) me that it was possible. I just __6__ the majority of failures and kept trying to repeat the __7__ of successes, since I had __8__ motivation. It was only then that my father __9__ what I was doing and stopped me so that I restarted to __10__ what I was doing. Interestingly my father had to try hard to get the train __11__ out of my hands. I had not realized that I had been __12__ them so tightly. For the first time in my life I noticed my heart __13__ rapidly. With the help of my father I realized I should __14__ my goals and use steady force. In the end, I did it __15__.

　　I use this example to show what I __16__ driven motivation. It comes from within us and takes us over for a time. Motivation can __17__ us, but if not managed it can cause us to __18__ the reality and act as a catalyst (催化劑) for __19__ behavior. Therefore, we should learn to manage our motivation in order to be more __20__ in our lives and work.

　　1. A. unclear B.specific

　　C. high D realistic

　　2. A. quickly B.freely

　　C. quietly D.carefully

　　3. A. annoyed B.amazed

　　C. confused D.concerned

　　4. A. discourage B.disturb

　　C. discover D.distrust

　　5. A. difficulties B.problems

　　C. experiments D.successes

　　6. A. ignored B.imagined

　　C. valued D.admitted

　　7. A. secret B.power

　　C. minority D.meaning

　　8. A. poor B.real

　　C. primary D.strong

　　9. A. noticed B.praised

　　C. followed D.believed

　　10. A. talk about B.think about

　　C. learn from D.set down

　　11. A. tickets B.controls

　　C. guards D.windows

　　12. A. packing B.biting

　　C. holding D.pushing

　　13. A. kicking B.knocking

　　C. shaking D.beating

　　14. A. set B.score

　　C. lower D.achieve

　　15. A. easily B.partly

　　C. equally D.madly

　　16. A. order B.call

　　C. expect D.promise

　　17. A. ruin B.worry

　　C. benefit D.protect

　　18. A. get close to B.lose touch with

　　C. get used to D.do away with

　　19. A. good B.social

　　C. normal D.negative

　　20. A. grateful B.attractive

　　C. respectful D.effective

　　答案：

　　【語篇解讀】　本文是記敘文。作者通過自己玩玩具火車的經(jīng)歷告訴我們要學(xué)會(huì)掌控自己對(duì)于某件事情的動(dòng)機(jī)。

　　1. C　解析：由下文的Keep the train ... as I can及火車總是出軌可知，“我”給自己設(shè)定的目標(biāo)太“高(high)”了。

　　2. A　解析：由下文的driving the train around bends at full speed可知，“我”讓火車盡可能“快地(quickly)”跑。

　　3. B　解析：由下文的find myself driving the train around bends at full speed可知，火車正以全速通過彎道，這令“我”十分“驚訝(amazed)”。

　　4. A　解析：由上文的the train went off the rails及轉(zhuǎn)折連詞but可知，這并沒有讓“我”“泄氣(discourage)”。

　　5. D　解析：由上文火車跑出軌道的事實(shí)可知，作者“成功(successes)”的次數(shù)很少。

　　6. A　7. C

　　8. D　解析：由上文的The few ... reassure me that it was possible可知， “我”有很“強(qiáng)的(strong)”動(dòng)力，所以“我”“無視(ignored)”那些失敗，即使成功十分“渺茫(minority)”，“我”仍不放棄。

　　9. A

　　10. B　解析：父親“注意到了(noticed)”“我”所做的事情，于是讓“我”停下來重新“想一想(think about)”自己所做的事。

　　11. B　解析：由上文內(nèi)容可知，作者在玩玩具火車，所以這里是指火車的“遙控器(controls)”。

　　12. C　解析：由上文的try hard to get the train ... out of my hands可知，“我”一直在緊緊地“握著(holding)”遙控器。

　　13. D　解析：心跳很快，用beating來表示。

　　14. C　解析：由上文內(nèi)容可知，“我”將目標(biāo)定得太高了，所以“我”應(yīng)該“降低(lower)”自己的目標(biāo)。

　　15. A　解析：由上文的With the help of my father ... use steady force可知，“我”最終很“容易(easily)”就成功了。

　　16. B　解析：由上文“我”玩玩具火車這件事情和最后一段中對(duì)動(dòng)機(jī)的分析可知，“我”是想表明“我”對(duì)驅(qū)動(dòng)力的理解，故用call。

　　17. C　18. B

　　19. D　解析：由but if not managed可知，動(dòng)機(jī)會(huì)讓我們“受益(benefit)”，但如果掌控不好，它也會(huì)讓我們“脫離(lose touch with)”現(xiàn)實(shí)并導(dǎo)致一些“消極的(negative)”行為。

　　20. D　解析：由上文的we should learn to manage out motivation可知，這樣我們才會(huì)在生活和工作中更“有效率