单选题 Change is the principle--and the process--that enables us to move on and upward growth and change, of continuous improvement. To make meaningful progress, we need to consider one other aspect of change as it is used only by human our thought. In the words of Madame, "The voice of thought is so soft that it is easy to forget about it, but it is also so clear that it is impossible to misunderstand it."
Just as the education of nerve is most important to the excellent athlete and education of the mind is vital to the scholar, education of the thought is vital to the truly highly effective person.
Training and educating the thought, however, requires even greater concentration, more balanced discipline, more consistently honest living. It requires regular feasting on inspiring literature, thinking noble thoughts and, above all, living in harmony with its still small voice.
Just as junk food and lack of exercise can ruin an athlete's condition, those things that are not decent, crude, or unhealthy can lead to an inner darkness and make us wonder "What is right and wrong?"
In the words of Dag Hammarskjold, You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without losing your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.
Once we are self-aware, we must choose purposes and principles to live by; otherwise the hole will be filled, and we will lose our self-awareness and become like groveling animals that live mainly for survival.
And there is no easy way in developing them. The Law of the Harvest governs; we will always reap what we sow--no more, no less. I believe that as we grow and develop, an increasingly educated thought will push us along the path of personal freedom, security, wisdom, and power. Moving upward requires us to learn, commit, and do on increasingly higher planes. To keep progressing, we must learn, commit, and do--learn, commit, and do--and learn, commit, and do again.

单选题 What is the topic the author is trying to get to in paragraph 1?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】考查首段话题中心，也是一定程度上命题的写作原则的应用。首段从人生的变化和进步谈起，目的是为了从这个大家都很熟悉的话题引导到文章要讨论的思考方式的转变这样一个议题上来，其他的信息都是为了这个目的服务的，所以选择C项；如果考生在考试中对于这一点的理解觉得难度比较大，可以把这种类型题目留到最后再做，因为这种题目在某种意义上来说，其实也是对文章中心议题的考查。

单选题 What is needed for people to become more effective?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】细节题。“for people to be come more effective”可以帮助我们定位到原文的第二段，选项的特征也可以帮助我们做到这一点；仔细阅读二段，我们发现，作者使用了类比的方式来说明问题，首先说“神经系统的训练对运动员非常重要”以及“思维的训练对学者十分重要”，然后把重点转移到本篇的核心话题“对思考问题方式的训练对人的办事效率的提高十分重要”，所以正确答案应该是D项。

单选题 Which one of the following does the author think is the most important thing to do for the "education of thoughts"?

单选题 How does the author develop his idea in paragraph 4?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】考查写作手段。我们首先来看一看第四段的大意，第四段在讨论“垃圾食品和缺乏锻炼对运动员的身体是不利的，一些不良的思想和思考方式也会影响我们的效率”，这明显是一种类比，所以选择B项；有些考生可能分不清楚类比和对比，C项所表示的contrast主要集中在区别两种事物之间的不同之处，而B的comparison则是相同点和不同点都会关注的；A项和D项分别表示“讨论一种社会现象”和“批评一种常见做法”虽然不符合对这里的写作首段的分析，但也是重要的写作手段，需要我们体会一下。

单选题 What suggestion does the author give for those who want to change their thoughts?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】误选A项的考生可能误解了原文中play with这样一处细节“play with falsehood without losing your right to truth”；误选B项的考生犯的也是类似的错误，原文中的“He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds．”是这部分考生可能寻找到的信息支持，C项针对原文的“You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal．”以上列举的这些原文信息其实都是在通过类比和比喻等修辞手段来表达作者认为“要和自己内心深处的一些对我们工作效率不利的想法和思考方式做斗争”这样的意思，这些干扰选项的设计方式上的共同之处就是把这些比喻作为真实存在的事实和建议来陈述，本篇的修辞手段运用非常丰富和集中，值得考生再进行仔细的推敲；讨论作者的建议的是文章最后结尾处不断重复的语句“To keep progressing，we must learn，commit，and do．”D项正确的表达了这样的意思，为正确选项。