Question

【题目】

Have you ever wondered why it seems that some people can have enough time to do everything they want, but others can’t? Is it that the first type of people has less to do? No, it’s much more possible that they are practicing good time management skills.

Time management is hard to practice well. But once done, you will manage time much better. With minor tweaks and little efforts, you can do all you need to do in an effective(有效率的) way.

The key to good time management is to understand the difference between the urgent and the important. “Urgent” tasks need your immediate(立即的) attention, but whether you give that immediate attention may or may not matter(要紧). “Important” tasks matter, because not doing them may have serious or even bad results.

For example, answering the phone is urgent. If you don’t do it, you may miss something important. However, it may be a stranger who just wants to sell you a phone you don’t need at all. That’s not important.

Going to the dentist is important. If you don’t, you may get gum disease. But it’s not urgent. If you leave it too long, however, it may become urgent, because you may get a toothache.

Helping to pick up your brother or sister from school is both urgent and important. If you are not there at the right time, they will keep waiting and worry too much. Seeing Wechat moments(朋友圈) is neither urgent nor important. So why do you put it first?

Knowing the difference between the urgent and the important is the key to managing time well. Try to put your tasks into their right groups. Remember that your health is important. You should pay enough attention to your health even though there are many urgent things to do.

Although it’s not easy to group your tasks properly, try to be a good time manager so that you can have time to spend with the people you love and on the activities you like. The better you manage your time, the more successful you can be.

【1】The underlined words “minor tweaks” in Paragraph 2 probably mean “______”.

A. great difficultiesB. helpful habits

C. different hobbiesD. small changes

【2】Which of the following is an important task according to the writer?

A. Going to the dentist.B. Seeing Wechat moments.

C. Answering the phone.D. Buying a new cellphone.

【3】The writer gives the examples to tell us ______.

A. the ways of managing time

B. making a phone call is urgent

C. the difference between the urgent and the important

D. picking up children from school is urgent and important

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Manage Time Well?

B. How to Make Time for Health?

C. The Importance of Making Time for Study

D. The Importance of Free Time Management

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

短文主要讲了时间管理。时间管理是很难实践好的。好的时间管理的关键在于理解急迫与重要之间的区别。了解急迫与重要之间的区别是做好时间管理的关键。

【1】词义猜测题。根据：“But once done, you will manage time much better with little efforts. 但是一旦完成了，你将会用很少的努力就能更好地管理时间。”和“you can do all you need to do in an effective(有效率的) way. 你可以用一种有效的方式做你需要做的一切。”，great difficulties极大困难；helpful habits有益的习惯；different hobbies不同爱好；small changes微小变化。结合句意，故选：D。

【2】细节理解题。根据：“Going to the dentist is important. If you don’t, you may get gum disease. 去看牙医很重要。如果你不这样做，你可能会得牙龈疾病。”，故选：A。

【3】细节理解题。根据：“Knowing the difference between the urgent and the important is the key to managing time well.了解急迫与重要之间的区别是做好时间管理的关键。”，所以作者举例主要告诉我们急迫与重要的区别，故选：C。

【4】主旨大意题。根据：“Have you ever wondered why it seems that some people can have enough time to do everything they want, but others can’t? Is it that the first type of people has less to do? No, it’s much more possible that they are practicing good time management skills.”和“The better you manage your time, the more successful you can be.”可知，短文主要讲了怎样进行时间管理，故选：A。

（一）主旨题

主旨题主要考查学生对短文中心思想或作者意图的掌握。做此类题时，应通读全文，理解文章大意，充分理解主题句的意义。短文往往围绕主题句展开，主题句通常出现在短文第一句或最后一句。

（二）细节题

细节题是用来进一步表达主题，体现中心思想的，往往针对短文某个细节来设题。做此类题时，应快速捕捉信息，可能是一些事例、数字等，阅读时要有针对性。

（三）猜测词义题

猜测词义题主要考查学生根据上下文正确判断灵活变化的词义能力。一般情况下，推断词义的题目中所出现的单词，大多数是学生未曾见过的生词，学生需要在该词出现的上下文中去寻找线索。通过阅读上下文，断定该词的真正含义，然后将这个释义代入文中，检查是否贴切，仔细比较直到得出该词的确切的含义。

1.通过因果关系猜词

通过因果关系猜词，首先是找出生词与上下文之间的逻辑关系，然后才能猜词。有时文章借助关联词(如because，as，since，for，so，thus，asaresult，ofcourse，therefore等等)表示前因后果

2.通过同义词和反义词的关系猜词

通过同义词猜词，一是要看由and或or连接的同义词词组，二是看在进一步解释的过程中使用的同义词，通过反义词猜词，一是看表转折关系的连词或副词，如but，while，however等；二是看与not搭配的或表示否定意义的词语