If you wake up one day and decide to build a house, how will you begin? Get some tools and build it at once? Or think carefully and prepare everything first? Of course, the second way is better. Why? Because you make a plan for your goal (目标)!
Many people have goals like getting better grades or finding a better job. But without a plan for reaching those goals, only 8 percent of these people will finally be successful. ▲? First, it stops you spending time on meaningless things. Also, it helps you know better what to do step by step. What's more, if you make a good plan, you'll be surprised at how much you can reach. Last, by making a plan, you will know the problems you meet on the way to success and try your best to solve them.
The importance of having a plan is now clear, but do you know how to make your own plan?
Step 1: Put your goal down on a piece of paper. In this way, you will be more sure about it.
Step 2: Cut your goal into small parts and make plans for them. So you will be clearer about what you can do step by step.
Step 3: Read your plan every day. Believe it or not, a plan is no good if you never look at it.
Step 4: Tell a friend about your plan. You may need his or her help when you can't follow it.
Remember "A goal without a plan is just a wish." Once you make a plan for your goal and try your best to follow it, you will hardly fail.
() 16. 新考法·写作方法 How does the writer start the passage?
A. With some numbers. B. With some facts.
C. With an example. D. With a long story.
() 17. Which of the following sentences can be put in "▲" in Paragraph 2?
A. How can we make our own plans B. Why is making plans so important
C. What do good plans have in common D. What's the right time to make plans
() 18. What do we need a friend to do for us?
A. To make plans for us. B. To discuss the steps.
C. To read the plans for us. D. To help us follow the plan.
() 19. What does the underlined (画线的) word "fail" in the last paragraph mean?
A. Play a part. B. Help out. C. Be unsuccessful. D. Bring out the best.
() 20. What's the writer's purpose (目的) of writing this passage?
A. To teach people to build a house. B. To talk about good life goals.
C. To share his plans with readers. D. To advise people to make plans.

16. C【点拨】细节理解题。根据“If you wake up one day... make a plan for your goal (目标)!”可知，作者先列举盖房子的例子，然后引出话题。
17. B【点拨】推理判断题。根据“First, it stops you... try your best to solve them.”可知，后文介绍制订计划的重要性，因此此处应是问为什么制订计划如此重要。
18. D【点拨】细节理解题。根据“Tell a friend about... you can't follow it.”可知，朋友可以帮助我们执行计划。
19. C【点拨】词义猜测题。根据“Once you make a plan... you will hardly fail.”可知，一旦为目标制订计划并尽最大的努力去做，就几乎不会失败，因此画线词意为“失败”，故选C。
20. D【点拨】主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了制订计划的重要性以及如何制订计划，因此作者的目的是建议人们制订计划。