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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 effete on them, as when people call or drop in, we usually contribute to them. We fail to have calls screened 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, if not control, it usually can cause problems, such as, slowness and indecision, lack of self-discipline, the inability to delegate, or the tendency to fight fires, 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 speeded 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 timely than others, making it get maximum results in the shortest possible period.
小题1:According to the writer, time problems .

Last week, I took a sales class for female business owners. The     36   thing the instructor did was ask if anyone had been the victim of a     37   sales experience. Every person in the room    38   her hand.
When she knew details, we learned that the     39   situations had one thing in common. It     40   that whenever a class member had a bad sales experience, it involved the     41   promising something he wouldn’t or couldn’t deliver.
The example I     42  with the class was a current one. I bought a summer membership at our community pool     43   because it advertised a lovely baby pool to which I could escape with my active one and four year-olds. However, every time I’ve used the pool this summer, the baby area has been     44   . Too much chlorine（氯气）,    45   one manager.
I’m sure the pool director was very apologetic that his     46   had been inconvenienced, and that’s nice, but the     47   is that I did not get what I paid for. When the baby pool was closed, I had to swim with my     48   in the adult pool, which did not     49   me the control I wanted and as such, was quite stressful. I would have rather stayed home.
The pool has     50  a customer. I will not be buying a pass next summer.
In work and in life, it is really important not to     51   something you can’t deliver, because at best, it will improve your   52    . At worse, you could lose your job.    53   , before you assure a co-worker or customer that you can get something done, make sure that your boss or someone higher-up isn’t going to step in and force you to     54   your plan. You are not God, so don’t lead people to believe that you     55  the universe.

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A．last

When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very 31 .Some stories are told 32 they were true. Real people who live in a 33 world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not 34 . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be 35 for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only 36 . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we 37 seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than 38 . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of 39 . When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our 40--which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) 41 the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read 42 realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we 43 that we are real and they are 44 . It sounds 45 ,but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and 46 about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by 47 that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our 48 when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose 49 in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel 50 we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

We do some strange things when we don’t like the way our life is going．Too often we blame(责怪)someone else．‘‘I wish my parents were more understanding．”
“I have such a bad Chemistry teacher!”
“My friends are so boring and self-centered．They make my life worse and worse．’’
Blame! Blame! Blame!
It seems natural to sing this self-pitying song，but the truth is，if you don’t like your life，you should do something about it．No one else knows exactly how you feel or what you need．No one can read your mind correctly．You are the only one with the power to cheek your life，and if you want it to be different，you can change what you’re doing．
When you’re in trouble，don’t give away your power to decide how you feel about yourself. Choose how you want to think and act．Other people can’t make you unhappy or angry．They only act in their own way and then it’s up to you to decide how you will respond(回应)．For example，your friends go out to lunch without you and you feel very angry．How are you going to act? You may blame your friends，“They are not kind．Who needs them anyway?” Or you may tell your friends how you feel，listen to their explanation，and let them know you’d like to be invited next time．
When you decide everything in your own way，you’re getting hold of your own life and shaping(塑造)it according to your tastes and feelings．You can choose to be happy，to make friends and to build an interesting life．When you blame others for what is or isn’t happening in your life，you have stopped growing or learning．
One of the most important rules is that you can never change another person by your direct action．The only person you have the right to change is yourself．Once you change，the other person has something different to respond to and change is possible．If you want change in your life，begin with yourself．
小题1:What should we do if we don’t like our life?

A．Change what we’re doing．	B．Read our minds correctly．
C．Sing that self-pitying song．	D．Tell others what we want．

小题2:If the writer’s friends have dinner together without him，he may _________.

A．ask somebody else to talk to them

B．do the same thing to them in return

C．talk to them and try to find out why

D．forget it and be still friendly with them

小题3:What’s the writer’s idea about how to change others?

A．He thinks it’s impossible to change others．

B．He believes our love can change everything．

C．He chooses to talk with others directly．

D．He prefers to change ourselves first instead．

小题4:At the beginning of the passage three examples are given __________.

A．to support the idea that people often blame others

B．to suggest that there are various problems in people’s life

C．to show that not all chemistry teachers are fit for their job

D．to explain the reason why some people’s life is worse and worse

小题5:What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Blame! Blame! Blame!	B．Who Controls My Life?
C．Change! Change! Change!	D．What Makes Me Unhappy?

I remember the first time that I was extremely happy. I was about 8 years old when for the first time, there was a computer in the classroom. I remember that my teacher allowed each student to take turns playing various educational games on the computer. One day, I found the source code (密码) for one of these games. Without knowing or being taught any programming language, I was able to figure out some portions of the BASIC code.
Anyone who knows a bit of programming can tell you that I just give myself an infinite (无穷大) number of lives in the game, so I can continue playing forever. This was also my first introduction to algebra (代数), and I didn’t even know it at the time. This was a decisive (决定性的) moment in my life. For the first time that I can remember, I was quite happy because of what I was learning and what I was able to do. As a result, I became enthusiastic for the rest of my life about self-learning and computers, and I was quite happy doing them, too.
I’ve noticed that people who are truly content with life are enthusiastic in what they do. This enthusiasm, along with good health, is the key to being happy. It also leads to self-confidence and fulfillment in life, too. It may also lead to success, wealth, and achievements.
Yes, success, wealth, or achievements seem to bring some people happiness, too. Yet, I don’t think they can indeed make people happy. I know plenty of people who are successful and wealthy. However, I also know several of the people with successful businesses are not happy with what they are doing. I know people who continuously buy themselves new toys, cars, computers, and televisions, yet they never seem content for too long.
Please remember that happiness comes from enthusiasm, and happiness is the journey of life, not the destination.
小题1:What did the writer’s teacher ask the students to do on the computer?

A．To play various educational games.	B．To figure out the BASIC code.
C．To get the knowledge of algebra.	D．To read some latest news.

小题2:The underlined word in Paragraph 1 probably can be replaced by ______.

小题3:According to the author, what can lead a person to be happy?

A．Success and wealth

B．Education and self-confidence.

C．Knowledge and achievements

D．Enthusiasm and good health.

小题4:The author uses his own experience of being happy in order to tell us ______.

A．it’s very easy to learn the BASIC code

B．he has always been happy since his childhood

C．concentrating on what you love makes you happy

D．one can solve any problem in life by himself

小题5:What’s the main idea of the last but one paragraph?

A．Wealth cannot bring any people any happiness.

B．Rich people easily feel unhappy nowadays.

C．One will become unhappy once he gets what he wants.

D．Success, wealth, or achievements can’t indeed make people happy.

When I was younger it seemed that the super hero was Batman or Spiderman. As I grew up, I looked to real people with some of these qualities to be my super hero including being strong, honest, friendly, brave, skilled, hardworking, and reliable. The person I think of when I hear these words is my dad.
My dad is one of the toughest people I have ever met. He has been through it all. When I was five, 60 percent of his body was burned. In 1999 he fell from a tree, breaking his arm and shattering his ankle. In 2004, he had a liver transplant (移植) after being on the list for six years after a bad blood transfusion that gave him Hepatitis C. Now, my dad is 45 years old and feels better than he has in 15 years.
My dad is one of the most reliable people I know. Anything I ask of him, he does. Whenever he tells me he is going to do something, it is always done before I get home from work. Whenever I need my dad, he is there. When I was ten and he told me my grandmother was going to die, I felt really down. He was the one there trying to cheer me up.
My dad has worked hard for everything he has. At home, he is always busy doing projects and has painted every room in our house. After our shop was built, he constructed an office you would think a professional built. When I do something stupid, he helps me fix it. Of course, he does his complaining, but I know he likes fixing things just as much as I like tearing them up.
My dad has been one of the greatest parts of my life. I have learned a lot from watching him and I don’t believe I will ever meet anyone like him. I hope when I grow up, I can possess the same qualities as my dad, and have someone look up to me as a good role model. This is why my dad is my hero.
小题1:The author describes his father as reliable mainly _________.

小题2:What does the underlined word “shattering” mean in Paragraph 2?

小题3:The second paragraph is mainly about ___________?

A．the reasons why 60% of Father’s body was burned.

B．the successful skin transplant in 2010.

C．the sufferings Father has gone through in the last 15years.

D．the operations that Father had through his 45 years of struggle

小题4:Which of the following can best describe the father?

A．busy, tough and reliable	B．strong, skilled and optimistic
C．tough, reliable and hardworking	D．rough, reliable and friendly

小题5:Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?

A．My Father—My Hero	B．My Father and I
C．A Man Who Survived	D．A Good Model to Respect

Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.
When my three children were young, my husband Roy and I were very   小题1: . “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky   小题2: . “Please.” I had said no so many times in   小题3:  months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could    小题4:  . To her   小题5:  I agreed.
I prepared a few sandwiches and   小题6:  a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy   小题7: . My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some   小题8:  time together as a family.
About the time I got the lunch   小题9:  out on the table, Roy arrived on the   小题10: . That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with   小题11: . We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school related responsibilities for so many months. Roy and the boys   小题12:  rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly at the picnic table,   小题13:  God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.
That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and   小题14: what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest   小题15:  could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you   小题16: . Even though the kids have now grown up and   小题17:   from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.
Maybe today would be a good time to   小题18:  potato salad, call all of my   小题19:  kids, feed some hungry ducks and skip a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a   小题20: .

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I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the manager of the restaurant came 16  and said that our meal was free. He stood there 17  at me and he seemed a little 18 to me but I couldn’t quite remember him. 19  I asked him if he knew me. He laughed and said I had probably 20  him, but that I’d changed his life. My friend was quite 21  and asked him how I’d done this.
He said that twelve years ago he   22  a stress（压力）management（管理）class that I was giving. I asked the group what their greatest 23  was and most of them, including him, said it was their bosses.
He said I listened   24  and then took a chair and placed it in the center of the room. I 25  on the chair for a few moments and then I   26  everyone to come and do the same. I wanted them to look at the room from up there. After everyone had done it, I asked the group to 27  how the room looked different when they changed their perspective（角度）.
Then I asked them to 28  their bosses. Was this the same person who had seen their good 29 and hired them? Did they remember how happy they were to be 30  for the job? But how did these wonderful people become terrible bosses?
He said I looked at him and asked if he had 31  said thank you to his boss for the 32  to earn a living. He answered he hadn’t. Then I asked him why he hadn’t tried being 33  to his boss.
He told us his 34  changed that night. He went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his boss. He said I’d 35  him to look at life from different perspectives and express thanks.

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