Question

    We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it ________ to have too much?

I________back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also ________a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it __________

When I got into college, things ________ I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this __________ there was no sense of __________ to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became ________. Once that happened, I just kept________my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was__________really late at night to get my work alone.

One day I __________a former classmate of mine who was __________ a lot of money running a sideline(副业).Since his regular job was __________, I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would __________ have too much time and would just do what I did back in__________.He said that if he __________the job, he would lose his __________ to work and succeed.

So, try __________ your time with other work. This is why there is a __________ that if you want something done, ask a __________person to do it.

1.A.true B.fair C.strange D.possible

2.A.remember B.admit C.understand D.expect

3.A.watched B.loved. C.Coached D.played

4.A.at last B.right away C.of course D.mattered

5.A.happened B.repeated C.changed D.mattered

6.A.extra B.difficult. C.valuable D.limited

7.A.duty B.achievement C.urgency D.direction

8.A.burden B.relief C.risk D.habit

9.A.pushing B.taking C.setting D.calling

10.A.hanging out B.staying up C.jogging round D.showing off

11.A.met B.helped C.treated D.hired

12.A.raising B.wasting C.demanding D.making

13.A.safe B.important C.boring D.rewarding

14.A.luckily B.hardly C.hopefully D.simply

15.A.childhood B.college C.town D.business

16.A.quit B.found C.accepted D.kept

17.A.heart B.chance C.drive D.way

18.A.saving B.filling up C.giving up D.trading

19.A.message B.story C.saying D.fact

20.A.careful B.busy C.reliable D.kind

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.C

20.B

【解析】

作者通过亲身经历告诉我们：拥有太多时间就会拖延做事情，时间紧迫反而能合理安排时间把事情做好。

1.考查形容词。A. true真实的；B. fair公平的；C. strange奇怪的；D. possible可能的。句意：我们都听说过时间比金钱更有价值，但是拥有的时间太多可能会把事情做好吗?表示“可能的”，表示作者的疑问，故选D。

2.考查动词。A. remember记得；B. admit承认；C. understand理解；D. expect期望。此处表示回忆起高中时自己的生活，表示“回忆起”是remember back，故选A。

3.考查动词。A. watched观察；B. loved热爱；C. coached训练；D. played玩。此处指自从我进行团体体育锻炼后多数时间在学校，表示“进行体育锻炼”是play sport，故选D。

4.考查固定短语。A. at last最后；B. right away立刻，马上；C. of course当然；D. mattered有关系，要紧。因为在校时间多，在家做作业的时间就少了，所以在家时必须马上写作业。下文do my school work immediately给了提示，故选B。

5.考查动词。A. happened发生；B. repeated重复；C. changed改变；D. mattered要紧。大学生活和高中生活不一样，所以说发生了改变。根据常识选C。

6.考查形容词。A. extra额外的；B. difficult困难的；C. valuable有价值的；D. limited有限的。此处指大学里有许多额外的时间，故选A。

7.考查名词。A. duty责任；B. achievement成就；C. urgency紧急；D. direction方向。大学里没有马上做作业的紧迫感，与高中时抓紧时间做作业形成对比，故选C。

8.考查名词。A. burden负担；B. relief救济；C. risk冒险；D. habit习惯。由于不急着写作业，所以后来就形成了等的习惯。故选D。

9.考查动词。A. pushing推；B. taking拿；C. setting放置；D. calling呼唤。与上文的waiting呼应，指形成等的习惯后，我就不断地把学习往后推，越推越远。根据常识也可知答案，故选A。

10.考查动词短语。A. hanging out挂出，常去某处；B. staying up熬夜；C. jogging round慢跑；D. showing off炫耀。根据late at night可知，是熬夜，此处指作业等到最后熬夜完成，故选B。

11.考查动词。A. met遇见；B. helped帮助；C. treated治疗；D. hired雇用。此处指遇到了以前的同学，故选A。

12.考查动词。A. raising举起；B. wasting浪费；C. demanding要求；D. making获得。此处指经营副业挣了许多钱，“挣钱”是make money，故选D。

13.考查形容词。A. safe安全的；B. important重要的；C. boring无聊的；D. rewarding有益的。因为他的常规工作是无聊的，所以作者建议他把副业作为全职工作。故选C。

14.考查副词。A. luckily幸运地；B. hardly几乎不；C. hopefully有希望地；D. simply简单地。朋友说如果没有这个工作，很简单他就会有太多无聊的时间。根据语境故选D。

15.考查名词。A. childhood童年时期；B. college大学；C. town城镇；D. business商业。他就会像我大学时一样因为有太多的时间而不忙着做事，与上文内容呼应，故选B。

16.考查动词。A. quit放弃；B. found发现；C. accepted接受；D. kept保持。如果他放弃工作，就会失去工作和成功的动力。与作者的建议呼应，故选A。

17.考查名词。A. heart心脏；B. chance机会；C. drive驱动力；D. way方法。此处指如果他放弃工作，就失去了紧迫感，就会失去工作和成功的动力。表示“动力”，故选C。

18.考查动词。A. saving节约；B. filling up装满；C. giving up放弃；D. trading交易。句意：试着用其他工作装满你的时间，使自己忙起来。故选B。

19.考查名词。A. message消息；B. story故事；C. saying谚语；D. fact事实。此处指if you want something done, ask a 55 person to do it.这句谚语，故选C。

20.考查形容词。A. careful小心的；B. busy忙碌的；C. reliable可靠的；D. kind善良的。此处指如果你想做某事，请忙碌的人去做。忙碌的人会抓紧时间完成，不忙的人只会拖延时间。故选B。