2020年学位英语阅读理解练习题（三）

阅读下面短文，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

“Hope has proved a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we've done so far," said Dr. Snyder, a psychologist.

In research with 3,920 college students, Dr. Snyder found that the level of hopeamong freshmen at the beginning of their first term was a more accurate predictor of their college grades than were their S.A.T. scores or their grade point averages in high school.“Students with high hope set themselves higher goals and know how to work to attain them," Dr. Snyder said. “When you compare students with equal learning ability and past school achievements, what sets them apart is hope."

In seeking a way to assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder went beyond the usual belief that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right.“This idea is not concrete enough; it fails to clarify two key components of hope," Dr. Snyder said."Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals,whatever they may be."

Despite the wisdom in the old saying“where there's a will there's a way," Dr.Snyder has found that the two are not necessarily connected. In a study of people from 18 to 70 years old, Dr. Snyder discovered: only about 40% of people are hopeful in the technical sense of believing they typically have the energy and means to accomplish their goals; about 20% of the people believed in their ability to find the means to attain their goals, but said they had lttle will to do so; another 20% have the opposite pattern,saying they had the energy to motivate themselves but little confidence that they would find the means; the rest had lttle hope at all, reporting that they typically had neither the will nor the way.

“It's not enough just to have the wish for something," said Dr. Snyder.“You need the means, too. On the other hand, all the skills to solve a problem won't help without the willpower to do it."”

32. What does Dr. Snyder think can best predict a freshman's academic performance?

A. His S.A.T. scores.

B. His high school grades.

C. His level of hope.

D. His family background.

33. The underlined word“concrete” in the third paragraph probably means

A. clear

B. pure

C. universal

D. popular

34. What did Dr. Synder say about the old saying“where there's will there's a way"?

A. It is quite realistic.

B. It is not inspiring to students.

C. It is totally wrong.

D. It is not always true in reality.

35. What can be the most suitable title for the passage?

A. No pains, no gains.

B. Hope emerges as key to success.

C. Will gets it going,

D. Where there's a will there's a way.

参考答案: 32-35CADB