Question

【題目】

Have you ever wondered why it seems that some people can have enough time to do everything they want, but others can’t? Is it that the first type of people has less to do? No, it’s much more possible that they are practicing good time management skills.

Time management is hard to practice well. But once done, you will manage time much better. With minor tweaks and little efforts, you can do all you need to do in an effective(有效率的) way.

The key to good time management is to understand the difference between the urgent and the important. “Urgent” tasks need your immediate(立即的) attention, but whether you give that immediate attention may or may not matter(要緊). “Important” tasks matter, because not doing them may have serious or even bad results.

For example, answering the phone is urgent. If you don’t do it, you may miss something important. However, it may be a stranger who just wants to sell you a phone you don’t need at all. That’s not important.

Going to the dentist is important. If you don’t, you may get gum disease. But it’s not urgent. If you leave it too long, however, it may become urgent, because you may get a toothache.

Helping to pick up your brother or sister from school is both urgent and important. If you are not there at the right time, they will keep waiting and worry too much. Seeing Wechat moments(朋友圈) is neither urgent nor important. So why do you put it first?

Knowing the difference between the urgent and the important is the key to managing time well. Try to put your tasks into their right groups. Remember that your health is important. You should pay enough attention to your health even though there are many urgent things to do.

Although it’s not easy to group your tasks properly, try to be a good time manager so that you can have time to spend with the people you love and on the activities you like. The better you manage your time, the more successful you can be.

【1】The underlined words “minor tweaks” in Paragraph 2 probably mean “______”.

A. great difficultiesB. helpful habits

C. different hobbiesD. small changes

【2】Which of the following is an important task according to the writer?

A. Going to the dentist.B. Seeing Wechat moments.

C. Answering the phone.D. Buying a new cellphone.

【3】The writer gives the examples to tell us ______.

A. the ways of managing time

B. making a phone call is urgent

C. the difference between the urgent and the important

D. picking up children from school is urgent and important

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Manage Time Well?

B. How to Make Time for Health?

C. The Importance of Making Time for Study

D. The Importance of Free Time Management

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

短文主要講了時間管理。時間管理是很難實踐好的。好的時間管理的關(guān)鍵在于理解急迫與重要之間的區(qū)別。了解急迫與重要之間的區(qū)別是做好時間管理的關(guān)鍵。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)：“But once done, you will manage time much better with little efforts. 但是一旦完成了，你將會用很少的努力就能更好地管理時間。”和“you can do all you need to do in an effective(有效率的) way. 你可以用一種有效的方式做你需要做的一切�！�，great difficulties極大困難；helpful habits有益的習慣；different hobbies不同愛好；small changes微小變化。結(jié)合句意，故選：D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)：“Going to the dentist is important. If you don’t, you may get gum disease. 去看牙醫(yī)很重要。如果你不這樣做，你可能會得牙齦疾病�！保�故選：A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)：“Knowing the difference between the urgent and the important is the key to managing time well.了解急迫與重要之間的區(qū)別是做好時間管理的關(guān)鍵�！�，所以作者舉例主要告訴我們急迫與重要的區(qū)別，故選：C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)：“Have you ever wondered why it seems that some people can have enough time to do everything they want, but others can’t? Is it that the first type of people has less to do? No, it’s much more possible that they are practicing good time management skills.”和“The better you manage your time, the more successful you can be.”可知，短文主要講了怎樣進行時間管理，故選：A。

（一）主旨題

主旨題主要考查學生對短文中心思想或作者意圖的掌握。做此類題時，應通讀全文，理解文章大意，充分理解主題句的意義。短文往往圍繞主題句展開，主題句通常出現(xiàn)在短文第一句或最后一句。

（二）細節(jié)題

細節(jié)題是用來進一步表達主題，體現(xiàn)中心思想的，往往針對短文某個細節(jié)來設(shè)題。做此類題時，應快速捕捉信息，可能是一些事例、數(shù)字等，閱讀時要有針對性。

（三）猜測詞義題

猜測詞義題主要考查學生根據(jù)上下文正確判斷靈活變化的詞義能力。一般情況下，推斷詞義的題目中所出現(xiàn)的單詞，大多數(shù)是學生未曾見過的生詞，學生需要在該詞出現(xiàn)的上下文中去尋找線索。通過閱讀上下文，斷定該詞的真正含義，然后將這個釋義代入文中，檢查是否貼切，仔細比較直到得出該詞的確切的含義。

1.通過因果關(guān)系猜詞

通過因果關(guān)系猜詞，首先是找出生詞與上下文之間的邏輯關(guān)系，然后才能猜詞。有時文章借助關(guān)聯(lián)詞(如because，as，since，for，so，thus，asaresult，ofcourse，therefore等等)表示前因后果

2.通過同義詞和反義詞的關(guān)系猜詞

通過同義詞猜詞，一是要看由and或or連接的同義詞詞組，二是看在進一步解釋的過程中使用的同義詞，通過反義詞猜詞，一是看表轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的連詞或副詞，如but，while，however等；二是看與not搭配的或表示否定意義的詞語