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¡¡¡¡One morning a few years ago, Harvard President Neil Rudenstine overslept£®For this busy man, it was a sort of alarm£ºafter years of non-stop hard work, he might wear himself out and die an early death£® ¡¡¡¡Only after a week¡¯s leave¡ª¡ªduring which he read novels, listened to music and walked with his wife on a beach¡ª¡ªwas Rudenstine able to return to work£® ¡¡¡¡In our modern life, we have lost the rhythm between action and rest£®Amazingly, within this world there is a universal but silly saying£º¡°I am so busy£®¡± ¡¡¡¡We say this to one another as if our tireless efforts were a talent by nature and an ability to successfully deal with stress£®The busier we are, the more important we seem to ourselves and, we imagine, to others£®To be unavailable to our friends and family, and to be unable to find time to relax¡ª¡ªthis has become the model of a successful life£® ¡¡¡¡Because we do not rest, we lose our way£®We miss the guide telling us where to go, the food providing is with strength, the quiet giving us wisdom£® ¡¡¡¡How have we allowed this to happen?I believe it is this£ºwe have forgotten the Sabbath, the day of the week¡ª¡ªfor followers of some religions¡ª¡ªfor rest and praying£®It is a day when we are not supposed to work, a time when we devote ourselves to enjoying and celebrating what is beautiful£®It is a good time to bless our children and loved ones, give thanks, share meals, walk and sleep£®It is a time for us to take a rest, to put our work aside, trusting that there are larger forces at work taking care of the world£® ¡¡¡¡Rest is s spiritual and biological need; however, in our strong ambition to be successful and care for our many responsibilities, we may feel terribly guilty when we take time to rest£®The Sabbath gives us permission to stop work£®In fact, ¡°Remember the Sabbath¡± is more than simply permission to rest; it is a rule to obey and a principle to follow£® (1) The ¡°alarm¡± in the first paragraph refers to ¡°________¡±£® [¡¡¡¡] A£® a signal of stress B£® a warning of danger C£® a sign of age D£® a spread of disease (2) According to Paragraph 4, a successful person is one who is believed to ________£® [¡¡¡¡] A£® be able to work without stress B£® be more talented than other people C£® be more important than anyone else D£® be busying working without time to rest (3) Some people feel guilty when taking time to rest because they ________£® [¡¡¡¡] A£® think that taking a rest means lacking ambitions B£® fail to realize that rest is an essential part of life C£® fail to realize that religions force them to rest D£® think that taking a rest means being lazy (4) What is the main idea of this passage? [¡¡¡¡] A£® We should balance work with rest£® B£® The Sabbath gives us permission to rest£® C£® It is silly for anyone to say ¡°I am busy£®¡± D£® We should be available to our family and friends£®

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