科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Listen carefully, working people, we would like to tell you something that could save your precious time and money! Best of all, it is free!
It’s “no”.
What do you ask? We’ll say it again: “No”.
Sweet and simple “no”.
Say “no” at your office and see how quickly that pile of work on your desk disappears.
“Saying ‘no’ to others means you are saying ‘yes’ to yourself, ” said Leslie Charles, a professional speaker from East Lansing, Michigan.
“Time is precious. People are spending money buying time. And yet we are willing to give up our time because we can’t say ‘no’.”
Susie Watson, a famous writer, said people who always say “yes” need to say “no” without guilt(內(nèi)疚)or fear of punishment. “I would rather have someone give me a loving ‘no’ than an obligated(強(qiáng)制的) ‘yes’, ” she said.
Susie Watson says she feels “no” obligation to give an explanation when she says “no” either socially or professionally. Does she feel guilty about it? “Not at all, ” said Watson, who is director of advertising and public relations at Timex Corp in Middlebury, Conneticut. “Most people are afraid of saying ‘no’… My advice is to say ‘yes’ only if you don’t mean ‘no’.”
Watson said “no” is the most effective weapon against wasting time. “Every year there are more demands on your time… Other people are happy to use up your time, ” Watson said. Time saving appears to be “no’s” greatest friend.
“No” can be your new friend, a powerful tool to take back your life. “No” may even take you further in the business world than “yes”.
“No” is power and strength. “No” now seems completely correct. “Saying ‘no’ isn’t easy. But finally it’s greatly liberating,” Charles said. But, he added, a “no” project needs to be worked on every day because it is hard to change long-term habit.
But, he also warns: “Don’t go to extremes. Don’t find yourself saying ‘no’ to everything. In return you should learn to hear ‘no’.”
The sentence “Saying ‘yes’ to yourself” means _______.
A. you can have more time to play with others
B. you needn’t care about other’s feeling if you are happy
C. you are selfish and treat others rudely
D. you can deal with your business as you have planned
When you say “no” to others you should say it in a _______.
A. secret way B. polite way
C. proud way D. guilty way
In Watson’s opinion, people can save much time on condition that _______.
A. they say “no” at a suitable time
B. they say “no” as much as possible
C. they are afraid of saying “no”
D. they make others angry at them
If a person says “no” to everything, the result he or she receive may be that he or she _______.
A. enjoys a wonderful life B. makes a lot of money
C. faces difficulty in life D. forgets to say “yes” in the end
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科目:高中英語 來源:吉林省期中題 題型:完形填空
完形填空。 | |||
A man found the cocoon (繭) of a moth (蛾). He took it home so that he could 1the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small 2 appeared. He sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to 3 the body through that little hole. Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had 4 as far as it could and it could go no further. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the 5___ bit of the cocoon. The 6 then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven (無用的) wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and 7 to be able to support the 8 , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life 9 around with a swollen body and shriven wings. It was 10 able to fly. What the man in his kindness 11 was that the small cocoon and the 12__of the moth to get through the 13 opening was a way to push fluid (液體) 14 the body of moth 15 its wings so that it would be ready to fly 16 it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and 17 would come only after the struggle. By taking the struggle away, he also took away the moth's health. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we were to 18 our lives without any difficulties, we would become disabled. We would not be as 19 as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance. Leave no room for 20 . | |||
( )1. A. help ( )2. A. opening ( )3. A. push ( )4. A. got ( )5. A. covering ( )6. A. moth ( )7. A. lessen ( )8. A. standing ( )9. A. flying ( )10 A. already ( )11. A. shouldn't do ( )12. A. crawling ( )13. A. tiny ( )14. A. in ( )15. A. into ( )16. A. after ( )17. A. courage ( )18. A. stand on ( )19. A. great ( )20. A. regrets |
B. protect B. line B. draw B. done B. remaining B. butterfly B. widen B. flight B. crawling B. certainly B. thought B. struggle B. beginning B. on B. to B. once B. hope B. get on B. determined B. death |
C. watch C. moth C. make C. tried C. shell C. cocoon C. expand C. themselves C. walking C. never C. did C. fight C. right C. by C. in C. before C. flight C. go through C. brave C. failure |
D. see D. butterfly D. force D. struggled D. skin D. worm D. shorten D. body D. lying D. seldom D. didn't understand D. force D. above D. from D. onto D. until D. survival D. live D. strong D. wishes |
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科目:高中英語 來源:同步題 題型:完形填空
完形填空。 | |||
An English padre(神父) wanted to become a member of a certain club in Africa.In order to | |||
( )1.A.shoot ( )2.A.eat ( )3.A.minutes ( )4.A.fast ( )5.A.turned ( )6.A.killed ( )7.A.result ( )8.A.acknowledged ( )9.A.inaccurate ( )10.A.last ( )11.A.tell ( )12.A.fell ( )13.A.difficult ( )14.A.counted ( )15.A.drove |
B .kill B .walk B .seconds B .immediately B .reappeared B .jumped B .situation B .understood B .unnecessary B .fifteenth B .frighten B .shot B .serious B .waited B .rushed |
C.catch C.drink C.days C.once C.returned C.fired C.a(chǎn)nswer C.believed C.impossible C.sixteenth C.warn C.fired C.exciting C.a(chǎn)dded C.wandered |
D.hurt D.hunt D.hours D.directly D.moved D.tied D.problem D.knew D.indirect D.many D.remain D.missed D.mad D.named D.climbed |
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科目:高中英語 來源:廣東省模擬題 題型:閱讀理解
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