Question

“Keep your eyes on the ball.” That is good advice when you are on the playing field, and good advice for everyday life. “Keep your mind on what’s important,” is the way I’d put it. But people are funny. They think too much about the details.

I had a secretary once. She was very hardworking. I ran a school and people used to call up to enroll for courses. Berry used to get angry at the phone. “If they keep on ringing, I’ll never get my typing done!” she’d shout.

People just don’t see the big picture. One evening, after leaving work, I was sitting next to a man on the train. I was feeling tired. My eyes fell on the paper he had spread out in front of him. You know how you feel to read over someone’s shoulder?

I read the page and leaned back. I guessed I was waiting for him to turn it. After a while, I realized—he wasn’t turning the page. He just kept on reading.

Now if you knew the page he was reading, you’d know that there weren’t many words on the page to read anyway. The layout was mostly pictures. So I turned to the man and said,” You know, you really read very slowly.”

“What do you mean?” he asked. “Well,” I told him, “I read the page in about a minute, and you have taken about ten. And you are still reading. You know,” I went on “If you learned to read faster, you could get more reading done.” He remained silent for a minute or two. “If I read too fast, my paper wouldn’t last me to my station.”

1.The writer wasn’t satisfied with his secretary because ___.

A. she didn’t put first thing first

B. she was too busy

C. she was easy to get angry

D. she couldn’t finish her work on time

2.The train rider read newspaper ___.

A. to take in information   B. to enjoy pictures

C. to save time  D. to kill time

3.The writer thinks that people seem to need a sense of ___.

A. what to read first   B. how to read fast

C. what is important   D. what is funny

4.The passage is mainly about the writer’s opinion on people’s ___.

A. judgment        B. work         C. life            D. habits

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析: 本文通过例子表明集中精力到重要的事情上，但每个人有不同的看法和判断

1.A 推断题。根据第二段提到Berry used to get angry at the phone. “If they keep on ringing, I’ll never get my typing done!” she’d shout她经常以电话生气，如果继续响，我就不能把我字打完，她叫到，故选A项。

2.D推断题。根据最后一段提到If I read too fast, my paper wouldn’t last me to my station如果读得太快的话，我的报纸主不能维持到站，可知看报纸是有来消磨时光的，故选D项。

3.C 推断题。根据第一段提到“Keep your mind on what’s important,” is the way I’d put it.把你的心思放在重要的事情，这是我所推崇的观点，故选C项。

4.A 推断题。本文通过球场一句话名言，集中精力在球上，也可以作为日常生活的好建议，通过举例来说明作者对于人们判断的意见，故选A项。

考点：日常生活类阅读。