Time is something from which we can' t escape. Even if we ignore it, it's still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. 1. the main issue in using your time well is "Who's in charge?" We can allow time to slip by 2. let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it 3. ally(同盟) .
By taking control of 4. you spend your time, you'll increase your chances of becoming 5. more successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devote 6. your studies, the more time you'II have to spend on your outside interests .
The aim of time management is 7. to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable 8. governs every waking moment of the day. Instead, the aim is to make informed choices as to how we use our time.
In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn't know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had and were leaving.
I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road, a kite spindle(风筝线锭) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I my neck to see how successful he had been in the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost 0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the tree in the park. Obviously, that was his grandson's kite! The kite was a replica (复制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread 0pen. Grandpa had only one to his problem: cut the string.
"You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn't you?" "Yes, Grandpa, wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.
I how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it's time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.
1.A. grown up B. turned up C. picked up D. taken up
2.A. carrying B. grabbing C. keeping D. holding
3.A. raised B. spread C. stretched D. expanded
4.A. reaching B. touching C. getting D. climbing
5.A. scene B. sight C. interest D. control
6.A. thickest B. strongest C. tallest D. largest
7.A. widely B. wide C. tightly D. closely
8.A. method B. hope C. solution D. result
9.A. and B. so C. or D. but
10.A. sensed B. glanced C. watched D. found
11.A. car B. sky C. kite D. tree
12.A. within B. in C. beyond D. with
lt was his positive attitude to life and hard work _________finally led him to his successful career .
A. which B. what C. that D. as
The witnesses_________ by the police just now described the fight quite differently.
A. questioned B. being questioned C. to be questioned D. questioning
Those postcards were so lovely that they_________ in no time.
A. sold B. had been sold C. were sold D. have been sold
John kept looking at the pretty girl, wondering whether he_________ her somewhere.
A. saw B. has seen C. sees D. had seen
