Question

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。

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ---Lao Tzu

If you are in a city where everyone rushes, realize that you don’t have to be like everyone else. You can be different. You can walk instead of driving in rush hour traffic. You can be on your iPhone or Blackberry less, and disconnected sometimes. Your environment doesn’t control your life---you do. I’m not going to tell you how to give you a step-by-step guide to moving slower.    1   

1. Do less.

Cut back on your projects, on your task list, on how much you try to do each day. Focus not on quantity but on quality.    2    Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day, but give yourself time to focus.

2. Have fewer meetings.

3    And they eat into your day, forcing you to squeeze the things you really need to do into small windows, and making you rush.

3.    4   

When you do the important things with focus, without rush, there will be things that get pushed back, and that don’t get done. And you need to ask yourself: how necessary are these things? What would happen if I stopped doing them?

4. Practice mindfulness.

Simply learn to live in the present, rather than things so much about future or the past. When you eat, fully appreciate your food. When you are with someone, be with them fully. When you are walking, appreciate your surroundings, no matter where you are.

Try these things out. Life is better when unrushed.

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A．Start to put off or cancel the unnecessary.

B．Meetings are usually a “big waste of time”.

C．The world likely won’t end if you don’t pass one of the examinations.

D．But here are some things to consider and perhaps adopt, if they work for your life.

E. Remember the quote: if nature can get everything done without rushing, so can you.

F. Pick 2—3 important things---or even just one important thing---and work on those first.

G. Give yourself more time to get ready and get there.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 D

 F

 B

 A

 E

【解析】

试题分析：本文告诉我们生活不要太匆忙，要让自己适当地闲下来，把生活中的那些不是很重要的事情放在一边，或者就是不要去做。

 D 根据上句I’m not going to tell you how to give you a step-by-step guide可知我不会给你一步步地指导，而是给你一些也许你会采纳和考虑的建议。故D项符合上下文。

 F 根据下一句Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day说明把一些小的，不是很重要的事情放在以后再做，故F项，也就是把重要的事情先做起来，故F项正确。

 B 根据上一句Have fewer meetings说明要我们少开会，那么这一句就应该是说明开会的坏处，故B项符合上下文。

 A 根据本段there will be things that get pushed back, and that don’t get done. And you need to ask yourself: how necessary are these things? What would happen if I stopped doing them?说明我们要把那些不是很重要的事情推迟到以后再做，甚至是把那些不需要的事情取消掉。

 E 本句与本文的第一句“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ---Lao Tzu

形成呼应的关系，故E项符合上下文。

考点：考查人生哲理类短文阅读

点评：本文告诉我们要让自己的生活不是那么第匆忙，从题目设置的角度看，本题侧重对学生把握文章中心段落和各段落的中心句的能力的考查，所以遇到这类题后，要注意把握好文章结构，了解文章中心意思，找到各段落中心句。不要让文中的一些生词影响了注意力。