Everybody wants success. Some people work hard at it, while others just talk about it.    1    , so we all know what success looks like. Sometimes it just seems like something too far to get. But the truth is that success is closer than you think. It’s just over there. You must want it enough and be willing to get it.

   2    . If you have a reason why you can’t make it, you’ll not succeed.    3    . What we need to do is to let the failures become our teachers. Then we can learn something from them.

   4    . You need to climb it. But it’s not an escalator (自动扶梯). You can’t just stand there and let it do the work for you.    5    . Sometimes it will be easy, and other times it’ll be difficult. It’s necessary for you to keep climbing. Just start, and you’ll be on the way to success.

A．Success needs chances

B．Success is like a ladder (梯子)

C．Success is like a mountain

D．You must do the work by yourself

E．Success comes after many failures

F．Success has no excuses (借口)

G．There are many successful people around us

1.1.

A

B

C

D

解析：选G。解析：后一句 “so we all know what success looks like”（所以我们都知道成功是什么样子的）表明前一句是原因，G 选项 “There are many successful people around us”（我们身边有许多成功人士）恰好能解释为什么我们知道成功的样子，构成因果关系，符合语境。

2.2.

A

B

C

D

解析：选F。解析：后一句 “If you have a reason why you can’t make it, you’ll not succeed.”（如果你有一个做不到的理由，你就不会成功）强调不能为失败找借口，F 选项 “Success has no excuses”（成功没有借口）是对该内容的总起，作为本段的中心句，契合段落主旨。

3.3.

A

B

C

D

解析：选E。解析：后一句 “What we need to do is to let the failures become our teachers.”（我们需要做的是让失败成为我们的老师）提到了失败的作用，E 选项 “Success comes after many failures”（成功源于多次失败）承接上文，又引出下文对失败的论述，衔接自然。

4.4.

A

B

C

D

解析：选C。解析：后一句 “You need to climb it.”（你需要去攀登它）以及后文提到的 “自动扶梯”“坚持攀登” 等内容，都与 “山” 的攀登相关，C 选项 “Success is like a mountain”（成功就像一座山）将成功比作山，为后文的比喻和论述奠定基础，符合语境。

5.5.

A

B

C

D

解析：选D。解析：前一句 “You can’t just stand there and let it do the work for you.”（你不能只是站在那里，让它为你完成工作）表明不能依赖外力，D 选项 “You must do the work by yourself”（你必须亲自付出努力）是对前一句的进一步强调，说明需要自己动手努力，与上下文逻辑连贯。