阅读理解 Every day has just 24 hours - and this applies to all people. Some peop
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time. This article is about how we can learn to manage our valuable time more effectively.
In reality we cannot manage time. We can only manage ourselves and our relationship with time. 1
And habits are not that easy to changes.
Below here are tips that can help you manage your time better.
Organize your goals.
Organize your goals based on two criteria: degree of urgency and importance: a. Should be done
today, tomorrow, etc. b. Should be done at "that date". c. Can be put off for so many days. d. Can ask
someone else to do it. 2
Clean up your list.
Make a list of everything you think that is not helping or benefiting you and do not do them!
Focus on one goal.
Concentrate only on one goal at a time. Otherwise, if while dealing with something you think about
everything you can do later, most likely you will get bored and disappointed. 3 The boredom (厌倦)
is guaranteed with this way of thinking.
Identify your deadlines.
4 Divide the activities per day / week and long-term goals to get a clear
picture of what you have to do and when.
Find suitable work environment.
5
Be realistic.
Make sure that your goals are realistic and do not try for the impossible.
Say "NO".
Learn to say "no" to other activities, requests and people who eat your time
(unless indeed at that very moment it is necessary for you to help them).
A. Allow time to adjust your list if necessary.
B. After all, how we use our time is largely a matter of habit.
C. Create a suitable environment to work, one that fits your style.
D. Check the list of what you should do and when it must be completed.
E. After organizing your goals, start with the most important and urgent.
F. It is like every time you eat you think all the meals you must eat in your life.
G. Do not let boredom discourage you if what you have to complete is boring.
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every morn
ing. He is a 3 .Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner 4 the newspapers are. The
newspapers are delivered to the 5 by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry
them.
In 6 , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm.
Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (线路) in all kinds of weather. He
tries to put each 7 on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from 8 , rain or snow. His 9
think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him 10 .
Billy 11 about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the
rest 12 records and clothes. Once a month, he has to 13 money from his customers. Since many of
them 14 during the day, Billy has to collect the money 15 . Sometimes, when Billy is 16 , his older
brother has to 17 the newspapers. Once Billy"s father had to help as well.
Billy has seventy customers now, 18 he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more
customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a
19 to Europe, but he will also be happy 20 he wins a new bicycle.
| ( )1. A. full-time ( )2. A. indoors ( )3. A. schoolboy ( )4. A. that ( )5. A. house ( )6. A. autumn ( )7. A. newspaper ( )8. A. air ( )9. A. teachers ( )10. A. books ( )11. A. makes ( )12. A. in ( )13. A. give ( )14. A. play ( )15. A. in the morning ( )16. A. sick ( )17. A. carry ( )18. A. then ( )19. A. trip ( )20. A. because | B. strange B. outdoors B. newspaper boy B. where B. porch B. winter B. magazine B. wind B. parents B. some bread B. saves B. at B. borrow B. study B. at night B. angry B. collect B. but B. car B. whether | C. good C. down C. cowboy C. which C. school C. morning C. lett er C. water C. bosses C. a new bike C. spends C. to C. collect C. work C. in the afternoon C. at school C. deliver C. so C. bicycle C. unless | D. part-time D. up D. clever boy D. whether D. corner D. summer D. email D. fire D. customers D. tips D. pays D. on D. catch D. rest D. at noon D. sad D. sell D. for D. job D. if | |||||||||||
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| Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for a Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line, and others were walking around. Th  ere was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around, but there was no place for him to sit. He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom"s workmates came in and sat with Tom. "What time is your bus?" asked Mike. "There"s plenty of time yet," answered Tom. "Well, I"ll get you some more tea then," said Mike. They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. "Oh! It"s going backward!" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it"s half past eleven." "You"re looking at the clock in the mirror." said Mike. Tom was so sad. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors. | ||||||||||||||
| 1. Tom went into the station cafe because_____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. Mike asked him to have a cup of tea B. it was quite early and he could find a seat there C. he didn"t like to stay with the schoolgirls D. he wanted to have a drink with his workmate there | ||||||||||||||
| 2. What time was it in fact when Tom looked at the clock in the mirror? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Half past twelve. B. Twenty to twelve. C. Half past eleven. D. Half past one. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. the time is right B. it"s going slower C. it"s going backward D. it"s going faster | ||||||||||||||
| 4. Which of the following is true? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Tom arrived in Paris on time. B. The next bus would leave in half an hour. C. After that Tom didn"t like clocks any longer. D. Tom looked at the clock in the mirror only once | ||||||||||||||
| Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his now place and meet his friends. My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and family but uncomfortable with  his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult(成年人)I feared(害怕) him and felt bitter about him He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A"s and unhappy with my boy friends if their fathers were not as "successful" as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling worried. On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father"s friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son"s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father"s critical(挑剔的)air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before? The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I"m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I"m delighted with my new friend. My dad in his new home in Arizona is back to me from where he was. | ||||||||||||||
| 1. Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult? | ||||||||||||||
| A. He was silent most of the time B. He was too proud of himself C. He did not love his children D. He expected too much of her | ||||||||||||||
| 2. When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel_______. | ||||||||||||||
| A. nervous B. sorry C. tired D. safe | ||||||||||||||
| 3. What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson? | ||||||||||||||
| A. More critical B. More talkative C. Gentle and friendly D. Strict and hard-working | ||||||||||||||
| 4. The underlined words "my new friend" in the last paragraph refer to ________. | ||||||||||||||
| A. the author"s son B. the author"s father C. the friend of the author"s father D. the cafe owner | ||||||||||||||
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| Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including __1 __. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would __2___, so all constructed boats and left, except Love. Love was the __3___ one who stayed until the last possible moment. When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for __ 4_ _. Richness was ___5___ Love in a grand boat. Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you? " Richness answered, "No, I can"t. There is a lot of __ 6___ and silver in my boat. There is no __7__ here for you." Love  decided to ask Vanity(??) who was __8___ passing by in a beautiful vessel(嘞). "Vanity, please help me!" "I can"t help you, Love. You are all wet and might _9___ my boat," Vanity answered. Just then Sadness was ___10__, so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you." "Oh…Love, I am so __11___ that I need to be by myself!" Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so __12___ that she did not even ___13__ Love when Love called her. Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will __14__ you." It was a(n) __15___. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder ___16__ they were going. When they arrived at dry __17___, the elder went her own way. ___18__ how much was owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who helped me?" "It was ___19__," Knowledge answered. "Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?" Knowledge __20___ with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is able to understand how valuable Love is!" | ||||||||||||||
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