Question

When people talk about smart work and hard work, they usually wonder which one is more important.In fact,  smart work is more important.But working smartly is very hard. This is not a wordplay.It is not easy to be smart.

What is "smartness"?

People are smart when they can find out a way to bring more results with less effort(努力).If you can achieve the same results without putting in a lot of work, you are smart.The person pushing the vehicle is smart, because he is using the knowledge and wisdom(智慧), and the hard work of some other people.

How can we work smartly?

Creating that wheel isn't easy.It needs a great thinker, followed by an engineer's hard work.It then needs a handy man.Only then does it become easier to push the material using the machine.So, smart work is not easy at all.

Besides, being smart takes a lot of effort.People need to read more, keep learning new things, try to learn from others' experiences and sharpen their thinking skills.They need to predict the results before putting any effort in any direction, and being able to manipulate the given resources(资源) to meet their needs.

Human beings are smart.The human history shows our smartness.We don't need to go hunting for our food any more, because we were smart enough to find out that farming could bring much more food with much less effort.We then developed modern tools for farming.

Humans also invented the Internet, the wheel, clothes, the smart phones—all the tools that help us to work smartly.All of this is hard, but that hard work makes us smart.Because of smartness, we are much better off today in terms of happiness and richness.

So remember: Work hard to become a smart person.

1.Which of the following is the example of smartness?

A.People go hunting for food. B.People read many books.

C.People use vehicles to carry things. D.People talk to others with body language.

2.The underlined word "manipulate" in the sixth paragraph means________.

A.to make use of B.to find out

C.to ask for D.to think about

3.What is the best title for the passage________?

A.How to Be Smart? B.What is Smartness?

C.When to Work Hard? D.Hard Work?Smart Work!

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

【解析】

本文讲述了当人们谈论聪明工作和努力工作时，他们通常想知道哪一个更重要。事实上，聪明的工作更重要，但是聪明地工作是非常困难的。人们很聪明当他们能找到办法带来更多的结果付出更少的努力，聪明的工作一点也不容易，需要很多努力。建议人们，努力工作，成为一个聪明的人。

1.推理判断题。根据“How can we work smartly?”及下面内容可知它需要一个伟大的思想家，然后是一个工程师的辛勤工作，然后它需要一个能工巧匠，只有这样，才能更容易地推动材料使用机器，故选C。

2.词义猜测题。to make use of 使用；to find out找到；to ask for请求；to think about思考；根据“They need to predict the results before putting any effort in any direction, and being able to manipulate the given resources(资源) to meet their needs.”可知他们需要在向任何方向投入任何努力之前预测结果，并且能够 给定的资源来满足他们的需求，可推测出该单词的意思是“使用”，故选A。

3.最佳标题。根据“When people talk about smart work and hard work, they usually wonder which one is more important.”可知当人们谈论聪明工作和努力工作时，他们通常想知道哪一个更重要，可推测出本文主要讲述聪明工作和努力工作，故选D。