Question

Maybe you have seen this in schools£ºsome students are studying nearly all the time but they just pass their exams£¬while some others may spend much less time on their books but do much better in exams£®How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to success£®But now they have understood that smart work can make them succeed£¬too£®

Hard workers don¡¯t mind working for long hours£¬while smart workers always think of several different answers to these question£¬¡°Why should I suffer this?¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t there a better way to do this?¡± Thanks to these people£¬we can use computers instead of the abacus now£®Progress in every field is the direct result of ¡°try to find a better way¡± by smart workers£®

There was a large soap factory in Japan£®Once it received an unusual letter from someone who complained that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought£®

How could empty soapboxes go out of the factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing£®The producing was fine£¬but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machine£¨»úÆ÷£©let an empty soapbox go£®There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem£®The engineer soon worked out a solution, he put a huge X-ray machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapboxes£®After teaching the workers how to use it£¬he sat down in his seat£¬exhausted£®

¡°Sir£¬we could have solved the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way£¬¡±a worker said£®¡°Really? How?¡±

¡°We can put a huge fan near the packing machine£®The wind coming from the fan will blow away the empty boxes¡£leaving the other boxes with soap£®¡±

See£¬this is smart work£®In order to succeed£¬we should not only work hard like the engineer£¬but also think smart like this worker£®

1.Some students spend less time on schoolwork but do better in exams _____£®

A£®because of their hard work

B£®because of different education

C£®because they try to find a better way

D£®because they study for a much longer time

2.Someone wrote to the soap factory and complained that ________£®

A£®the soapbox he bought was empty

B£®their soap was too expensive

C£®the soap he bought was terrible

D£®their service was very bad

3.The soap factory could only ______ near the packing machine to solve the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way£®

A£®set some soapboxes B£®set an X-ray machine

C£®put two large computers D£®put a huge fan

4.The phrase ¡°blow away¡± in the passage means¡°_______¡±£®

A£®Í£Ö¹ B£®Ô¶Àë C£®´µ×ß D£®ÌÓÍÑ

5.The article mainly tells us we should ______ in order to succeed£®

A£®work hard for long hours and study all the time

B£®work hard like the engineer and think smart like the worker

C£®spend much less time on our schoolwork than before

D£®spend enough money repairing the machine for any problem

Answer 1