Question

Tips to Be an Expert at Managing Your Time

Do you have too much to do and too little time? Of course! Actually, it's the biggest problem facing most people today. The key to becoming more efficient  is the ability to set priorities (优先顺序) and focus on one task at a time. 1.

Learn from the experts.

If you want to be a big success in any area, find out what other successful people in that area are doing. 2. And do the same things until you get the same results.

Be open to new ideas.

The most foolish person of all is either the person who feels he has no time to learn about time management or, the person, who feels that he already knows all that's needed to know on the subject. 3.

Develop a plan.

Successful men and women are both effective and efficient. 4. Develop a plan, then decide what is the most important thing to do and how to do it.

5.

Start with your top tasks. Focusing on your highest­value tasks is the starting point of getting your time under control, though small things are easier and are often more fun than the big, important things.

A.Focus on the key tasks.

B.Start from small things.

C.They do the right things in the right way.

D.But never forget to learn from their failures.

E.However, the truth is that we have much to learn.

F.Study the interviews, speeches, biographies of them.

G.Here are several ways to get organized and get started.

Answer

1.G

2.F

3.E

4.C

5.A

【解析】

本文介绍了一些成为管理时间专家的技巧。如向专家学习、乐于接受新思想、制定计划、专注于关键任务等，便于读者学习和交流。

1.根据下文“Learn from the experts.”“Be open to new ideas.”等等之类的小标题可知，下文在叙述一些成为管理时间专家的窍门。而空白处必然会引起下文，起承上启下的作用。结合选项，故选G。

2.根据空白处前一句“If you want to be a big success in any area,find out what other successful people in that area are doing.”可知，如果你想在任何领域取得巨大的成功，找出在这个领域成功的人所做的事。根据标题也可知本段讲述的是向专家学习。关键词“find out”“successful people”。结合选项，F项中“Study”“them”与之对应。故选F。

3.根据空白处前一句“the person,who feels that he already knows all that's needed to know on the subject”可知，有些人觉得他已经知道所有需要知道的内容。而本段标题“Be open to new ideas.”是指要接受打开新思想。可见有很多内容都需要学习。结合选项，故选E。

4.根据前一句“Successful men and women are both effective and efficient”指出成功的男人和女人都是高效的。可推测后文会对这一句进行解释说明，才能进一步引出Develop a plan。结合选项。故选C。

5.根据空白处所在的位置看，此处是一个小标题，是对整段的总结。根据段落中“Focusing on your highest-value tasks is the starting point of getting your time under control”可知，本段要求你专注于你最有价值的任务是控制你的时间的起点。关键词“Focusing”。结合选项，故选A。