Question

【题目】

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Organizing Your Time

You can set a budget for your time just as you can set a budget for your money. Since you’re trying to reduce worry rather than increase it, go into this process with a focus on maximizing(使……最大化) your personal time, rather than cramming(塞满) as much as you can into each day.

●Set a sleep schedule. 【1】 Give yourself a one-hour target window for bedtime in the evening, and set a strict time to get up in the morning. Be sure that the space between your bedtime and the start of your day gives you roughly an hour more than the amount of sleep you actually need. 【2】

●Take care of tasks at the same time every day. Plan time for daily health care, commuting(乘公交下上班), work, shopping, eating, and chores(家务). Add in time for anything else you do most days, such as homework, exercise, or an active hobby. 【3】 All the time left over is your free time, to use for relaxation or whatever else you want.

●【4】 For example, you might plan to go, dropping on your way home from work, to save the extra trip.

For many people, an irregular work schedule make this kind of budgeting difficult. 【5】

A．However, you can still plan to work around your schedule in the same order every day.

B．Stick to it，even on weekends.

C．Try to combine trips outside the home to maximize your free time.

D．Different days call for different approaches.

E．Therefore, you won’t lay down and start worrying about whether or not you’ll fall asleep on time.

F．Sit comfortably and focus on your breathing until the rest of your thoughts become quiet.

G．Put them in a specific order that works for you.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】E

【3】G

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】文章大意：本文讲述你能为金钱做出预算，同样的你也可以为时间做出预算以使个人时间最大化；制定并严格执行睡眠计划，计划好每天要做的任务，偶尔户外旅行一下。

【1】根据前句Set a sleep schedule（制定一个睡眠计划），可知后句应是要坚持这个睡眠计划，甚至周末都要如此，故选B。

【2】首先这一段都是与睡眠有关，其次根据前句Be sure that the space between your bedtime and the start of your day gives you roughly an hour more than the amount of sleep you actually need.（确保上床时间到起床时间比你实际所需要的睡眠时间多一小时），后文应叙述为何这样做，即：这样你就不用担心是否会按时睡着了，故选E。

【3】前文说Add in time for anything else you do most days，such as homework or an active hobby.（要为你大部分日子都做的事腾出时间，如作业、锻炼、爱好等），可知后面应是表达为这些事情安排自己能做到的合理顺序，故选G。

【4】根据后文For example, you might plan to go, dropping on your way home from work, to save the extra trip.（例如你也许计划去，或下班回家的中途突然想去旅行），可知这一段都是关于旅行，空格处应为尝试将旅行结合起来最大化你的自由时间，故选C。

【5】根据前句an irregular work schedule make this kind of budgeting difficult．（不规律的工作日程使得这种预算很困难），可知后句通常是转这句，即：然而，你仍旧每天可以以相同的顺序围绕着你的预定计划工作，故选A。