The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the me

The latestresearch suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merelyaccomplished is not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it’spurposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. Ityou wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you’d take a girl whopossessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be abig talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Thenyou would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared somesimilar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same familybackground, or shared the same birthday.

This contactwould give the girl a vision of her future self. It would hive her some idea ofa fascinating circle who might someday join. It would also help if one of herparents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity andfuelling a desperate need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would readnovels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primaryknowledge of her field. She’s be able to see new writing in deeper ways andquickly understand its inner workings.

Then she wouldpractise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error-focused. Bypractising in this way, he delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants toturn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious. Automatically performedskills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts andrepeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance.Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback,viewing her performance form the outside, correcting the smallest errors,pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems—howdo I get characters into a room—dozens and dozens of times. She is establishinghabits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve futureproblems.

The primaryquality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It’s theability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine; thelatest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But itunderlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected bygenetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes play arole in our capabilities. But the brain is also very plastic. We constructourselves through behaviour.

1.The passagemainly deals with          .

A. the functionof I.Q. in cultivating a writer

B. therelationship between genius and success

C. the decisivefactor in making a genius

D. the way ofgaining some sense of distinction

2.By readingnovels and writers’ stories, the girl could        .

A. come tounderstand the inner structure of writing

B. join afascinating circle of writers someday

C. share with anovelist her likes and dislikes

D. learn fromthe living examples to establish a sense of security

3.In the girl’s longpainstaking training process, ________.

A. her adviserforms a primary challenging force to her success.

B. her writingturns into an automatic pattern of performance

C. she acquiresthe magic of some great achievement

D. she comes torealize she is “hard-wired” to write

4.What can beconcluded from the passage?

A. A fuellingambition plays a leading role in one’s success

B. A responsibleadviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.

C. As to thegrowth of a genius, I.Q. Doesn’t matter, but just his/her effort.

D. What reallymatters is what you do rather then who you are.

试题答案

【答案】

1.C。

【解析】主旨大意题。文章第一段就指出人成功的关键因素不是天才，而是后天的practice。接着文章以一个12岁的女孩的例子来证明成功的关键因素是什么。

2.A

【解析】细节理解题。由第二段最后一句可以知道答案。quickly understand its inner workings

3.B。

【解析】推理判断题。根据文中对女孩成长过程的描述特别是，第三段中的Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills intounconscious. Automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breakingskills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalizea better pattern of performance我们可以断定最佳答案为:B。

4.D

【解析】推理判断题。由全文特别是最后一段我们可以知道在一个人成功之路上，真正关键的是我付出了什么行动，而不是你的天才因素或你是谁。