题目内容
I’ve got some personal affairs to talk to you.
解析:
我有点私事跟你讲。
I moved to this area seven years ago. For years I have had noisy neighbours. Ever since I moved into this flat, I’ve had to put up with noise during the night. I decided I’d had enough and I’ve been looking for a new flat since the beginning of the year. I haven’t found anything till now. Every week I go to the estate agent’s(当地房地产代理人的)office, but it’s the same story. “I might have something by the end of the week” he says, or, “Wait till next week. I think I might have a few flats by then.” I’ve seen a few flats during my search, but I don’t like any of them. One flat I saw has been empty for two years. “It’s got a busy road on one side and a railway on the other!” I said loudly, “I want peace and quiet.” Last week I visited the agent again. “I won’t leave till you show me something,” I said. “I’ve got just the flat for you.” I went to see it and I was frightened. “But it’s next to a cemetery!” I cried. “But you won’t have noisy neighbours,” my agent said. “It’s exactly right for peace and quiet!”
【小题1】The writer has had to bear the noise in this area for years.
A.about seven | B.six | C.nine | D.four |
A.he had been looking for a new flat | B.his neighbours were not friendly |
C.he could no longer stand the noise | D.he wanted to sell his old flat |
A.The writer would like a quiet place to live in. |
B.The agent didn’t want to help the writer at all. |
C.The writer has seen several flats already. |
D.It seemed rather difficult to rind a fight flat. |
A.how the agent tried to help the writer find a flat |
B.why the writer was satisfied with the agent’s service |
C.how difficult it was to find a new flat |
D.you can depend on the estate agents for a nice flat |
Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
1.Dick flew to New York because ___.
A.he went there for a holiday |
B.he had work there |
C.he went there for sightseeing (观光) |
D.his home was there |
2.Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A.Because she wanted to know where her husband stayed in New York |
B.Because she wanted to go to New York, too |
C.Because she might send him another telegram |
D.Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York |
3.Where did Dick stay in New York?
A.In the center of the city. |
B.In a hotel. |
C.In a restaurant. |
D.At his friend's house. |
4.Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
A.The manager (经理) of his hotel. |
B.The police office. |
C.The taxi driver. |
D.His wife. |
5.Which of the following is Not true?
A.Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city. |
B.Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival. |
C.Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram. |
D.Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi. |
Making lists is relaxing. It dictates the shape of the immediate future; it calms you down (it’s OK, it’s on a list somewhere) and it makes you feel good when you cross something off List-making is standard practice in therapy for depression). It might even help you to get things done too. The more you have to do, the more you need a list and few people with high-powered jobs get by without them. Women always think they’re better at lists than men. Men tend to have tasks which they assemble ’into Action Plans whereas women just have lists of Things To Do.
James Oliver, psychologist, has created his own “time management matrix (模式)”. He writes a list of things to do and then organizes them into categories: things that have to be done straight away, other things that it would be good to do today, things that are important but haven’t got to be done immediately and things that are less urgent but that he doesn’t want to forget. “Using categories to order the world is the way the human mind works,” he says. “After that, you should divide things into levels of importance.” But he also warns, “If people get too absorbed in making lists, it doesn’t work. They have too many categories and lose their ability to decide which is the most important.”
It’s all a question of what works best for you, whether it’s a tidy notebook, a packet of Post-it notes or the back of your hand. Having tried all these, student Kate Rollins relies on a computerized list, which is printed out each morning. “My electronic organizer has changed my life,” she says. “Up to now, I’ve always relied on my good memory, but now that I’m working and studying, I find I’ve got too much to keep in my head.”
So what are you waiting for? No, you’re not too busy to make today the first day of your upgraded time-managed life. In fact, there’s no better time than the present to begin to take increased control of your work and life. So, get out your pencil and pen and make a list.
1.The main purpose of making lists is to .
A.help map out one’s future |
B.divide things into levels of importance |
C.treat certain diseases such as depression |
D.organize one’s work and life reasonably |
2.We can learn from the passage that .
A.good memory helps in list making |
B.too much listing might be misleading |
C.women usually make a lot more lists than men |
D.people with high-powered jobs make lists most |
3.In this passage the author intends to .
A.suggest a way of raising one’s living standard |
B.introduce some ways of business management |
C.urge people to develop the habit of listing |
D.warn people not to rely on their memory |