19.My students often tell me that they don't have"enough time"to do all their schoolwork.
My repy is often a brief"You have as much time as the president."I usually carry on a bit about there being twenty-four hours in the day for everyone,and suggest that"not enough time"is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done.
Once in graduate school,I tried to prove to one of my professors by saying that I was working hard.His answer to me was,"That's irrelevant (無關(guān)的).What's important is the quality of your work."Since then I have had time to think carefully about the"hard worker"dodge (訣竅),and I have come to some conclusions-all relevant to the problem of how much time we have.
If you analyze the matter,you can identify two parts of the problem:There is,of course,he matter of"time",which we can think of as fixed.Then there is the problem of"work"during that time.But,as my professor suggested,it's not how hard one works but the quality of the product that's important.
That led me to a new idea:the quality of the work.That concept is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the wall in someone's office:"Don't work harder.Work smarter."There is a lot of sense in that idea.
If you can't get more time,and few of us can,the only solution is to improve the quality of the work.That means thinking of ways to get more out of the same time than we might otherwise get.That should lead us to an analysis o our work habits.Since"work"for students usually means"homework",the expresson"work habits"should be read as"study habits".
Then,as a smart student,you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study,chiefly reading and writing.If you learn to read better and write better,there are big benefits that pay off in all your studies.
8.From the passage,we know that the author is probablyD.
A.a(chǎn) poet B.a(chǎn)n engineerC.a(chǎn) novelist D.a(chǎn)n educator
9.We can infer from the 2nd paragraph that we students stillA.
A.have enough time
B.can meet the president
C.get everything done well
D.should accept the explanation
10.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?D
A.The author's students make good use of their time to do all their homework.
B.The author tried to tell the professor that he/she (author) had done a good job.
C.You can't improve the quality of the work if you can't get more time.
D.You'll try to improve your skills in reading and writing if you're a clever student.
11.What's the passage mainly about?C
A.Students don't have enough time.
B.No one can get more time.
C.Don't work harder; work smarter.
D.Read better and write better.
分析 本文是科教類閱讀,屬于夾敘夾議論文.本文主要講述了每個人每天擁有的時間都是相同的,那么想把事情做好就要有一定的技巧了.作者認為:不要苦干,要巧干.
解答 8.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知,本文主要講述了每個人每天擁有的時間都是相同的,那么想把事情做好就要有一定的技巧了.作者認為:不要苦干,要巧干.故可以推測出,作者很有可能是一個教育家.故選D.
9.A.細節(jié)理解題.本段(第二段)You have as much time as the president."I usually carry on a bit about there being twenty-four hours in the day for everyone,and suggest that"not enough time"is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done.指出:你的時間和總統(tǒng)的時間一樣多.并把"時間不夠"作為沒有完成某事的理由是不可接受的.由此推斷:我們學生仍有充足的時間.故選A.
10.D.細節(jié)理解題.A項與第一段和第二段內(nèi)容不符; B項中的…a good job與第三段第一句中的…working hard不符; C項與第六段中的第一句不符; D項與最后一段的第一句意思相吻合.故選D.
11.C.主旨大意題.閱讀全文,由文章大意可知本文主題是:不要苦干,要巧干.而A、B、D項都是文章的部分細節(jié).故選C.
點評 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,推理判斷題,主旨大意題.做題時學生應(yīng)仔細閱讀原文,把握文章主要內(nèi)容,聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項含義,從中選出正確答案,一定要做到有理有據(jù),切忌胡亂猜測.