? ? ? ?There is a measurable relation between how much a person learns and his attitude toward the subject to be learned. When faced with a difficult learning task, one path to success is to concentrate on the positive aspects of the subject matter. If a student has a boring teacher, one solution is to look for the positive aspects of completing the course, regardless of how boring the teacher happens to be. To accomplish this might require a private tutor or some independent reading, but with the right attitude, success is possible.
Over-achievers—students who do better than their test scores show—usually have a positive interest in learning. They may learn some things more slowly, and they may make more efforts, but, to compensate(補償), they are often better at applying what they have learned. As long as they do not have emotional problems, they are successful.
Under-achievers—those who function below their ability shown by test scores—often tend to allow a few negative factors to affect them. Because of their negative attitudes, they sometimes become unfairly critical of teachers. They allow themselves to get bored when it is not necessary. In short, their attitudes often cause them to learn less than over-achievers.
If you learn to replace a negative attitude toward learning with something more positive, you are on the road to achieving almost any goal you desire. For example, if you realize a personal computer with a word processor would improve your performance, but have an attitude that keeps telling you that a computer is difficult to operate, you tend to make all kinds of excuses. In short, you resist making full use of a terrific tool, simply because your negative attitude prevents you from learning.
問題：
1.What does the author think a student should do if he has a boring teacher?
A.Look for a new course.
B.Be critical of the teacher.
C.Complete the course with a good score.
D.Have a right attitude toward the teacher.
【參考答案】D
[考點]推理判斷題
【精析】D 根據(jù)第一段最后兩句“If a student has a boring teacher, one solution is…with the right attitude, success is possible.”可知，如果學生遇到一個特別無聊的老師，一個解決辦法是尋找這門課程的積極方面來完成這門課，而不去管這個老師有多么無聊。為了完成這個課程你可能需要一個私人家教或者進行獨立閱讀，但只要有正確的態(tài)度，你就有可能成功。由此可推知，學生只有對老師有一個正確的態(tài)度才有可能獲得成功。故選D。
2.The writer thinks that over-achievers and under-achievers mainly differ in ( ).
A.their test scores
B.their judgment of others
C.their attitudes toward learning
D.their skills in using computers
【參考答案】C
[考點]事實細節(jié)題
【精析】C 根據(jù)第二段第一句“Over-achievers…usually have a positive interest in learning.”和第三段第一句“Under-achievers…often tend to allow a few negative factors to affect them.”可知，這兩類學生的主要區(qū)別是學習態(tài)度不同。故選C。
3. The underlined phrase “function below their ability shown by test scores” means the under-achievers ( ).
A.often get low scores in tests
B.do worse in actual learning than in tests
C.usually do better in tests than the over-achievers
D.are always slow in learning and have to make more efforts
【參考答案】B
[考點]詞語理解題
【精析】B 分析該短語結構可知，“shown by test scores”作定語修飾ability， function意為“運行,活動”,這里可以理解為“學習表現(xiàn)”。因此，該短語意為“學習表現(xiàn)并沒有成績反映的那么好”,與B項所表達的意思相同。
4. The example of the personal computer shows that ( ).
A.finding excuses helps in learning
B.to react negatively can be harmful
C.hard work is the key to success
D.making use of the computer is important
【參考答案】B
[考點]邏輯推理題
【精析】B 根據(jù)最后一段最后一句“In short, you resist making full use of a terrific tool, simply because your negative attitude prevents you from learning.”可知，消極的態(tài)度會阻礙學習和進步，是有害的。故選B。
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Attitudes play an important role in learning.
B.Students should learn how to use personal computers.
C.Teachers are not so important in the learning process.
D.There are many differences between over-achievers and under-achievers.
【參考答案】A
[考點]主旨大意題
【精析】A 文章第一段指出只有端正學習態(tài)度，才有可能成功;第二、三段對兩種學習態(tài)度不同的學生進行比較，并指出態(tài)度積極的學生能學到更多的知識;最后一段舉例說明消極的態(tài)度對學習的阻礙作用。由此可推知，本文是以學習態(tài)度為中心，并指出其對學習的重要作用。故選A。