also being around people who are smart.

The Pygmalion Effect is one principle you want to use if you want to make money fast. Have mentors that expect you will make money fast and as an extra boost hang around, copy and learn from other people who are also making money fast.

Yesterday this site had over 5, 000 unique visitors and the traffic to it is increasing all the time. A year ago I contacted a group of people who got lots of traffic in their sites and I learnt from them. Truthfully, I don't know if they expected me to start getting decent traffic to websites but I imagined they did so they might as well have.

So there you have it, the Pygmalion Effect.

P. S. My grammar and spelling are not that great nowadays but that's actually completely irrelevant(不相关的) when it comes to getting lots of visitors to your site.

【文章大意】文章通过作者自己的经历告诉我们皮格马利翁效应的神奇力量。

5. When did the author learn about the Pygmalion Effect?

A. Before he took the spelling test.

B. After he cheated in the spelling test.

C. When he did badly in exams.

D. After he finished primary school.

【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段可知是在他考试作弊以后。

6. The author got grouped with the smart kids because__________.

A. he was an average pupil at school

B. he did better than expected

C. Melissa Crawford was smart

D. he did better than all the others at school

【解析】选B。细节理解题。作者以前学习成绩平平, 由于考试作弊, 成绩出色, 所以老师把他列入聪明的学生之中。

7. What does the underlined word "traffic" mean in the third paragraph?

A. Amount of vehicles.

B. Amount of travellers.

C. Amount of visits.

D. Amount of goods.

【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据本句语境判断可知, 该词指的是"(网站)访问量"。

8. From the passage we can infer that __________.

A. the author was busy meeting visitors every day

B. there was lots of traffic in his city

C. the author opened a website himself

D. the author's grammar was poor at school

【解析】选C。推理判断题。从when it comes to getting lots of visitors to your site可知, 作者有自己的网站。

Ⅴ. 阅读填句

根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 选项中有两项为多余选项。

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