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阅读理解 I once met a young woman who had dreams of swimming for the U.S Olympic team. She had to get up every morning at 4 a.m. to swim for 3 hours before going to school. She did not party with her friends on Saturday night. She had to study and keep her grades up, just like everyone else. When I asked her what compelled her with such super-human ambition and sacrifice (牺牲). She simply said, "I do it for myself and the people I love. It's love that gets me over the hurdles and sacrifices." A reason or a purpose is a combination of "wants" and "don't wants". When people ask me what my reason for wanting to be rich is, it is a combination of deep emotional "wants" and "don't wants". I will list a few. First the "don't wants", for they create the "wants". I don't want to work all my life. I don't want what my parents aspired for, which was job security and a big house. I don't like being an employee. I hated it that my dad always missed my football games because he was so busy working on his career. I hated it when my dad worked hard all his life and the government took most of what he worked for at his death. Now the "wants". I want to be free to travel the world and live in the lifestyle I love. I want to be young when I do this. I want control over my time and my life. I want money to work for me. Those are my deep-seated, emotional reasons. What are yours? If they are not strong enough, the reality of the road ahead may be greater than your reasons. I have lost money and been set back many times, but it was the deep emotional reasons that kept me standing up and going forward. I wanted to be free by age 40, but it took me until I was 47 with many learning experiences along the way. I wish I could say it was easy. It wasn't, but it wasn't hard either. But without a strong reason or purpose anything in life is hard. （1） The passage is started by __________. A . giving an example B . explaining the causes C . pointing out similarities D . describing the differences （2） The underlined word "compelled" in Para. 2 probably means __________. A . committed B . inspired C . forced D . combined （3） We know from the passage that _________. A . the "wants" lead to the "don't wants" B . the "wants" come from the "don't wants" C . the "don't wants" have little to do with the "wants" D . the "don't wants" are more important than the "wants" （4） What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Para. 6? A . The reality is greater than the deep emotional reasons. B . With stronger emotional reasons, life must be much easier. C . With deeper emotional reasons, the road ahead is likely to be harder. D . In reality, we may meet many more obstacles without deeper emotional reasons. 答案： A C B D

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