1 . “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”
George R.R. Martin, Author of “A Game of Thrones”
What do these 4 guys share that you don’t?
BILL GATES |
MARK ZUCKERBERG |
JEFF BEZOS |
WARREN BUFFETT |
No, it’s not their shoe size.
They read. At least two books a month, They’re also among the top 10 richest people in the world. And they’re not alone in their love for books, with 1,200 other millionaires, who quote reading as a core part of their self-education
You knew that reading books makes your life better, It’s not even all about money, fame and success. It’s about becoming a more knowledgeable and valuable person. Additionally, reading help; you prevent stress and keep depression at bay, while enhancing your confidence, improving your decision-making, increasing your empathy and overall satisfaction with life.
You know all the benefits of reading, so what’s stopping you from reading more books?
Time!
“I don’t have time to read.”
Have you said those words before?
You say it because...
you have an incredibly demanding college degree to study for…
your loved ones are sitting at home, counting on you to put food on the table...
you are too occupied with work to open a book.
But let’s imagine another reality for a second. What would your life look like if you read just two books every month?
Would you finally...
have what it takes to start that business?
be a better parent?
feel more fulfilled?
Hold on to that vision for a second. If you want to make it a reality, this email course, Time 2 Read, will be your guide for the next 10 days. Its free of charge and specifically designed to help you take time back, start building a daily reading habit and turn wanting to read into actual reading.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
Lesson 1: How to get your attention span back
A simple, yet powerful idea and a fun experiment to help you start giving reading the place in your life that it deserves
Lesson 2: Why no one compares to you
Discover “The Rainbow Principle” & how to take stock of your current situation
Lesson 3: How to show yourself you DO have time to read
Why Charlie Munger doesn’t let himself get away easily with an opinion & what you can learn from the Italian Squad
Lesson 4: How you can make reading effortless
We’ll adapt a technique used by the world’s best mountaineers to help you build your reading habit like a pro would
Lesson 5: How you can trigger yourself to read without having to remember it
“The Bobby Fischer Principle will show you that what you think is a weakness might be your biggest strength
Lesson 6: What “The Nothing Alternative’ can teach you about consistent reading
Why neither inside the box, nor outside the box gets the job done & how Stoics happily trade control for consistency
Lesson 7: How to make reading more fun than ever & why that matters
What you can learn from Pokemon Go about reading & the one thing that’s totally okay for you to steal from Warren Buffett
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1. Where does this passage probably come from?| A．A leaflet publicizing a reading activity | B．A website promoting a reading course. |
| C．A TV program advertising reading skills | D．A handbook providing reading materials |
| A．To express his admiration for them. | B．To indicate the importance of reading. |
| C．To highlight their time management skills | D．To illustrate the success of the course. |
| A．Those who are willing to read more but struggle with time. |
| B．Those who are sick of making excuses to delay their life plans |
| C．Those who are eager to become a millionaire like the four guys |
| D．Those who are determined to be more and more self-disciplined |
2 . Classics for Kids-A concert for kids but open to all
Our annual children’s concert is here again! Enjoy a delightful afternoon of light classical music by the Municipal Orchestra (MO) that is sure to impress the young ones and the adults as well.
1st to 3rd June 2 pm to 3:30 pm At the Esplanade
Ticket Prices!
$20 for standard seats
$30 for premium seats
Where to purchase your tickets?
Ticketing office at the Esplanade
Online purchase from our website: www.tickets-online.org
Download the MO from our website and purchase your tickets via your smartphone.
Early bird discount!
10% discount if you book online by 1st May and receive a free CD. “Pomp and Circumstance”, containing pieces that will not be played at the concert.
| The Municipal Orchestra The MO is an eighty member orchestra that was formed in 1988. It was first suggested by a businessman Mr. Soon. Mr. Soon felt that it was about time that the district had a formal orchestra. Together with well-known celebrities, he helped raise the funds and started the orchestra. The orchestra is fully committed to its mission of bringing classical music to the general public. It was MO’s conductor, who started the “Classics for Kids” concert. The conductor is a graduate of the London School of Music and is a champion of classical music. |
| What our fans have to say: “I simply adore the MO conductor who is simply masterful! The way he conducts the orchestra is a joy to behold! Thanks Mom and Dad for taking me!” Bermard Lee (12 years old) “The MO musicians are superbly talented and show a real desire to want to share good music with the audience. My two children simply lapped it up.” Mr. Peter Lim (a dedicated music lover) |
| A．The orchestra is only for children. |
| B．The orchestra has 82 members including the conductor. |
| C．The orchestra was started by the local government. |
| D．The orchestra’s main task is to make classical music acceptable to ordinary people. |
| A．$18 | B．$20 | C．$27 | D．$30 |
| A．To show the talent of the conductor. |
| B．To call on more audience to enjoy the concert. |
| C．To show the standards of concert hall. |
| D．To show the origin of the orchestra. |
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| A．Siri | B．Large Screen |
| C．Safety Services | D．Health Services |
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| A．You can keep your original phone number when you switch to Jitterbug Smart3. |
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| C．Up to $500 savings you might save per year with lowest Lively data plans. |
| D．Government taxes are not excluded in the monthly fees. |
4 . A symbol of a booming children’s book market is a self-styled “kaleidoscope (万花筒) of creative genius for kids”, the magazine Scoop, a startup based in Dalston, east London, which the author Neil Gaiman has described as “the kind of magazine I wish we’d had when I was eight.”
Scoop is the idea of the publisher Clementine Macmillan-Scott. A year ago, hers looked like an impossible venture. But against the odds for little magazines, Scoop has survived. Macmillan-Scott said, “I really wasn’t certain we would get to this point, but we are now approaching our first birthday.” She links the magazine’s fortunes to a prosperous market and reports that “through the hundreds of children, parents and teachers we speak to at our workshops, we know that children are greedy for storytelling.”
Inspired by an Edwardian model, Arthur Mee’s Children’s Newspaperr, Scoop is a mix of innovation and creativity. Establishment heavyweights such as the playwright Tom Stoppard, plus children’s writers such as Raymond Briggs, author of Fungus the Bogeyman, have adopted its cause. The magazine has also given space to 10-year-old writers and pays all contributors, high and low, the same rate — 10p a word.
It’s a winning formula. Macmillan-Scott reports “a quarterly sales increase of roughly 150% every issue”, but is cautious about her good fortune. “It’s all too clear to us that these children are hungry for print.”
Scoop focuses on the most profitable part of the children’s market, Britain’s eight to 12-year-old readers. In literary culture, this is the crucial bridge between toddlers (儿童) and adolescents and its publisher knows it. Macmillan-Scott is committed to listening to readers aged eight to 12, who have an editorial board where they can express their ideas about the magazine. “If we don’t get these children reading,” she says, “we will lose out on adult readers. To be fully literate, you have to start as a child.”
Macmillan-Scott argues against the suggestion that reading is in decline. “If you look at our figures,” she objects, “you’ll find that children do read and that Scoop is part of a craze for reading hardback books. Kids love paper and print. They might play games on a digital device, but they prefer not to read on a Kindle. The real market for e-books is among young adult readers.” Some of her evidence is anecdotal, but her sales figures and readership surveys support a picture of eight to 12-year-olds absorbed in books.
“What our research shows beyond question,” she says, “is that children have a love for reading that’s not seriously threatened by other kinds of entertainment. Reading for pleasure is a very real thing at this age, and the worries that some adults have about children losing interest in reading are simply not grounded in reality.”
1. It can be learned from the passage that Scoop ________.| A．is aimed at teenagers in Britain |
| B．has taken a year to publish its first issue |
| C．has got its name from Arthur Mee’s newspaper |
| D．pays as much to young writers as to famous ones |
| A．conclusive | B．undeniable |
| C．defensive | D．unconvincing |
| A．Children would rather listen to stories than tell stories by themselves. |
| B．Magazines for children aged under 8 are not very common in Britain. |
| C．Scoop illustrates the power of printed books in the face of digital revolution. |
| D．Research carried out by Scoop has been questioned by those writing for children. |
| A．the market for children’s e-books remains to be explored |
| B．a child who dislikes reading won’t love reading when grown up |
| C．other kinds of entertainment have influenced children’s reading habits |
| D．it is necessary for adults to worry about children’s lack of interest in reading |
5 . You may read the questions first:
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 Steve Jobs | In Steve Jobs, based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years — as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues — Walter Isaacson has pictured an appealing up-and-down life and strong personality of a creative man whose passion for perfection revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. |
 Living History | Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with humor and passion about her upbringing in suburban and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to controversial First Lady. |
 Thinking, Fast and Slow | In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, and emotional; System 2 is slower, and more logical. In the book, Kahneman also shows the extraordinary abilities — and the faults and errors — of thinking, and reveals the influence of personal impressions on our thoughts and behavior. |
 Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the main suspect. But the crazy thing is, he has done nothing wrong. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise storm hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holiday? |
| A．The main contents of the book are mainly based on various interviews. |
| B．The book is written by Steve Jobs. |
| C．Steve Jobs has experienced both successful and difficult periods in his lifetime. |
| D．Steve Jobs has totally changed six different industries. |
| A．Two thinking types and thinking-related facts. |
| B．Difference between two thinking systems. |
| C．How to think fast and logically at the same time. |
| D．The great power of personal impression on thinking system. |
| A．Greg was caught damaging the school property |
| B．Greg knew who really damaged the school property |
| C．it was hot during the holiday |
| D．Greg had a poor relationship with his family |
6 . A Little Is A Lot For Those With Nothing
Each year, 22 million people die from preventable causes, such as polluted water or the lack of nutrition, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. These groups are taking some of the top lights:
**** A child dies every eight seconds from water-borne disease. Global Water builds wells in very poor communities in Romania, Central America and Africa. Go to global www.water.org.
**** As much as 80 percent of the world’s population may be lacking in iron. UNICEF supplies iron supplements (补充) to women and children in more than 100 countries, preventing anemia (贫血症), low birth weight and death. Their greeting cards, calendars and gifts help fund the program; visit www.unicef.org
**** Mercy Corps fed more than 150,000 mouths in 2003. Still, more than one-quarter of children worldwide are underweight. One dollar helps feed 15 kids in developing countries like India; learn more at www.mercycorps.org.
1. What is the purpose of the advertisement?| A．To ask readers to do their bit for the people who are likely to die from preventable causes. |
| B．To attract people’s attention to the problem of water pollution. |
| C．To help the homeless children in developing countries. |
| D．To ask the readers to surf the Internet and become aware of the miserable things in the world. |
| A．buying special greeting cards or gifts from UNICEF |
| B．helping the program of digging wells in poor area |
| C．doing some volunteer work for them |
| D．keeping our environment from being polluted |
| A．15 dollars. | B．20, 000 dollars. |
| C．4, 500, 000 dollars. | D．2, 200, 000 dollars. |
