【推荐3】What's that one thing you really should do, but keep putting off? We all have them: time-consuming, or difficult chores we're afraid of and drag out until the last minute — if we complete them at all.

But what if we could drive ourselves into those boring tasks by pairing them with something we really enjoy? Research suggests that combining the things we want to do, with the thing we should do, could be a nice trick to reach our goals. The method is known as "temptation bundling" and it allows you to combine two differing, but complementary activities at the same time.

"I only let myself get a footbath when I'm doing some work," says Katherine Milkman, a professor of behavioral economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Another example? Going to your favorite restaurant but with a difficult colleague, or someone you're supposed to spend time with, such as a relative.

In short, it's pairing something you like with something you don't like, offering you incentive to do something you might be putting off.

Exercise is one activity routinely treated as a boring task — so Milkman used it in an experiment to know how temptation bundling works in reality.

In her experiment. Milkman encouraged students to exercise while listening to addictive, page-turning audiobooks. One group, which could only access the audiobooks while at the gym, were 51% more likely to exercise than the control group, which were able to listen when they liked. Another group, whose access to the audiobooks was not restricted but who were merely encouraged to bundle the activities, were 29% more likely to exercise than the control group.

The benefit of "temptation bundling" comes from doing two things at once that go well together, says Milkman. "The secret is to bundle tasks that require different effort. For instance, if one task requires focus or concentration, you want the other not to be too distracting — reading while listening to a podcast is very difficult, for example, while cooking and listening is more realistic." Milkman adds.

1. Temptation bundling can help us to______.

A．avoid delaying what should be done in time.

B．solve two problems at a time.

C．put what we have learned into practice.

D．improve our ability to face a chore.

2. The two percentages 51% and 29% in paragraph 6 show that_____.

A．many people treat exercise as a boring task.

B．most people consider listening to audiobooks a boring thing.

C．combining two activities at the same time can contribute to each other.

D．the control group do the worst in dealing with physical exercise.

3. Which of the following is true according to this passage?

A．Cooking and listening can be combined because neither needs focus.

B．Combining two differing, but complementary tasks is popular among us.

C．Milkman's experiment shows that temptation bundling is effective.

D．Temptation bundling is suitable for reading and listening to a podcast.

4. This passage is intended to tell us_____.

A．what benefits pairing two tasks will bring us.

B．how to get a boring task completed.

C．what tasks can be paired with each other.

D．how to identify the bad habit of putting off.

【推荐1】Paying it forward is a concept that involves doing something good for someone in response to a good deed done on your behalf or a gift you received. When you pay it forward, however，you don't repay the person who did something nice for you. Instead, you do something nice for someone else.

Recently, an inspiring note found inside a random book has inspired thousands of people to pay it forward.

Ashley Jost was shopping at Target when a book caught hex eye. The 27-year-old bought the book Girl Stop Apologizing and began reading it when she got home. After a few minutes her dog started barking so she put the book aside. When she got back, she noticed something on the ground. "A five-dollar note fell out, " Jost said.

She looked through the book, and in one of the last pages, there was a note that read, “To the person who buys this book: I am having a tough day. I thought maybe I could brighten someone else’s with this little surprise. Go and buy a coffee, a hamburger or a face mask. Practice some self care today. Remember that you are loved, you are amazing, and you are strong -Lisa”

Jost decided to post a photo of the note and the money on Twitter and it went like a virus. People are promising their own random acts of kindness.

“In that moment，I didn’t necessarily need the pick-me-up，but I feel obligated(有义务的)to share it， and I’m hearing back from people who did,” Jost said. “The ripple effect is pretty unbelievable.

After seeing her Twitter post, Lisa mailed Jost a card. "She said it made her cry in a good way,” Jost said. But Lisa still didn’t give away who she was. She left no return address. Lisa wrote it had been a difficult time in her life and she just wanted "to create something positive-she never really expected this to happen the way it has.”

1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．The origin of"paying it forward".	B．The effects of"paying it forward
C．The benefits of"paying it forward"	D．The definition of"paying it forward".

2. Why did Lisa put a five-dollar note in a book?

A．To go through the hardest time in her life.

B．To cheer up the person who buys the book

C．To repay the person who did something nice

D．To set off a round of paying it forward

3. What does the underlined word "ripple" in Paragraph 6 mean?

A．Edge	B．Chain
C．Mass	D．Side

4. Lisa posted a card to Jost to ___________.

A．make friends with Jost	B．tell Jost about her story
C．express appreciation to Jost	D．let Jost know what made her cry

【推荐3】Cakan is a successful businessman from Montenegro, who has earned himself nicknames(昵称)like “the best boss” and “Brother” by being surprisingly generous to his employees.

Cakan, who owns "Cakan Sports", the largest sporting goods store chain in Montenegro, has been making news headlines for years, but not for his professional success. He is best known for the generosity he shows to his faithful and hard-working employees. The businessman firmly believes that his company can boom only if he keeps his employees happy, and to that end, he has offered the best of them some pretty unbelievable presents.

Cakan first surprised his workers back in 2012, when he offered four of them brand new cars — 2 VW Golf 6 and 2 VW polo — complete with paid insurance. They were some of the oldest and most hard-working employees of Cakan Sports, and since the company had recently moved its operations outside the city, Cakan thought his best people shouldn't have to struggle to get to work. "When we saw them, we were speechless," Danijela, one of the receivers, remembers. "While the boss was saying ‘his is a gift for you’, all I could think of was ‘this is not real, this can't be happening to us’.” But this was just one of the generous ways Cakan has rewarded his employees over the years. In 2014, after hearing that one of his workers had been saving up his paychecks so he could buy a ticket to the world Cup soccer final, in Brazil, he took him there himself, at his own expense.

Asked why he doesn't use cheaper means of motivating his employees, like a small raise or a cash bonus, Cakan had this to say, "Money comes and goes, but memories are forever." Asked why many of his employees call him "Brother", Cakan told a reporter that it was because "brothers always help each other".

1. What is Cakan best noted for?

A．His frequent headline news for years.

B．His great success in his business.

C．His extreme generosity to his employees.

D．His largest sporting goods store chain.

2. Why did Cakan offer his four best workers new cars?

A．To make them travel to work easily.

B．To reward their creative ideas in work.

C．To encourage them to get to work earlier.

D．To help them reduce traffic expenses.

3. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．A Smart Businessman.

B．A Considerate Employer.

C．Hardworking Employees.

D．Unbelievable Presents.