Even when you’re extremely busy, you aren’t using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyone’s schedule where they aren’t doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time where you aren’t working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.

Why aren’t you completely efficient? It’s because time isn’t the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions(消遣). Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrastinate(拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.

The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when you’re tired, you can have ample time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability is also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.

You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices(牺牲). But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything. The reason it’s hard to “find time” isn’t a lack of time. It’s because you don’t have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.

I first suspected time wasn’t the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I was insanely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredibly light. Despite this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it.

26. If someone can’t work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting factor is ________.

A．a schedule without gaps                    B．breaks and distractions

C．the limited time                        D．the limited energy

27. According to paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can ___________.

A．work without any rest                 B．focus on many things at a time

C．find some more time in a day            D．do some exercise regularly

28. After a few weeks off, what was the change of the writer’s life?

A．He had a longer daily to-do lists with over twenty items.

B．He stopped doing exercise because of the lack of energy.

C．He found it hard to find time to exercise because he was busier.

D．He pushed most of the things later and later in his schedule.

29. The writer gives the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to ___________.

A．prove what the real limiting factor is        

B．show us how busily he needs to work

C．explain how important a healthy body is   

D．tell us what an odd experience he has

30. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Are You Really Lack of Time?            B．How Can You Work Efficiently?

C．What Makes Your Energy Limited?       D．When Should You Do Exercise?

Even when you’re extremely busy, you aren’t using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyone’s schedule where they aren’t doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time where you aren’t working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.

Why aren’t you completely efficient? It’s because time isn’t the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions(消遣). Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrastinate(拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.

The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when you’re tired, you can have ample time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability is also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.

You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices(牺牲). But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything. The reason it’s hard to “find time” isn’t a lack of time. It’s because you don’t have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.

I first suspected time wasn’t the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I was insanely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredibly light. Despite this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it.

26. If someone can’t work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting factor is ________.

A．a schedule without gaps                    B．breaks and distractions

C．the limited time                        D．the limited energy

27. According to paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can ___________.

A．work without any rest                 B．focus on many things at a time

C．find some more time in a day            D．do some exercise regularly

28. After a few weeks off, what was the change of the writer’s life?

A．He had a longer daily to-do lists with over twenty items.

B．He stopped doing exercise because of the lack of energy.

C．He found it hard to find time to exercise because he was busier.

D．He pushed most of the things later and later in his schedule.

29. The writer gives the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to ___________.

A．prove what the real limiting factor is        

B．show us how busily he needs to work

C．explain how important a healthy body is   

D．tell us what an odd experience he has

30. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Are You Really Lack of Time?            B．How Can You Work Efficiently?

C．What Makes Your Energy Limited?       D．When Should You Do Exercise?

Even when you’re extremely busy, you aren’t using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyone’s schedule where they aren’t doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time where you aren’t working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.

Why aren’t you completely efficient? It’s because time isn’t the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions(消遣). Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrastinate(拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.

The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when you’re tired, you can have ample time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability is also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.

You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices. But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything. The reason it’s hard to “find time” isn’t a lack of time. It’s because you don’t have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.

I first suspected time wasn’t the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I was insanely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredibly light. Despite this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it.

26. If someone can’t work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting factor is ________.

A．a schedule without gaps                          B．breaks and distractions

C．the limited time                                  D．the limited energy

27. According to paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can ___________.

A．work without any rest                            B．focus on many things at a time

C．find some more time in a day                         D．do some exercise regularly

28. After a few weeks off, what was the change of the writer’s life?

A．He had a longer daily to-do lists with over twenty items.

B．He stopped doing exercise because of the lack of energy.

C．He found it hard to find time to exercise because he was busier.

D．He pushed most of the things later and later in his schedule.

29. The writer gives the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to ___________.

A．prove what the real limiting factor is                

B．show us how busily he needs to work

C．explain how important a healthy body is         

D．tell us what an odd experience he has

30. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Are You Really Lack of Time?          B．How Can You Work Efficiently?

C．What Makes Your Energy Limitedd?     D．When Should You Do Exercise?

语法填空：(共10题，每小题1.5分，共15分）

People can call 911 when they need help. The police will come quickly. This phone number should be used only  26 an emergency. But there have been some problems with people using the 911 phone number.  27 than half of the calls made to it are an accident. These accidental calls are not real emergencies.

Calling 911 when you do not need  28 can be very bad. It wastes the time of the people answering the calls. It can even force someone  29  has a real emergency to wait before  30 (get) the help they need.

Many accidental 911 calls come from cellphones. Sometimes keys on the phone  31 (push) and the call goes through without the owner of the phone knowing that he has called an emergency number. People are trying to find  32 way to solve this problem.

They are testing a new program that might help solve the problem of accidental 911 calls. This program will make  33 (call) of 911 calls push another key on the phone  34 it is a real emergency. People hope that this change  35 (reduce) the number of accidental 911 calls going through.

My husband has always had a huge affection for older people and has helped out several elderly friends in the past. Mr. Dave   16   the same lake as my husband John for over 15 years．A friendship   17  but when Mrs. Dave died five years ago, it left Mr. Dave   18  . So John took Mr. Dave fishing with him every time he went. Mr. Dave was very   19  for 80 years old and never tired of being with John．
A few years later Mr. Dave had a stroke(中风)that paralyzed(麻痹)his right side．He lost his speech and was   20  a nursing home. Restricted to his bed and unable to  21 , Mr. Dave began to suffer from   22 .
This almost broke John’s heart. He finally got   23  from the nursing home to take Mr. Dave out for a ride．They were both   24   to be together again but it was very painful for Mr. Dave to be   25  into John’s truck. Because he was paralyzed on one side. The   26  of that side pulled heavily on his good side．
John had gotten his truck a year earlier, a real cowboy Cadillac,   27  was the truck of his dreams. But one day he   28  it so he could buy a van(厢式货车)that was  29  for a wheelchair. The van isn’t sporty or fast but it surely   30  Mr. Dave’s pain on their outings.
John has made a   31  fishing rod that Mr. Dave can use,   32  they still go fishing together. Even though Mr. Dave can’t   33 , he has led the nursing home staff to believe John is his son. I don’t know anyone who would   34  their prized possession to help a friend. I hope he can be an example for others to take similar steps to   35   those who are in need.