20.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 isD.
A.a(chǎn) 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,canC
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?B
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 toAA.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
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?

分析 本文敘述了人們即使很忙是否能夠做到100%的工作效率,最重要的限制因素是人的精力,在人們很忙的時候,在一天里也能抽出時間去加入你對計劃表里,而不會耽誤任何事情.

解答 26.D.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention.如果一個人不能做到工作效率達到100%,最重要的限制因素是人的有限的精力,故選D.
27.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything.即使很忙的人也能在一天里找到一些時間,故選C.
28.B.細節(jié)理解題:從最后一段的句子:However,after a few weeks off,due to illness,I stopped exercising.可知作者在休息一段時間后,因為生病不再鍛煉了,就是他缺乏精力,故選B.
29.A.推理判斷題.由最后一段內(nèi)容,作者用這些自身的例子的目的是來證明真正限制人的因素,故選A.
30.A.標題歸納題.本文敘述了人們即使在很忙的時候是否能夠做到100%的工作效率,是否就是缺少時間,故選A.

點評 本篇文章主要是細節(jié)理解方面的題型,需要考生通過跳讀迅速找到對應的句子進行詳細理解,句子的理解可以結(jié)合上下文意思,通過邏輯推理得到.

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