【推荐1】There are only 24 hours in a day, but people can use the time wisely. In other words, good time management (管理)is important if you want to succeed.

Knowing the importance of daily matters is the first step towards good time management. Write down the things that you want to do and organize them according to their level of importance. The important thing should be done first. If there are too many things that have to be done in one day, then you have to give up doing something that is less important on your list.

Besides this, you need to spend a specific (特定的) amount of time doing all the activities you have written down and make sure you finish them on time. People often slow down in their work even though they know that time will never wait for them. Make sure you keep to your plan and finish the tasks one by one. Do not try to do too many things at once.

Also, you can group similar activities together and do them one by one. For example, you can group all the tasks you need to do in the office together and do them while you’re in office. Do all the tasks that have to be done in one place first, and then move to the next place to do the other tasks.

“The bad news is that time flies. The good news is that you’re the pilot, ”said Michael Althsuler. Your future is in your hands, so remember to invest(投资)your time wisely from today on.

1. Which of the following things should be done first?

A．The most difficult things.

B．The most important things.

C．The things that weren’t done yesterday.

D．The things that take the least time.

2. Which of the steps below is NOT important for effective time management?

A．Do all the tasks that need to be done in one place together.

B．Write down daily tasks that need to be done.

C．Do as many tasks as you can at the same time.

D．Understand and know the importance of daily matters.

3. The author quoted the words by Althsuler to say that

A．you can manage your time wisely

B．you can’t control time

C．time passes quickly

D．everything has two sides

4. The text is mainly about

A．the importance of time management

B．ways to manage time effectively

C．ways to organize daily activities

D．the importance of doing tasks on time

【推荐2】Why are some people more motivated to handle difficult things? And is there a way to make doing difficult things easy? To answer the question, we need to look at this: dopamine(多巴胺). Dopamine gives us the motivation to get up and do stuff.

In fact, your brain develops priorities in large part based on how much dopamine it’s expecting to get. If an activity releases too little dopamine, you won’t have much motivation to do it. But if an activity releases a lot of dopamine, you’ll be motivated to repeat it, over and over. So which behavior releases dopamine? Any activity where you anticipate there’s a potential reward releases it.

And in today’s digital society, we are flooding our brains with unnaturally high amounts of dopamine on a daily basis, even if we don’t know it. Some examples of high dopamine behavior include: scrolling through social media websites, playing video games, etc.

And you might think, “So what? It won’t harm me in any way. But you’d be wrong. Whenever an imbalance occurs, our body adapts to it and those high levels of dopamine became your new routine. Thus you develop a dopamine tolerance. This can be harmful because the things that don’t give you as much dopamine don’t interest you any longer. That’s why people prefer playing video games or browsing the Internet, compared with studying or working.

But it is possible to make doing difficult things feel easier. Separate yourself from the unnaturally high amounts of dopamine, or at least expose yourself to it far less frequently. Only then will low dopamine activities become exciting again. That’s why you might want to limit your phone and computer usage.

We are all dopamine addicts. And that’s a good thing because dopamine motivates us to achieve our goals. But it’s up to you to decide where you are going to get your dopamine. Are you going to get it from things that don’t benefit you or from working on your long-term goals? The choice is yours.

1. When is dopamine released?

A．When we get up and do stuff.	B．When we take pleasure in the behavior.
C．When possible benefits can be obtained.	D．When difficult things come into being.

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Dopamine does great harm to our body.

B．It’s hard for our body to keep the balance.

C．Dopamine tolerance keeps us away from games.

D．Video games produce more dopamine than study.

3. What is the purpose of the fifth paragraph?

A．To offer solutions to dopamine tolerance.	B．To introduce the effects of dopamine.
C．To explain why dopamine is harmful.	D．To stress the importance of dopamine.

4. What is the author’s attitude toward dopamine?

A．Doubtful.

B．Objective.

C．Supportive.

D．Disapproving.

【推荐3】Online programs to fight depression are already commercially available. While they sound efficient and cost-saving, a recent study reports that they’re not effective, primarily because depressed patients are not likely to engage with them or stick with them.

The study looked at computer-assisted cognitive(认知的) behavioral therapy (CBT) and found that it was no more effective in treating depression than the usual care patients receive from a primary care doctor.

Traditional CBT is considered an effective form of talk therapy for depression, helping people challenge negative thoughts and change the way they think in order to change their mood and behaviors. However, online CBT programs have been gaining popularity, with the attraction of providing low-cost help wherever someone has access to a computer.

A team of researchers from the University of York conducted a randomized(随机的) control trial with 691 depressed patients from 83 physician practices across England. The patients were split into three groups: one group received only usual care from a physician while the other two groups received usual care from a physician plus one of computerized CBT programs. Participants were balanced across the three groups for age, sex, educational background, severity and duration of depression, and use of antidepressants(抗抑郁药).

After four months, the patients using the computerized CBT programs had no improvement in depression levels over the patients who were only getting usual care from their doctors.

“It’s an important, cautionary note that we shouldn’t get too carried away with the idea that a computer system can replace doctors and therapists.” says Christopher Dowrick, a professor of primary medical care at the University of Liverpool. “We do still need the human touch or the human interaction, particularly when people are depressed.”

“Being depressed can mean feeling in your own small, negative, dark world,” Dowrick says. Having a person, instead of a computer, reach out to you is particularly important in combating that sense of isolation. “When you’re emotionally vulnerable(脆弱的), you’re even more in need of a caring human being.” he says.

1. Why have online CBT programs been increasingly popular?

A．Because of their easy and inexpensive access by patients.

B．Because of their effectiveness in fighting depression.

C．Because of their recommendation by primary care doctors.

D．Because of their attraction of changing mood and behavior.

2. What is the conclusion of the experiment done by researchers at the University of York?

A．The online programs are more advanced than regular care from physicians.

B．The combination of traditional CBT and computerized CBT is most effective.

C．Online CBT programs are as ineffective as regular care from physicians.

D．Online CBT programs have no advantages over regular care from physicians.

3. Which of the following can best convey Professor Dowrick’s advice on online programs?

A．They should be used to help people touch these patients.

B．They should not be ignored in primary care.

C．Their effectiveness should not be overestimated.

D．Their use should be encouraged by doctors.

4. What is more important to an emotionally vulnerable person?

A．A positive state of mind.	B．An advanced CBT program.
C．A devoted doctor.	D．Human interaction.

【推荐1】As societies develop, their members start to see things not so much according to what they need, but according to what they want. When people have enough money, these wants become demands.
Now, it' s important for the managers in a company to understand what their customers want if they are going to develop effective marketing strategies (策略). There are various ways of doing this. One way at supermarkets, for example, is to interview customers while they're doing their shopping. They can be asked what they prefer to buy and then the results of the research can be studied. This provides information on which to base future marketing strategies. It' s also quite normal for top managers from department stores to spend a day or two each month visiting stores and mixing freely with the public, as if they were ordinary customers, to get an idea of how customers act.
Another way to get information from customers is to give them something. For example, some fast food restaurants give away tickets in magazines or on the street that permit customers to get part of their meal for nothing. As well as being a good way of attracting customers into the restaurants to spend their money, it also allows the managers to get a feel for where to attract customers and which age-groups to attract.
Another strategy used at some well-known parks such as Disneyland is for top managers to spend at least one day in their work, touring the park dressed as Mickey Mouse or something like that. This provides them with a perfect chance to examine the scene and watch the customers without being noticed.
1. The text is designed for _______

A．customers

B．salesmen

C．researchers

D．managers

2. Which of the following can help managers get useful information?

A．Visiting customers themselves.

B．Giving customers free food on the street.

C．Visiting parks as ordinary customers.

D．Asking customers questions at supermarkets.

3. What does the word "this" underlined in the last sentence refer to?

A．Visiting Disneyland.	B．Wearing attractive clothes.
C．Acting Mickey Mouse.	D．Dressing up and walking around.

4. The main idea of the text is _________.

A．how to find out customers' social needs

B．how to develop marketing strategies

C．how to do market research

D．how to encourage customers to spend more money