Even when you’re extremely busy, you aren’t using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyone’s schedule where they aren’t doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time when you aren’t working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.
Why aren’t you completely efficient? It’s because time isn’t the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions (消遣). Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrastinate (拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.
The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when you’re tired, you can have enough time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability is also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.
You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices. But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything. The reason why it’s hard to “find time” isn’t a lack of time. It’s because you don’t have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.
I first suspected time wasn’t the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I was extremely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredibly light. Despite this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it.
小題1:If someone can’t work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting factor is ________.
A.a(chǎn) schedule without gapsB.breaks and distractions
C.the limited timeD.the limited energy
小題2:According to Paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can ________.
A.work without any rest
B.focus on many things at a time
C.find some more time in a day
D.do some exercise regularly
小題3:The writer gives the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to ________.
A.prove what the real limiting factor is
B.show us how busily he needs to work
C.explain how important a healthy body is
D.tell us what an odd experience he has
小題4:What is the best title of the passage?
A.Do You Really Lack Time?
B.How Can You Work Efficiently?
C.What Makes Your Energy Limited?
D.When Should You Do Exercise?

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:A

試題分析:本文敘述了人們即使很忙是否能夠做到100%的工作效率,最重要的限制因素是人的精力,在人們很忙的時(shí)候,在一天里也能抽出時(shí)間去加入你對計(jì)劃表里,而不會耽誤任何事情。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention.如果一個(gè)人不能做到工作效率達(dá)到100%,最重要的限制因素是人的有限的精力,故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything.即使很忙的人也能在一天里找到一些時(shí)間,故選C。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)作者用這些例子的目的是來證明真正限制人的因素,故選A。
小題4:標(biāo)題歸納題。本文敘述了人們即使在很忙的時(shí)候,是否就是缺少時(shí)間,故選A。
點(diǎn)評:文章標(biāo)題是文章的點(diǎn)睛之筆。標(biāo)題歸納題在英語閱讀理解題中屬深層理解題,它要求考生在通讀全文的基礎(chǔ)上,準(zhǔn)確把握文章大意及作者的寫作意圖。一般說來,標(biāo)題應(yīng)該具有概括性、針對性、簡潔性三個(gè)突出特點(diǎn)。其中概括性,是指標(biāo)題應(yīng)最大程度地覆蓋全文,囊括文章的主要內(nèi)容,體現(xiàn)文章的主題;針對性,是指標(biāo)題的含義要直接指向文章的主要特點(diǎn);而簡潔性,則是指標(biāo)題應(yīng)言簡意賅,能吸引讀者的注意力,并喚起讀者對文章的閱讀興趣等。
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科目:高中英語 來源:不詳 題型:完形填空

完形填空(共15小題;每小題1分,滿分15分)
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s ___35___, she said she would go. This ___36___ be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he felt ___37___of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that  ___38___nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to ___39___why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were ___40___by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尷尬)and ___41___ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ___42___of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked___43___, “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was___44___afraid to go in because the fire was___45___, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked___46___ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched the burned side of her face. This scar will be___47___, but to this day, I have never ___48___what I did.
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great___49___of the sacrifice(犧牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
小題1:
A.enjoymentB.disappointmentC.surpriseD.excitement
小題2:
A.wouldB.couldC.shouldD.must
小題3:
A.sickB.a(chǎn)shamedC.a(chǎn)fraidD.tired
小題4:
A.includedB.passedC.coveredD.shaded
小題5:
A.talk aboutB.think aboutC.care aboutD.hear about
小題6:
A.impressedB.surprisedC.excitedD.comforted
小題7:
A.hidB.protectedC.separatedD.escaped
小題8:
A.understandingB.remindingC.hearingD.learning
小題9:
A.carefullyB.seriouslyC.nervouslyD.a(chǎn)nxiously
小題10:
A.soB.muchC.quiteD.too
小題11:
A.out of controlB.under controlC.in controlD.over control
小題12:
A.helplessB.hopelessC.senselessD.useless
小題13:
A.uglyB.lastingC.seriousD.frightening
小題14:
A.forgotB.recognizedC.consideredD.regretted
小題15:
A.honorB.senseC.happinessD.pride

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