阅读理解。
It might sound ridiculous (荒唐的) that goal setting could actually hold you back from completing
tasks and dreams you may have. While it is true that goals can help you sometimes, in some cases they
just lead to frustration(挫折) and they actually bring you down.
Let's look at this a little closer with an example. Many people jump online and are looking to start a
business online as a way to make money from home and let's say they set a goal to make $10,000 in
their first month. They do this because they seem tons of people making large sums of money in very little
time so they think $10,000 a month shouldn't be too hard. But what happens when you only bring in
$1,000 in your first 30 days online?If this is pure profit(利润) you might still be happy, but this is
nowhere near reaching the goal you originally set out to meet. So naturally you would feel like you failed
to reach your goal and you may be a little disappointed in yourself.
If you continue not to reach this goal month in month, it starts to add up and really weighs on you. I'm
not saying that you shouldn't set goals, but you need to realize that you should not be emotionally attached
to your goals.
An alternative approach would be to set certain goals when you want to accomplish things and start
out small. Build your confidence by accomplishing smaller feats and if you overproduce then it will be a
nice surprise. It makes it a lot easier for you to handle by just knowing every day you have to complete a
few small tasks and over time the snowball will roll into great things.
1. The purpose of the passage is to _________.
A. show that it's necessary to set goals.
B. prove the disadvantages of setting goals.
C. suggest a way of setting goals to reach success
D. introduce how to reach success by setting high goals.
2. In Paragraph 2, the writer used the example to ________.
A. persuade readers not to focus on making money only.
B. prove that goals often result in frustration.
C. show goal setting sometimes stops you realizing your dreams.
D. advise readers not to set goals to avoid frustration.
3. According to the passage, always sticking to our goals is ________.
A. important
B. unnecessary
C. ridiculous
D. natural
4. What information will probably be proved following the last paragraph?
A. Benefits of setting small goals.
B. Side effects of goal setting.
C. Success achieved without goal setting.
D. One more useful suggestion for goal setting
