“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.”——Charles C. Noble

    It’s such a simple concept, yet it’s something we don’t always do. It’s not extremely difficult to do, and yet I think it’s something that would make a world of difference in anyone's life. Break your goals into habits, and focus on putting those habits into autopilot. My belief is that having one goal to focus on is much more powerful than having many goals.

I try to turn my goals into habits, and in doing so, I put my goals on autopilot. Turning a goal into a habit means really focusing on it, seriously, for at least a month, to the exclusion of all else. The more you can focus on it, the more it'll be put on autopilot. Let's look at my marathon goal as an example. I was just starting out in running, and I had the brilliant idea to run a marathon within a year. But in order to achieve that goal, I broke it down into two habits:

       1. I had to make running a daily habit.

       2. I had to report to people in order to have accountability(责任) —— I did this through family, friends and coworkers, through a blog, and through a column in my local newspaper every two weeks. With this accountability, there's no way I would stop running.

      The accountability habit took a couple months, mainly because I didn't focus on it too much while I was building the running habit. But it stuck, and for that first year of running, I would report to people I knew and blog about my running every day and I would write a column every two weeks for my local paper.

       Once those two habits were firmly fixed, my marathon goal was pretty much on autopilot. I still had to do the work, of course, but it didn't require constant focus. And eventually, I ran the marathon. I was able to achieve this because, all year long, I had the daily running habit and daily accountability habit. I put my marathon goal into autopilot, and that made it much easier——instead of struggling with it daily for an entire year, I focused on it for one month and was able to accomplish it while focusing on new habits and goals.

1．According to the passage, we can see the key to forming a habit is            .

       A．to break the goals into habits                 B．to report to other people about your  plan

       C．to set a reasonable goal first                  D．to focus on the habit as much as possible

2．The author told people about his running in order to       .

       A．get more support                                 B．ask for their opinions

       C．carry out his plan better                        D．earn more admiration

3．What do we know about the author?

       A．He was a local athlete.                          B．He often gave people advice.

       C．He had no blogs before.                        D．He wrote for a local newspaper.

4．The passage is mainly about        .

       A．goals and habits                                   B．how to turn your goals into  habits

       C．habits and achievements                       D．how to make running a good habit

They will be Slumdogs no more．The two kid actors who broke our hearts in the Academy Award—winning “Slumdog Millionaire” are being moved out of their miserable Mumbai slum（贫民区）  into real homes with roofs and doors and walls．

    Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail，who played the young Versions of the two main characters，won’t have to pay anything—their new digs are free．“These two children have brought honors to the country，” said Gautam Chatterjee．head of Mumbai’s housing authority．So for 10 -year-old Azharuddin，it’s goodbye to the simple tent by a busy road that was his family home．And for 9-year-old Rubina，it’s goodbye to the one room house she shared with her family．

    Details（细节）about when the families will be moved—or if they will have things we take for granted like indoor plumbing（水暖管道）一were not known．Still，there was lots of joy in the actors’ households．“We ale happy that we will have a permanent roof over our heads．”said Rubina’s dad，Rafiq Qureshi，told The Times of India newspaper．

    Casting agents discovered Rubina and Azharuddin in the terrible Garib Nagar slum．There was a worldwide outcry when it was discovered the kids were still living there even as the movie easily made$100 million．

     Director Danny Boyle, who also won a best director Oscar, refused to admit exploiting the child actors. He said they were paid above local wages for 30 days of work, enrolled in school for the first time ever - and had a fund set up to pay for their tuition, health care and “basic living costs.”

     Also, Fox Searchlight Pictures flew the kids and seven of the Indian children who appeared in the movie to Hollywood for the Oscar ceremony. Indian media reported the sudden generosity by Mumbai housing officials has more to do with politics than pride in the kids.

1．Judging from the article, it may be improper to think of Slumdog Millionaire as ______

A．successful                                B．profitable

C．moving                                  D．amusing

2．Rubina.Ali and Azharuddin Ismail ______

A．are both professional actors

B．played different versions of the same character

C．have both been poor in real life

D．enjoyed life as millionaires in the film

3．How have the kids' families reacted to the offer of the housing authorities?

A．They are happy to accept it.

B．They're doubtful about it.

C．They'd rather remain where they live.

D．Only one family is willing to move.

4．What did Director Danny Boyle do to the two kids?

A．He let them live as famous stars.

    B．He provided houses for their families.

    C．He gave them all they deserved.

    D．He gave them less than expected.

5．We can infer from the article that ______

    A．decision on Academy Award winners involves racial discrimination

    B．Indian media was trying to praise Mumbai's housing authority

    C．the writer is afraid the kids' new houses won't be satisfactory

    D．Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail's families do not take pride in them

　　“First we make our habits，then our habits make us.”——Charles C．Noble
　　It’s such a simple concept，yet it's something we don’t always do. It’s not extremely difficult to do, and yet I think it’s something that would make a world of difference in anyone’s life. Break your goals into habits，and focus on putting those habits into autopilot. My belief is that having one goal to focus on is much more powerful than having many goals.
　　I try to turn my goals into habits，and in doing so，I put my goals on autopilot. Turning a goal into a habit means really focusing on it，seriously，for at least a month，to the exclusion of all else. The more you can focus on it, the more it’ll be put on autopilot. Let’s look at my marathon goal as an example. I was just starting out in running，and l had the brilliant idea to run a marathon within a year. But in order to achieve that goal，I broke it down into two habits：
　　1．I had to make running a daily habit.
　　2．I had to report to people in order to have accountability（责任）—I did this through family，friends and coworkers，through a blog，and through a column in my local newspaper every two weeks. With this accountability，there’s no way l would stop running.
　　The accountability habit took a couple of months，mainly because I didn’t focus on it too much while l was building the running habit. But it stuck，and for that first year of running，I would report to people I knew and blog about my running every day and I would write a column every two weeks for my local paper.
　　Once those two habits were firmly fixed，my marathon goal was pretty much on autopilot. I still had to do the work，of course，but it didn’t require constant focus. And eventually，I ran the marathon. I was able to achieve this because，all year long，I had the daily running habit and daily accountability habit. I put my marathon goal into autopilot，and that made it much easier--instead of struggling with it daily for an entire year，I focused on it for one month and was able to accomplish it while focusing on new habits and goals.
55．According to the passage，we can see the key to forming a habit is ______________.
A．to break the goals into habits
B．to report to other people about your plan
C．to set a reasonable goal first
D．to focus on the habit as much as possible
56．The author told people about his running in order to ______________.
A．get more support
B．ask for their opinions
C．carry out his plan better
D．earn more admiration
57．What do we know about the author？
A．He was a local athlete.
B．He often gave people advice.
C．He had no blogs before.
D．He wrote for a local newspaper.
58．The passage is mainly about ______________.
A．goals and habits
B．how to turn your goals into habits
C．habits and achievements
D．how to make running a good habit

　　“First we make our habits，then our habits make us.”——Charles C．Noble

　　It’s such a simple concept，yet it's something we don’t always do. It’s not extremely difficult to do, and yet I think it’s something that would make a world of difference in anyone’s life. Break your goals into habits，and focus on putting those habits into autopilot. My belief is that having one goal to focus on is much more powerful than having many goals.

　　I try to turn my goals into habits，and in doing so，I put my goals on autopilot. Turning a goal into a habit means really focusing on it，seriously，for at least a month，to the exclusion of all else. The more you can focus on it, the more it’ll be put on autopilot. Let’s look at my marathon goal as an example. I was just starting out in running，and l had the brilliant idea to run a marathon within a year. But in order to achieve that goal，I broke it down into two habits：

　　1．I had to make running a daily habit.

　　2．I had to report to people in order to have accountability（责任）—I did this through family，friends and coworkers，through a blog，and through a column in my local newspaper every two weeks. With this accountability，there’s no way l would stop running.

　　The accountability habit took a couple of months，mainly because I didn’t focus on it too much while l was building the running habit. But it stuck，and for that first year of running，I would report to people I knew and blog about my running every day and I would write a column every two weeks for my local paper.

　　Once those two habits were firmly fixed，my marathon goal was pretty much on autopilot. I still had to do the work，of course，but it didn’t require constant focus. And eventually，I ran the marathon. I was able to achieve this because，all year long，I had the daily running habit and daily accountability habit. I put my marathon goal into autopilot，and that made it much easier--instead of struggling with it daily for an entire year，I focused on it for one month and was able to accomplish it while focusing on new habits and goals.

55．According to the passage，we can see the key to forming a habit is ______________.

A．to break the goals into habits

B．to report to other people about your plan

C．to set a reasonable goal first

D．to focus on the habit as much as possible

56．The author told people about his running in order to ______________.

A．get more support

B．ask for their opinions

C．carry out his plan better

D．earn more admiration

57．What do we know about the author？

A．He was a local athlete.

B．He often gave people advice.

C．He had no blogs before.

D．He wrote for a local newspaper.

58．The passage is mainly about ______________.

A．goals and habits

B．how to turn your goals into habits

C．habits and achievements

D．how to make running a good habit

　　“First we make our habits，then our habits make us.”——Charles C．Noble

　　It’s such a simple concept，yet it's something we don’t always do. It’s not extremely difficult to do, and yet I think it’s something that would make a world of difference in anyone’s life. Break your goals into habits，and focus on putting those habits into autopilot. My belief is that having one goal to focus on is much more powerful than having many goals.

　　I try to turn my goals into habits，and in doing so，I put my goals on autopilot. Turning a goal into a habit means really focusing on it，seriously，for at least a month，to the exclusion of all else. The more you can focus on it, the more it’ll be put on autopilot. Let’s look at my marathon goal as an example. I was just starting out in running，and l had the brilliant idea to run a marathon within a year. But in order to achieve that goal，I broke it down into two habits：

　　1．I had to make running a daily habit.

　　2．I had to report to people in order to have accountability（责任）—I did this through family，friends and coworkers，through a blog，and through a column in my local newspaper every two weeks. With this accountability，there’s no way l would stop running.

　　The accountability habit took a couple of months，mainly because I didn’t focus on it too much while l was building the running habit. But it stuck，and for that first year of running，I would report to people I knew and blog about my running every day and I would write a column every two weeks for my local paper.

　　Once those two habits were firmly fixed，my marathon goal was pretty much on autopilot. I still had to do the work，of course，but it didn’t require constant focus. And eventually，I ran the marathon. I was able to achieve this because，all year long，I had the daily running habit and daily accountability habit. I put my marathon goal into autopilot，and that made it much easier--instead of struggling with it daily for an entire year，I focused on it for one month and was able to accomplish it while focusing on new habits and goals.

55．According to the passage，we can see the key to forming a habit is ______________.

A．to break the goals into habits

B．to report to other people about your plan

C．to set a reasonable goal first

D．to focus on the habit as much as possible

56．The author told people about his running in order to ______________.

A．get more support

B．ask for their opinions

C．carry out his plan better

D．earn more admiration

57．What do we know about the author？

A．He was a local athlete.

B．He often gave people advice.

C．He had no blogs before.

D．He wrote for a local newspaper.

58．The passage is mainly about ______________.

A．goals and habits

B．how to turn your goals into habits

C．habits and achievements

D．how to make running a good habit