Tom lived in a town and worked in a shop. His father died when he was young and his mother supported(支持)him. She always tried her best to save everything and hoped to have enough money to send her son to school. Sometimes she was hungry but she always gave the boy enough food. Now the young man was twenty-eight years old. He wasn’t married(结婚), because he hoped to take good care of his mother himself.

The young man worked hard in the shop. He was very busy. So he decided to employ(雇用)a housekeeper to look after his mother. One of his friends brought a girl, Kate, to him. The girl was very strong and came from a village and could do all the housework.

One day the old woman fell to the ground and hurt her leg. Mr. Shute had just come home. He went to lift her to the bed with Kate quickly. Then he told Kate to call the bus station to send a taxi to them. He waited for a long time and no taxi came. He couldn’t find Kate and didn’t know what had happened. When he was going out to ring up the station himself, the girl hurried back.

“What did you do just now?” Tom said angrily.

“I went to the station, sir.” answered the girl. “I didn’t know the telephone number. So I had to go to ask them for it and then ring them up.”

“How did you go there?” asked Tom

“By taxi, sir.” answered the girl.

根据短文内容回答问题。

1.Why wasn’t Tom married?

2.Why did Tom employ a housekeeper?

3.Could Kate do all the housework?

4.What was the matter with the old woman one day?

5.Actually(实际上)what did Tom want Kate to do?

Do you feel you have enough time to do all the things you have to do or want to do? How do you think you could plan your day better? A daily schedule will help you plan every part of it. If you learn to plan your time, you probably feel less worried. Here is how to do it.

1. Take out a piece of paper and a ruler. Draw a form of your waking hours and use one square (正方形) for each half an hour. If you’re awake for 16 hours each day, you will need 32 squares: 8 across, 4 down.

2. Sit down and check your day. Make a list of all the things you need to do. Think about when you should do them.

3. Fill out your schedule.

4. Remember to give yourself time to rest. If doing all of your homework at one time is too much, plan a little bit of free time in the middle of it.

5. If you have an important event that falls right in the middle of your evening, change other activities around it.

6. Think about using different colored pens for your different activities. In this way, you’ll clearly know how your day is planned out.

1.The underlined word “schedule” means ______ in Chinese.

A. 课程表 B. 进度表 C. 节目单 D. 时刻表

2.If the writer is awake for 14 hours each day, he will need ______ squares in his schedule.

A. 14 B. 28 C. 32 D. 36

3.The writer thinks that ______.

A. nobody has enough time to do everything he should do.

B. people can plan time better by making a daily schedule.

C. it’s good to do an important thing in the middle of the day.

D. students should finish all of their homework at a time.

4.In the writer’s opinion, if something not planned happens, you should ______.

A. not mind it

B. work according to your plan

C. change your other activities around it

D. forget about your plan

5.The passage is mainly about how to ______.

A. make a daily schedule

B. get good study habits

C. draw a form

D. live happily

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