Most people think their time problems are outer, and that they are caused by the telephone, meetings, visitors, and delayed information or decisions. Although these problems often have a bad effect on us, as when people call or drop in, we usually contribute to them. We fail to have calls screened(审查)by a skillful secretary or assistant, or we leave our door open, actually assuring constant interruptions.
In almost all cases, it is possible to influence our time. If not controlled, it usually can cause problems, such as, slowness and indecision, lack of self-discipline, the inability to delegate(委托), or the tendency to act without thinking and to jump from task to task without finishing any of them.
Time is constant that cannot be changed. The clock cannot be slowed down or sped up. Thus we cannot manage time itself. We can only manage our activities with respect to time.
The same skills are needed as those used in managing others－the abilities to plan, organize, delegate, direct, and control. Time management is simply self-management. It is impossible to be effective in any position without controlling one’s time effectively.
Successful time management does not mean working harder, but working smarter. All kinds of management skills must be used in the home and office to get most value from time. You must think ahead about what to do, and more timely than others, making it get maximum results in the shortest possible period.What does “outer” in the first sentence mean?
| A．being away from a center |
| B．situated outside |
| C．objective |
| D．relating to a person’s body or physical appearance rather than to a person’s mind or spirit |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as internally generated time wasters?
| A．Slowness and indecision. |
| B．Lack of self-discipline. |
| C．Jumping from task to task without finishing any of them. |
| D．Working hard. |
It can be concluded from the passage that the abilities to plan, organize, delegate, direct and control should .
| A．be used in managing others’ activities |
| B．be used in managing one’s own activities |
| C．not be used in time management |
| D．be used in managing both other’s and one’ activities |
We can also draw a conclusion that the key to successful time management is .
| A．working harder and harder |
| B．clever self-management |
| C．thinking of what to do, and how and when to do it |
| D．employing a skillful secretary |
Robert is nine years old and Joanna is seven. They live at Mount Ebenezer. Their father has a big property. In Australia they call a farm a property.
Robert and Joana like school very much. At school they can talk to their friends, but Robert and Joanna can not see their friends. They live 100,perhaps 300,miles away and like Robert and Joanna, they all go to school by radio.
Mount Ebenezer is in the centre of Australia. Not many people in “The Centre”, there are no schools with desks and blackboards and no teachers in “The Centre”. School is a room at home with a two-way radio. When all students answer, lessons begin.
Think of your teacher 300 miles away!The children in “The Centre” do not go to school because _____________.
| A．they live too far away from one another |
| B．they do not like school |
| C．they are not old enough to go to school |
| D．their families are too poor |
In order to send their children to school, parents in “The Centre” of Australia must have ___________________.
| A．a property | B．a car |
| C．a school room at home | D．a special radio |
When children are having a lesson, they can hear their teacher ______________.
| A．but their teacher cannot hear them |
| B．and their teacher can hear them too |
| C．but can not hear their schoolmates. |
| D．and see him or her at the same time. |
A “property” in Australia is a _________________.
| A．house | B．school | C．farm | D．radio |
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| A．Babysitter. | B．Dance teacher. |
| C．Cook. | D．Waiter. |
What kind of job can Jack do if he cooked in a restaurant from 1998 to 2004?
| A．Babysitter. | B．Waiter. |
| C．Cook. | D．Dance teacher. |
Tingting has just come to London from another city. She needs a place to live in. So she may call________________.
| A．020 0451 87 | B．020 4563 12 |
| C．020 0562 78 | D．020 8334 47 |
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| A．Discover. | B．Self. | C．InStyle. | D．Wired. |
Which two magazines are published by the same publisher?
| A．Wired and InStyle. | B．Discover and InStyle. |
| C．Self and Discover. | D．Self and Wired. |
Those who are interested in management and the use of high technology would probably choose .
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| C．Wired. | D．Discover. |
When my son was just learning to talk, I carried him around the house in my arms and pointed out things to him. “Look, David, a clock. ”He’d smile and point as I did and say “clock”. David was quick at connecting the shape of things to their words.
When my son was about four years old, I walked with him to the backyard. I knew that there was an ant colony under one of the slate stones in the walkway near the shed, so I said to David, “Come on. I want to show you something. ”
As I showed David the ants that were crawling around the slate stone, he crouched down on his legs and looked with great intensity at the ants.
For days after that, David wanted to look under every rock in the garden, and we often found worms, ants and so on. I recognized that David loved to look at things closely and observe how things moved, and so I continued to point things out to him as he grew older: planes, cars, shells etc. . David was a keen observer, and I just gave him the suggestions as to where to look.
Today David is a medical doctor at Columbia University Center. I did not know that David would someday be a doctor, someone who has to pay close attention to what he sees, and yet I felt compelled when he was a boy to encourage his enthusiasm for observation.
That is what teachers and parents do: encourage a child’s enthusiasm for a particular interest: music, swimming, art, reading. And we provide tools for the children. If a child likes to draw, give him brushes, pens, and paper. If a girl likes to tap on the table top, give her a drum. If a child wants to sing, give him a microphone and a Frank Sinatra recording.The author wrote the passage to .
| A．recall the happy times he spent with his son |
| B．tell us that children are full of curiosity |
| C．tell us how to let children love nature |
| D．advise us to develop children’s interest or talent |
The author showed David the ants to .
| A．prevent him from becoming bored |
| B．develop his enthusiasm for observation |
| C．teach him some new words |
| D．arouse his interest in creatures |
Which of the following can best describe the author’s viewpoint?
| A．Make children have their own hobbies. |
| B．Teach children to be independent as soon as possible. |
| C．Satisfy children’s interest by possible means. |
| D．Hobbies can determine one’s future. |
The underlined word “intensity” in the third paragraph probably means“ ”.
| A．hatred | B．fear |
| C．curiosity | D．Doubt |
In certain countries of the world，the king or queen is still the head country。The UK is one of these countries。So that does the British royal family(皇室) represent for the British people today? Well，a large number of things。The royal family are of course a part of British history and tradition。They still have an important and meaning for many people today。It just wouldn’t feel the same if there were no royal family。In addition to that，the queen has important formal duties：
●as head of the state，the Queen represents the UK on visits other would leaders to visit the UK.
●as head of the armed force，only the Queen can declare when the UK is at war or when the war is over。
●as head of the Church of England。
Not just the Queen，the royal family spend a great deal of their time traveling up and there should be royal family。Sometimes the press and media criticize（批评）the royal family as well。One criticism is that the British people should not have to pay for the royal through their taxes。Another is that the Buckingham Palace should be open to the public more often，in order to pay for the building repairs that are necessary。Today，the British royal still represents ____of the UK。
| A．the honor and pride | B．history and tradition |
| C．function and law | D．politics and culture |
Which is one of the Queen’s formal duties？
| A．Visiting foreign countries. |
| B．Fighting in wars. |
| C．Writing government documents. |
| D．Repairing the church. |
Why are royal family criticized by the press and media？
| A．Because the royal don’t do anything for the country. |
| B．Because more people want to visit Buckingham Palace. |
| C．Because some people don’t want their taxes to be used for the royal family. |
| D．Because the Queen is too meet busy to meet with her people. |
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