【题目】Master Your Deadlines

The struggle begins in high school, sometimes earlier. Deadlines, and lots of them, start to pile up. At college, the pressure sometimes leads to last-minute rush and unsatisfactory work. At work, failing to meet deadlines can easily get you fired. 1 Here are a few best practices.

Assign deadlines to what matters.

If the task isn’t of high importance, don’t set a specific deadline. In this way, you are able to keep it on your radar for a while without feeling pressured. 2 This will provide just enough pressure to ensure you get it done.

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Set a personal deadline for yourself a day or two before the actual deadline. 4 If you’re working with a group of people, add in even more time to account for potential follow-ups and the need for approvals.

Keep communicating.

5 This means letting others know when something is taking longer than expected, when a delivery didn’t come in, when a client is not providing the necessary information, etc. Although it may feel embarrassing to admit that something is not on schedule, being honest is much better for relieving your stress.

A. Plan for flexible hours.

B. Finish your project as early as possible.

C. But if an activity is urgent, set a deadline immediately.

D. In this way, you’ll never have to stay up late and feel stressed.

E. But handled properly, deadlines can actually improve productivity.

F. Whenever you feel challenged to finish work on time, communicate.

G. So if anything takes longer than expected, you can still wrap it up and submit it on time.

【题目】Car sickness is a common problem faced by many people. 1 The ears tell the brain that the body is moving, but the eyes say that the body isn’t moving. This leads to many symptoms of car sickness. Though there is no solution to this problem, there are some ways to make it less unpleasant.

Get fresh air. Some people may find fresh air can make car sickness less serious. 2 If symptoms remain, stop the car and get out to breathe in fresh air if possible. The air may help, and stopping the drive should help, too.

3 Often, car sickness is caused by movements outside the car. For this reason, you may feel better when you block your view. Simply closing your eyes may help, especially if you can fall asleep. You can also try sunglasses to achieve the same result.

Use ginger () products. Some people benefit from ginger products to reduce car sickness. You can try ginger chews, ginger cookies, and many other ginger products. 4

Try pressure. Putting pressure on a particular point of your body may help treat the symptoms of car sickness. Specifically, Nei Guan—a point on the underside of the wrist—may be pressed to help with an upset stomach. 5 Then I believe you will feel better.

A. Fall asleep as soon as possible.

B. Try to stop yourself from seeing outside.

C. It is caused by a disagreement between eyes and ears.

D. Simply opening a window may help reduce your symptoms.

E. Pressing your fingertips there would offer relief in about 10 seconds.

F. If you always have car sickness, keep one or more of these products on hand.

G. Some data has shown that eating something dry may help reduce the symptoms.

【题目】There once was a king in a faraway country. One day, he decided to______a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of ______. So many artists ______. The king looked at all the pictures. ______ there were only two he really liked, and he had to ______between them. One picture was of a ______ lake. The lake was aperfect mirror with peaceful huge mountains all around it. Above was a ______ sky with light white clouds.All who ______ this picture thought that it was a perfectpicture of peace.

The other picture had ______, too. But these were not flat at all. Above was a (an) ______ sky, from which rain fell heavily and in which lightning played ______. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall with loud sound. This did not look ______ at all.

But when the king looked ______, he saw behind the waterfall a small tree ______ in a crack (缝隙) in the rock. In the tree a mother bird had ______ her comfortable home. There, with the flow of angry water, the mother bird was ______ her hungry children in the nest, taking no attention to the ______ things around them — in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think______ the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?

“Because” said the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, ______ or hard work. Peace means although noisy things are around you, you ______ keep calm in the heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

1A. take B. send C. offer D. leave

2A. beauty B. peace C. silence D. honesty

3A. tried B. managed C. succeeded D. went

4A. And B. Or C. But D. Yet

5A. choose B. like C. give D. need

6A. beautiful B. calm C. noisy D. dirty

7A. black B. dark C. gray D. blue

8A. saw B. liked C. painted D. had

9A. sky B. mountains C. peace D. clouds

10A. gentle B. angry C. blue D. sunny

11A. slowly B. gently C. happily D. wildly

12A. happy B. noisy C. peaceful D. beautiful

13A. strictly B. closely C. quickly D. suddenly

14A. growing B. coming C. rising D. planting

15A. created B. left C. built D. lain

16A. feeding B. touching C. beating D. speaking

17A. silent B. noisy C. faraway D. beautiful

18A. wanted B. lost C. received D. won

19A. trouble B. silence C. patience D. joy

20A. even B. again C. still D. just

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