My students often tell me that they don’t have “enough time” to do all their schoolwork.
My reply is often a brief “You have as much time as the president.” I usually carry on a bit about there being twenty-four hours in the day for everyone, and suggest that “not enough time” is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done.
Once in graduate school, I tried to prove to one of my professors by saying that I was working hard. His answer to me was, “That’s irrelevant (无关的). What’s important is the quality of your work.” Since then I have had time to think carefully about the “hard worker” dodge (诀窍), and I have come to some conclusions — all relevant to the problem of how much time we have.
If you analyze the matter, you can identify two parts of the problem: There is, of course, the matter of “time”, which we can think of as fixed. Then there is the problem of “work” during that time. But, as my professor suggested, it’s not how hard one works but the quality of the product that’s important.
That led me to a new idea: the quality of the work. That concept is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the wall in someone’s office: “Don’t work harder. Work smarter.” There is a lot of sense in that idea.
If you can’t get more time, and few of us can, the only solution is to improve the quality of the work. That means thinking of ways to get more out of the same time than we might otherwise get. That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits. Since “work” for students usually means “homework”, the expression “work habits” should be read as “study habits”.
Then, as a smart student, you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study, chiefly reading and writing. If you learn to read better and write better, there are big benefits that pay off in all your studies.
1.
From the passage, we know that the author is probably ______ .
A. a poet B. an educator C. a novelist D. an engineer
2.
We can infer from the 2nd paragraph that we students still _____ .
A. have enough time B. can meet the president
C. get everything done well D. should accept the explanation
3.
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The author’s students make good use of their time to do all their homework.
B. The author tried to tell the professor that he/she (author) had done a good job.
C. You can’t improve the quality of the work if you can’t get more time.
D. You’ll try to improve your skills in reading and writing if you’re a clever student
Every pet owner loves his pet .There is no argument here.
But when we asked our readers whether they would clone their beloved animals , the responses were split(分裂) almost down the middle . Of the 228 readers who answered it ,108 would clone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion .
Clearly, from readers’ response, this is an issue that reaches deeply into both the joy and eventual (最终的)sadness of owning a pet. It speaks, as well, to people’s widely differing expectations over the developing scientific procedure (步骤)
Most of the readers who favored the idea strongly believed it would produce at least a close copy of the original; many felt the process would actually return an exact copy. Those on the other side, however, held little hope that clone could truly recreate a pet; many simply did not wish to go against the natural law of life and death.
Both sides expressed equal love for their animals. More of them owned “the best dog/cat in the world”. They thought of their pets as their “best friend” or “a member of the family”. They told moving stories of pets’ heroism, intelligence and selfless devotion.
No wonder the loss is so disturbing---and the cloning so attractive. “People become very close to their animals, and the loss can be just as hard to bear as when a friend or family member dies,” says Gary Kowalski, author of goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet. “For me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death away…It’s understandable. Death is always painful. It’s difficult to deal with. It’s hard to accept.”
But would cloning reduce the blow? This question seems to be at the heart of this problem.
1.
As far as the cloning of pets is concerned, a recent survey shows that, of all pet owners, .
A．a lot more of them are for it B．a lot more of them are against it
C．very few of them are willing to tell their opinions
． D．about half of them are for it and the other half against it
2.
The expression “eventual sadness of owning a pet.” (in paragraph 3) refers to .
A．the death of one’s pet
B．the final ownership of a pet
C．the troubles one has to deal with in keeping a pet
D．the dangers involved in the cloning of a pet
3.
In spite of their differences on the problem of cloning, it seems that .
A．all pet owners love their pets very much
B．all pet owners try to go against the natural law of life and death
C．people who support cloning love their pets more
D．people who dislike cloning love their pets more
4.
From what Gary Kowalski says, we can know that he .
A．has never thought about the problem of cloning
B．thinks it hard to accept the idea of cloning pets
C．is in favor of the idea of cloning pets
D．is all against the cloning of pets
One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big 36 on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been 37 your growth in this company passed 38 . We invite you to join the funeral (葬礼) prepared in the 39 .
In the beginning，they all got 40 for the death of one of their colleagues. 41 after a while they started getting 42 to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The 43 in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were 44 to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin(棺材), the more the excitement 45 up. Everyone whispered to each other:“ 46 on earth is this guy?”
One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they 47 inside it, they 48 became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in 49 , as if someone had 50 the deepest part of their soul.
There was a 51 inside the coffin；everyone who looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that 52 : there is only one person who is 53 to set limits to your growth：IT IS 54 !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of 55 ；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!
1.A. card B. post C. sign D. 1etter
2.A. encouraging B. helping C. building D. limiting
3.A. on B. by C. away D. down
4.A. office B. gym C. way D. meeting room
5.A. sad B. excited C. afraid D. calm
6.A. and B. but C. or D. so
7.A. ready B. pleased C. curious D. serious
8.A. surprise B. anger C. excitement D. sadness
9.A. admitted B. forced C. forbidden D. ordered
10.A. heated B. woke C. turned D. kept
11.A. Where B. What C. How D. Who
12.A. walked B. looked C. got D. turned
13.A. suddenly B. gradually C. merely D. extremely
14.A. sorrow B. order C. silence D. person
15.A. stolen B. touched C. attacked D. seen
16.A. 1etter B. book C. mirror D. appeared
17.A. wrote B. read C. showed D. reflected
18.A. sure B. eager C. afraid D. able
19.A. YOU B. ME C. HE D. ITSELF
20.A. punishment B. praises C. changes D. blame
---- There is only three days left, but w still have a pile of papers to deal with.
---- Don’t worry. We have already __________ two thirds of them after all.
A. got over B.got through C. given up D. given away
.Few people paid full attention to their health conditions _____ they were seriously ill.
A. when B. if C. until D. before
Don’t be so ___________. You should catch any chance if you can.
A. active. B. passive C. interested D. rude
