A friend asks you to be a volunteer. Your husband asks you to glance over an e-mail he is writing to his boss. You say you’d love to. Really! But..."I don’t have time".

It seems plausible(有道理的). We’re all busy these days, right? But there are reasons not to use these four words, at least with yourself.

Here’s the big one: it is not true. You tell yourself "I don’t have time" to exercise, but we all have 168 hours a week. If someone offered to pay you $100,000 a week to go to the gym for 5 of those 168 hours, you would probably find the time to do it. Since that isn’t going to happen, this is a more exact description: "It’s not a priority(優(yōu)先考慮的事)."

There are a million things we could be doing with our time; some are priorities and some are not, even if it’s wrong to say so. Try it. "I’m not going to read to you tonight, sweetie, because it’s not a priority. Daddy’s present priority is to check my e-mails."

Using the words "I don’t have time" keeps us from admitting to the fact that how we spend our time is a choice. It puts the responsibility for our lives on someone else: a boss, a client or a family member.

Better to be truthful: "I have another volunteer job on which I am focusing my energy right now. It is the cause that is most important to me." Or, to your husband "I wish you had mentioned this earlier. Right now, my priority is to get our children dressed and out of the door for school. I will be available around lunch time if you would like to talk".

1.What does the word "it" in the third paragraph refer to?

A. Saying "I don’t have time".

B. Saying "We are all busy today".

C. Checking your husband’s e-mail.

D. Telling your friend you won’t be a volunteer.

2.From the third paragraph we can learn that ________.

A. it is enough to exercise for five hours a week

B. we are too busy to exercise these days

C. we can earn $100,000 a week by exercising

D. we don’t often regard exercise as a priority

3.What is the text mainly about?

A. How to be responsible for our lives.

B. How to get time to do exercise.

C. How to say no to others without saying "I don’t have time".

D. How we should spend our time reasonably these days.

練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2017屆內(nèi)蒙古高三上第三次月考英語(yǔ)卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Nobody likes an old poop（傻子）. Developing a sense of humor is part of becoming a mature, emotionally healthy individual. Laughter is good for the soul, builds friendships and relieves stress. It serves as the glue for social situations and as an ice-breaker for sadness and boredom. If you’ve ever been told to “l(fā)ighten up” or “chill out”, you should save the blue attitude for serious situations and develop your sense of humor.

Forgive the accidental. A sudden fall is humorous not because we like to see people fall, but because it surprises. From a spilled（溢出）water glass in a meeting to Aunt Rae’s teeth coming off in the Thanksgiving turkey, the embarrassment of accidents can be relieved by humor and a helping hand. After making sure that nobody’s hurt, forgive accidents with a chuckle（咯咯地笑）rather than a scolding.

Look for the unexpected. The kid who used to look at you with his eyes closed during a test had the idea. Parents who serve green eggs and ham to their children on graduation day get the idea. Unexpected actions lighten an atmosphere and relax people.

Learn to laugh with your kids. Most of what children say and do is funny. Help them learn that accidents are sometimes funny and sometimes occasions for joining in and helping another human being. By sharing laughs and attempting to explain humor, you develop your sense of humor, as well as help kids develop their own sense of humor.

1.If you’ve ever been told to “l(fā)ighten up” or “chill out”, it means ________.

A. you lack humorB. you are blue

C. you are humorousD. you are funny

2.According to Paragraph 2, when your friend falls, you can ________.

A. laugh at himB. feel embarrassed

C. scold himD. chuckle

3.In the author’s opinion, if your mother serves green eggs and ham to you on your graduation day, she is ________.

A. humorousB. seriousC. considerateD. boring

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Ways to Become a Healthy Individual

B. How to Develop a Sense of Humor

C. The Function of Humor

D. Proper Attitudes Toward Humor

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2016-2017學(xué)年黑龍江大慶鐵人中學(xué)高一上期末考試英語(yǔ)卷（解析版） 題型：七選五

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

If happy is what you want to be, you must take responsibility and stop expecting things or people to make you happy. You are the source of your own happiness, so stop looking elsewhere. 1. Here are a few ways for you to follow:

Be thankful to others. 2. It is too easy to take those around us for granted. Show them the same consideration you would like shown to you.

3. This goes beyond(超過(guò)) politeness; it is a form of giving. Treat everyone you meet as if they have a big sign on their chest saying “make me feel important.” If you do this you will discover a hidden source of joy.

Perform acts of kindness. Don’t wait to be asked. 4. It doesn’t need to be a big thing, hold the door for a stranger, or smile at anyone you make eye contact with. Look for chances to make others feel good.

Make a decision to be happy. This is the most important step on the road to a happy life. 5. You are the key to your own happiness, so go ahead, unlock it once and for all.

A. Respect other people.

B. Be polite to other people.

C. Instead of looking for happiness, start creating it.

D. You can change your feelings by acting the way you want to feel.

E. If you see a chance to do something nice for someone else, do it!

F. Simply make up your mind to be the happiest person you know, and you will be.

G. Be grateful to the people in your life, and practice saying thank you for any politeness they show you.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2016-2017學(xué)年廣東肇慶高二上期末考試英語(yǔ)卷（解析版） 題型：語(yǔ)法填空

Jane had two little boys aged 8 to 10. They were so naughty 1. they were always getting into trouble. Jane heard that a clergyman (牧師) 2. town was successful in teaching children. So Jane asked him to talk with her 3. (boy). The clergyman agreed 4. asked to see the boys one by one. Jane sent her 8-year-old boy 5. (see) the clergyman first in the morning. The clergyman, a big man, 6. (sit) the younger boy down and asked in a serious voice, “Where is God?” 7. boy’s mouth was wide open, but he made no answer. Then the clergyman repeated the question even 8. (serious). “Where is God?” Again the boy made no answer. So the clergyman shouted angrily “WHERE IS GOD?”

The boy cried out. He escaped from the room and ran directly home. He rushed into his bedroom and shut the door 9. (hurry) behind him. When his older brother found him, he asked, “What happened?”

The younger brother replied in a 10. (frighten) voice, “We are in BIG trouble this time. God is missing and they think WE did it!”

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2015-2016學(xué)年內(nèi)蒙古高一下第一次月考英語(yǔ)卷（解析版） 題型：書(shū)面表達(dá)

假如你是李華，計(jì)劃和同學(xué)去敬老院（nursing home）陪老人們過(guò)重陽(yáng)節(jié)（the Double Ninth Festival）。請(qǐng)給外教露西寫(xiě)封郵件，邀她一同前往，內(nèi)容包括：

1.出發(fā)及返回時(shí)間；

2.活動(dòng)：包餃子、表演節(jié)目等。

注意：

1.詞數(shù)100左右；

2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2017屆河南豫南九校高三上期末質(zhì)量考評(píng)英語(yǔ)試卷（解析版） 題型：短文改錯(cuò)

短文改錯(cuò)

假定英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫(xiě)的以下作文。文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），并在其下面寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(xiàn)（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線(xiàn)，并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均限一詞;

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

A little kid fell into a lake while she was playing with her little friends. They were too frightening to know what to do next. Unfortunately, a pretty lady and a man passed by and saw the drowning girl. The man immediate dived into the water and took the girl to the bank and at a same time, the lady called the ambulance on time. Before the ambulance came, the lady, who proved to be a nurse, performing first aid to the kid. A few of minutes later, the kid sent to the nearest hospital and finally saved. The story is a good example where first aid can make a lot of differences. From it, we know it is necessary to know basic first aid skills so that we can be better preparing for an emergency.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2017屆河南豫南九校高三上期末質(zhì)量考評(píng)英語(yǔ)試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Amazon Best Books of 2015: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #5

Amazon Best Books of 2015: Top 100 Editors’ Picks #16

Publisher’s Weekly Best Books of 2015: Fiction #1

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015 #6

Library Journal Best Books 2015: The Top Ten #1

2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Winner

Book Description

A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties.

It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping（扣人心弦的） spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.

Viet Thanh Nguyen Award Statistics

Major Prize Nominations(提名) 3

Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize 1

Pulitzer Prize Wins 1(The Sympathizer)

PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0

PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 1 (The Sympathizer)

1.In what kind of honor was the book ranked highest?

A. Amazon Best Books of 2015: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

B. Amazon Best Books of 2015: Top 100 Editors’ Picks

C. New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015

D. Library Journal Best Books 2015: The Top Ten

2.Who does “a man of two minds” in the text refer to ?

A. The captain mentioned.

B. The general mentioned.

C. Viet Thanh Nguyen.

D. The captain’s mother.

3.What can be learned about the book The Sympathizer?

A. It belongs to a science fiction.

B. It is set in the Vietnam War.

C. It is no more than a loving story.

D. It won PEN/Faulkner Award once.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2017屆河北正定中學(xué)高三上期中英語(yǔ)試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

We know that hugs make us feel cosy inside. And this feeling could actually ward off stress and protect the immune (免疫) system, according to a new research from Carnegie Mellon University.

It’s a well-known fact that stress can weaken the immune system. In this study, the researchers sought to determine whether hugs could protect individuals from the increased sensitivity to illness brought on by the particular stress that comes with interpersonal conflict.

“We know that people experiencing ongoing conflicts with others are less able to fight off cold viruses. We also know that people who report having social support are partly protected from the effects of stress on psychological states, such as depression and anxiety, ” the study’s lead author, psychologist Dr. Sheldon Cohen , said in a statement. “We have tested whether awareness of social support is equally effective in protecting us from sensitivity to infection caused by stress and also whether receiving hugs might partially account for those feelings of support and thus protect a person against infection.”

In the experiment, over 400 healthy adults filled out a questionnaire about their perceived (感知到的) social support and also participated in a nightly phone interview for two weeks. They were asked about the frequency that they engaged in interpersonal conflict and received hugs that day.

Then, the researchers exposed the participants to a common cold virus, and monitored them to assess signs of infection. They found that both perceived social support and more frequent hugs reduced the risk of infection associated with experiencing interpersonal conflict. Regardless of whether or not they experienced social conflicts, infected participants with greater perceived social support and more frequent hugs had less severe illness symptoms.

“This suggests that being hugged by a trusted person may act as an effective means of conveying support and that increasing the frequency of hugs might be an effective means of reducing the effects of stress,” Cohen said. “The apparent protective effect of hugs may result from the physical contact itself or hugging being a behavioral indicator of support and closeness. Either way, those who receive more hugs are somewhat more protected from infection.”

If you need any more reason to wrap your arms around someone special, consider this: hugs also lower blood pressure, reduce fears, improve heart health and decrease feelings of loneliness.

1.Which of the following can replace the underlined words “ward off” in Paragraph 1?

A. produce B. increase C. prevent D. support

2.What does Dr. Sheldon Cohen’s experiment show?

A. Hugs can hide serious illness symptoms

B. Social conflicts can monitor sign s of infection

C. Social support can reduce the risk of having a cold

D. Depression and anxiety result from less social support

3.What does the passage aim to convey?

A. Hugs can have protective effects

B. Social support can cure diseases

C. Interpersonal conflicts cause infections

D. Stress can weaken our immune system

4.Where is the passage most likely to be found?

A. A social science magazine

B. A commercial brochure

C. A medical report

D. An academic essay

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2017屆湖北荊門(mén)市高三元月調(diào)考英語(yǔ)試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

While engineers have made out fantastic products for sitting still—Munchery instead of walking to lunch, Uber instead of walking to the bus stop—services to make you move have been less appealing for consumers.

Fitbit’s stock price fell 18% after they announced their latest Apple Watch-like product named Fitbit Force. And new data suggests that, for the first time, death rates for large parts of the American population are rising, with signs pointing to inactivity and weight gain as the reasons. Our digital lifestyles and desk-based workplaces are contributing to serious health problems and could be shortening our lives, wellness firms want us to believe.

Northrup, president and co-founder of the connected exercise device TAO-Wellness, was in Las Vegas to promote TAO’s small device that encourages exercises. He lifts the device, about the size of an apple, and says workplaces should start encouraging on-site exercise.

Nick Mokey, the managing editor of Digital Trends, agrees. “I hate to break it to you, a room full of people sitting down, but sitting is killing you,” he says to the audience. They shift in their seats.

In the health section of the Sands Exposition Hall, people are selling devices made by LifeSpan Fitness. They say they’re the largest seller of treadmill（跑步機(jī)） desks in the US. At the center of their exhibition area is a Bike Desk, which looks like three gym bikes attached to a table. That’s for people who just want to sit and enjoy conversation.

Treadmill desk-related shame is their biggest obstacle, they say when LifeSpan installs two in opposite ends of the same building, neither tends to get used. If the company installs two next to each other, people will use them. “You don’t want to be so noticeable, especially at work,” company spokesman James Lowe says. What’s more, what if we get sweaty using a treadmill in the office?

1.According to new data, the rising death rates in America are caused by_____.

A. lack of exercise B. serious pollution

C. high work pressure D. poor indoor environment

2.What can we learn about the device TAO-Wellness?

A. It is a kind of treadmill desk.

B. It is comparatively small in size

C. It is created by LifeSpan Fitness.

D. It is designed for outdoor exercise.

3.Which of the following may cause more sitting?

A.TAO-Wellness. B. Fitbit Force. C. Bike Desk. D. Munchery

4.What is the biggest problem with the treadmill desk?

A. It takes up too much space.

B. It is not comfortable to use

C. It may cause awkwardness

D. It will make employees tired

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案