题目内容
3.You know the feelings of operating on autopilot,running from one meeting to the next--or skipping from one email distraction to another.Before you know it,the month has passed,the season has changed and you're left scratching your head,wondering how to bring meaning back to your career and life.
Kory Kogon,FranklinCovey productivity expert and co-author of The 5Choices to Extraordinary Productivity,says the problem is widespread.In fact,an international six-year study by FranklinCovey found that 40percent of respondents indicated they spent 40percent of their time on things that were"not important"to them or to their companies.
Based on the timeless principles of human productivity and backed by the latest neuroscience (神经系统科学) research,Kogon's co-authored book aims to help people increase productivity at work and in their personal lives by making wise choices on a daily basis.
"Our attention is under attack,and people feel overburdened like never before,"Kogon says.
Kogon says the condition is that people live with the effects of a productivity paradox (悖论).Technology has left individuals feeling overburdened with the number of decisions they must make during the day,the number of tasks that require their attention and the drain of their personal energy.
Adam Merril,another co-author of The 5Choices,says that the book research made him much more aware of how these challenges make harmful impact on individuals.
"You can see the cost of this on our daily lives,on our relationships that have not been cultivated and on our goals that have not been met,"Merril says.People waste time,attention and energy on things that don't drive the most important results.
Before jumping into the specific choices,it's important to note that the book builds on the FranklinCovey principles of time management,specifically the idea of fitting activities into quadrants (象限) based on what's urgent,not urgent,important and not important.
Quadrant 2,the home of activities that are important but not urgent,is seen as the place of extraordinary productivity.Kogon says it's in this quadrant that you can focus on doing proactive (积极主动的) work,achieving high-impact goals,creative thinking,planning,relationship building and learning.
"Unlike the other quadrants,where things come at you,you have to consciously choose to be in quadrant 2,"she notes.
But to get there,you must learn to rewire your brain,which has become accustomed to responding to the urgent and feeling that dopamine (多巴胺) high.Kogon says that the latest brain science shows that individuals can overcome"urgency addiction"by taking time to pause and consider what's actually important.
The strategy,which the authors call"pause-clarify-decide",puts emphasis on the difference between the"reactive brain"and the"thinking brain".
When you can pause long enough to ask yourself if something is important,you can clarify and decide what will give you the best return on every moment of your day.
74.The expression"scratch your head"in the second paragraph refers toC.
A.seize your head firmly
B.strike your head violently
C.think hard about something
D.recall something in the past
75.According to the passage,what is the book The 5Choices based on?D
A.The theory of Extraordinary Productivity.
B.The latest science research.
C.The effects of a productivity paradox.
D.Principles of time management.
76.The best title for the passage isA.
A.Make Time for What Matters
B.The Functions of The 5Choices
C.Four Quadrants of Time Management
D.The Aspects to Affect Productivity
77.What can be inferred from the passage?B
A.Except things in quadrant 2,other things need to be done immediately.
B.It should be importance not urgency that guides your workflow.
C.A good way to overcome urgency addition is to take your time.
D.The strategy,pause-clarify-decide focuses on reactive brain.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们介绍了如何提高生活中的工作效率,我们总是囿于那些紧急的事情,而忘记了生活中什么才是最重要的,因此我们应该把时间花在重要的事情上.
解答 74.C.词义推断题.根据文章第二段"Before you know it,the month has passed,the season has changed and you're left scratching your head,wondering how to bring meaning back to your career and life."在你知道它之前,这个月已经过去了,这个季节已经改变了,你留下来抓你的头,想知道如何把意义回到你的职业生涯和生活,可推测scratching your head意思是苦思冥想;故选C.
75.D.细节理解题.根据文章第九段"Before jumping into the specific choices,it's important to note that the book builds on the FranklinCovey principles of time management"可知本书是建立在时间管理原则的基础上的;故选D.
76.A.主旨大意题.通读全文,可知文章主要介绍了如何提高生活中的工作效率,我们总是囿于那些紧急的事情,而忘记了生活中什么才是最重要的;因此文章最合适的标题是把时间花在重要的事情上;故选A.
78.B.推理判断题.根据文章第十段"Quadrant 2,the home of activities that are important but not urgent,is seen as the place of extraordinary productivity"可知我们应该把时间花在象限2,即重要而不是紧急的事情上,我们才可以提高工作效率;故选B.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
A. | interview | B. | investigation | C. | question | D. | request |
Erik's teammates say he isn't different from a (49)B mountaineer.The major difference is that he isn't as thin as most climbers.(50)A,his strong upper body,flexibility and mental toughness make him a(n) (51)D climber.The only help for Erik's blindness is to place (52)C on his teammates'jackets so that he can follow them (53)B.
Climbing Mount Everest was (54)A for every climber on every team.The (55)D to the mountain air for Erik was the same as it was for his teammates:(56)A of oxygen causes the heart to beat slower,and the brain doesn't (57)B as clearly as normal.In some ways,Erik had an advantage (58)C his teammates:as they got near the top,the vision of all climbers was (59)D.So at a certain altitude,all his teammates were like Erik--nearly (60)C.
To climb Mount Everest is an achievement for any athlete.Erik showed his disability wasn't as important as his ability.
41.A.promised | B.refused | C.demanded | D.decided |
42.A.insisting | B.praying | C.admitting | D.appealing |
43.A.ignore | B.consider | C.overcome | D.accept |
44.A.cards | B.parts | C.sports | D.jokes |
45.A.that | B.where | C.what | D.whose |
46.A.feel | B.thought | C.smell | D.taste |
47.A.give | B.store | C.get | D.exchange |
48.A.fell behind | B.lay in | C.depend on | D.led to |
49.A.disabled | B.sighted | C.satisfied | D.determined |
50.A.However | B.Besides | C.Therefore | D.Otherwise |
51.A.amateur | B.optimistic | C.responsible | D.perfect |
52.A.ropes | B.flags | C.bells | D.marks |
53.A.casually | B.easily | C.eagerly | D.slowly |
54.A.challenging | B.compulsory | C.optional | D.comforting |
55.A.application | B.limitation | C.adaptation | D.reaction |
56.A.lack | B.change | C.supply | D.existence |
57.A.survive | B.function | C.recover | D.refresh |
58.A.against | B.to | C.over | D.with |
59.A.wasted | B.broadened | C.improved | D.restricted |
60.A.hopeless | B.dizzy | C.blind | D.dead |
A. | until | B. | before | C. | when | D. | as |