Question

【題目】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

My students often tell me they don’t have “enough time” to do all their schoolwork. My reply is often brief –You have as much time as the president. I usually carry on a bit about there being 24 hours per day for everyone, and suggest that “not enough time” is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done.

Once in graduate school, I tried to justify myself to one of my professors by saying that I was working. His answer to me was, “That’s irrelevant. What’s important is the quality of your work.” Since then I have had time to reflect on the “hard worker” dodge(伎倆), and I have come to some conclusions – all relevant to the issue of how much time we have.

If you look at the matter analytically, you can identify two parts of the problem. There is, of course, the matter of “time”, which we can think of as fixed. Then there is the issue of “work” during that time, which can vary in intensity. But, as my professor suggested, it’s not diligence but the quality of the product that is important.

That led me to a new idea, the quality of work. That concept is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the wall in someone’s office – Don’t work harder but work smarter! There’s a lot of sense in that idea.

If you can’t get more time, and few of us can, the only solution is to improve the quality of work. That means thinking of ways of getting more out of the same time than we might otherwise get. That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits. Since “work” for students usually means “homework”, the expression “work habits” should be read as “l(fā)earning habits”.

Then, as a smart student, you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study, chiefly reading and writing. If you learn to read better and write better, there are big benefits that pay off across the board in all your studies.

【1】From the passage, we know that the author is _____.

A. a poet B. an educator

C. an editor D. a director

【2】We can infer from the first two paragraph that we students _____.

A. have enough time

B. can meet the president

C. get something done well

D. should accept the explanation

【3】The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means _____.

A. That is impossible B. That is not important

C. That is unbearable D. That is not acceptable

【4】The main purpose of writing the passage is to give _____.

A. information B. encouragement

C. criticism D. advice

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：作者從時間問題入手，建議學生們要注重學習技巧和學習效率。

【1】B細節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)開頭My students和Once in graduate school, I tried to justify myself to one of my professors by saying that I was working.可知作者的職業(yè)是教育工作者，故選B.

【2】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)前兩段內容You have as much time as the president.和that “not enough time” is not an acceptable explanation可知學生們有時間，有足夠的時間。故選A.

【3】B句意猜測題。句意：你是不相干的，重要的是工作的質量。此處指教授認為時間不重要，重要的是質量。故選B.

【4】D推理判斷題。作者寫這篇文章的目的是給學生們提建議：要注重學習技巧和學習效率。故選D.