4、How to Make the Most of Your Time

Time management is important in our daily life．There never seems to be enough hours in the day to accomplish all you need to do．Here are some tips that might be of some help to you．

1．Set up a plan．Go for a week at a time, and prioritize the most important ones．Include things you want to accomplish．Focus mostly on the things that are important to you．

2．Control your stress．No matter what kind of pressure mounts on you, try to keep cool．Stressing out can lead to an early breakdown, which is definitely counter-productive （事与愿违） when you have a list of things to do．It's easier to take a 10-minute break and cool off than work all week with built up stress．

3．Shut your door．When working under a schedule, perform your important tasks with your door shut to get them done．This will ensure a better quality time to get what needs to be done, done．

4．Focus on one thing at a time．Forget trying to multi-task! You will lose concentration, and it will take you longer to accomplish what you set out to do．

5．Just say "no．" If you are constantly interrupted, and you really don't have the time to help out, just say "no．" You're only one person, and you can't save the world by yourself!

6．Stop wasting time on the phone．While talking on the phone, keep your conversations short, and to the point and you'll waste much less time．

7．Be realistic．You can only do what you can do．Don't set out to accomplish the impossible．Do your best, but keep realistic expectations of yourself．

8．Relax．The most important thing is remember to take time to relax, and regroup．You need a break every now and then to keep working efficiently．Even if it's a 10-minute walk, get away from your list and get refreshed．

  As families today get busier and busier, it's important to your own mental health to keep things on track．Don't delay; get your life in order now．

1．What does the underlined word “prioritize” in Paragraph 2 mean?

       A．choose something by thinking carefully 

       B．recognize the difference between things

       C．put many things in order of importance 

       D．get rid of something that is unwanted

2．We should avoid stressing out because ____________．

       A．it may cause us to fail to work normally

       B．it may limit the speed to get things done

       C．we don’t have enough energy to keep working

       D．we are supposed to have a break while working

3．Which statement would the author agree to?

       A．Try multi-tasks, and we can get more done．

       B．It is impolite to refuse to help others at work．

       C．Having breaks regularly may delay our tasks．

      D．It is wise to be aware of what we can achieve．

4．By writing the text, the author would like to ___________．

       A．ask readers to share their time management skills

       B．offer some advice on how to make full use of time

       C．invite readers to discuss how to improve life quality

       D．persuade readers to spend less time on daily routine

3、

1．If you are interested in working in a hotel, call__________．

       A．435?9201         B．534?7618         C．324?9817         D．357?2897

2．If you want to get a job as a maths teacher, send your resume to         ．

       A．237 Rockledge St．, Syracuse, NY．13224

       B．404 Snow Road, Syracuse, NY．13224

       C．500 Park Drive, DeWitt, NY．13214

       D．19 South 8th St．NY．13214

3．If you dislike working on Sundays, being a _______should be your best choice．

       A．cook                  B．secretary            C．salesperson         D．veterinarian assistant

4．If you want to get a job at________, you must have office skills．

       A．Martin’s Apparel B．East Side Management

       C．Wales Charter School                           D．Johnson Marks Animal Hospital

2、It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech．At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned．Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners．Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say．They hear only what the speaker does say．If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser．When such moments occur, don’t worry about them．Just continue as if nothing happened．

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that don’t really matter．If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech – “ I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumble（结巴）his words twice during the speech．Most likely, however, you don’t remember．Why? Because you were fixing your attention on its message rather than on his way of speech-making．People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication．They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition．But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer．They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly．Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human．

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being imperfect．Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely．

1．The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ___________．

       A．be smarter than you                             B．notice your mistakes

       C．do better than you                               D．know what you are talking about

2．You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ___________．

       A．your attention is on the content

       B．you don’t fully understand the speech

       C．you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

       D．you find the way of speech-making more important

3．It can be inferred from the passage that ___________．

       A．giving a speech is like giving a performance

       B．one to two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

       C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

       D．the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

4．What would be the best title of the passage?

       A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker                B．How to Make a Perfect Speech

       C．Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech             D．Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

1、英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

It is important to know that a parent should do to help reduce children’s stress．If you notice that your child is becoming nerve, he may have problems at the school．He may has trouble sleep．He may be depressing but begin to suffer from headaches．In this case, you should talk him to try to discover the causes of her stress．You should spend extra time helping him．In short, you need to be complete supportive and encouraging all the time．

32、The old man put on his glasses _____ see better．

A．in order to          B．in order that           C．so that           D．for the purpose

31、India is a/an _____ country．You can hear _____ everywhere when you visit India．

A．English-spoken; English speaking                 B．speaking-English; English spoken

C．spoken-English; English speaking                 D．English-speaking; English spoken

29、—I'm afraid I can't finish the novel this week．

—________．

A．Please go ahead                                           B．That's right

C．Not at all                                                    D．Take your time