Question

Here's one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.

If you're a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.

This applies(适用) to all fields, not just the work-related(与工作相关的) ones. Maybe you want to improve your health, become a more energetic person. Or maybe you want to improve your study, your relations or perhaps do some personal development.

One hour a day is not much. But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that's about 260 hours a year. That's a large number of books and a lot of useful advice.

If you follow the ideas, who knows what great things and feelings could come into your life. Also, all that information and advice will start to open up your mind. You will start to see more chances in your life.

Now, you might think something like this:

1. I really don't have the money...

Answer: Visit your public library or search the database(数据库). Or look for books that are used in places like amazon.com.

2. I really don't have the time...

Answer: Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work. Or copy them to your MP3-player and listen while riding your bike /bus to work or school. Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular...

Shut off the TV a little earlier and start reading.

1.What is Brian Tracy’s lifechanging advice about？

A. Watching TV. B. Listening to MP3.

C. Surfing the internet.D. Reading helpful books.

2.If you’d like to improve your work, you should_______ according to the writer.

A. read work-related booksB. become more energetic

C. improve your study D. improve your relations

3.Which is NOT true about reading an hour a day？

A. It will open up your mind.

B. You will have about 260 hours a year to read.

C. You will read lots of books and get much useful advice.

D. It will probably bring great things and feelings into your life.

4.What should you do if you really don't have the money to read?

A. To buy some books from amazon.com. 

B. To download MP3 free.

C. To visit the public library.     

D. To borrow audiobooks and listen to them.

5.What is the writer’s idea about audiobooks?

A. They are more useful.

B. Listening to audiobooks is easier than reading books.

C. It’s dangerous to listen to audiobooks while driving or riding.

D. Audiobooks are a good solution to the problem of having no time to read.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了每天花费一小时来读书可以改善你的生活，如果你是一个推销员，谷歌的最好的和最有用的书籍来提高你的销售，不要说自己没有时间也不要说自己没有钱去读书，改善你的健康和生活去读书吧。

1.Here's one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.描述，可知从布瑞恩特雷西听每天读一小时的书，可以改善你的生活。故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段ou're a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.This applies(适用) to all fields, not just the work-related(与工作相关的) ones.描述可知如果你想改善你的工作你就应该读与工作相关的书籍，故选A。

3.文中第四段But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that's about 260 hours a year.描述，可知是在一年中的每个工作日，而不是全年。故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据文章第七段I really don't have the money...Answer: Visit your public library or search the database(数据库)联系上下文描述，可知如果你真的没有钱可以去公共图书馆读书。故选C。

5.Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular... 可知作者的建议是销售有声读物是解决没有时间读书的好办法。故选D。

考点：教育类短文阅读。