1 . How To Spend The Holidays Productively?
To get the most out of your holidays, you can make a calendar of the things you need to do and schedule in time for a mixture of fun activities and productive tasks.
Create a calendar of everything you want to do over the holidays.If you want to keep yourself on a regular schedule over your holiday break, making a calendar can help you stay organized.
Spend time learning or improving a skill, a craft, or a hobby.If you have a lot of free time over the holidays, try using that time to learn something new.
Volunteer to help out in your community.
Create a plan for the year ahead.As the year draws to a close, take a little time to think about your year ahead.
A.Exercise each day to stay healthy and relieve stress. |
B.Start by filling in the most important things you need to do. |
C.Set aside time for any work or schoolwork you need to get done. |
D.You might practice a new drawing technique if you love art, for instance. |
E.Look online or reach out to nonprofits in your area to find out how you can help. |
F.Spend your holiday break building contacts by looking up networking events near you. |
G.By setting clear, achievable goals to accomplish, you’ll stay focused throughout the year. |
A.At 6:30. | B.At 8:30. | C.At 10:30. |
3 . Making the Most of the Body Clock
Want to know the best time to do your homework and study for your exams? Then just make the most of your body clock, and you can work more efficiently (效率高地) and more happily.
It is reported that in the morning your body can take fatty foods more easily, so don’t worry too much about having a big breakfast.
Have you ever got the idea that the best time for the brain to work well is between 10:00 am and noon? Therefore, that’s the time when you should be listening to your teachers in full attention.
Lunch-timeBetween 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm is the most suitable time for eating. The body clock tells your body to help you digest (消化) your food at this time, so you have less chance of suffering from stomachache.
Early AfternoonAfter three o’clock, the body clock starts to tell your body to work again.
Between 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm is the time people are most likely to feel lonely.
A.Everyone’s body clock is slightly different. |
B.From 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm your body is at its fittest. |
C.A good sleep helps to clear your brain and relax your mind |
D.This maybe why students like to phone or meet their friends at this time. |
E.Let’s now find out what activities are best for us at different times of the day. |
F.The body is best at fighting pain between the hours of 9:00 am and 10:00 am. |
G.Body temperature usually drops at this time and all the body systems slow down. |
4 . For many high school students, it seems that there is never enough time. There are several steps you can take to organize your time better.
Make a to-do list every day. It makes it easy to plan any activities or meetings you may have in addition to homework. Be sure to set priorities (优先事项).
Use spare time wisely. Instead of wasting your spare time, read a book or do homework.
Decide on the time that is good for you to do certain things. If you are more of a morning person, try getting up an hour earlier and do schoolwork before school.
Review your notes every day.
Tell your friends and family about your work timetable. Explain that you will be working at certain times and ask them not to disturb you.
A.Set goals for yourself. |
B.Get a good night’s sleep. |
C.Do the most important tasks first. |
D.And also, do not be afraid to say “no”. |
E.You should finish your task on time. |
F.Don’t take phone calls during the time you set aside for work. |
G.Don’t wait until just before a test to try and remember everything. |
5 . “The Manuscript Writing Cafe only allows in people who have a writing deadline to face!” owner Takuya Kawai tweeted. “It’s in order to maintain a level of focus and tense atmosphere at the cafe! Thank you for your understanding.”
The cafe, which only opened a few days ago, charges customers by time used, and is equipped with USB ports, computer stands, and free Wi-Fi. Struggling writers can also bring their own food and drinks, or have it delivered there since coffee and water are the only things that they can get, but it’s pretty strict when it comes to the actual writing.
When entering the cafe, customers must write down at the reception desk(前台) how many words they plan to write and by what time they plan to finish. Every hour, a member of the staff will come by to check on their progress and apply a predetermined pressure level to help move things along.
For example, choosing the “S” level will have the cafe staff pushing you to get the work done more often, while the “M” level includes a more mild way.
However, the craziest rule of the Manuscript Writing Cafe is that writers are not allowed to end their work until reaching their goal or until the place closes down for the day, whichever comes first. It’s not clear how the cafe carries out this rule, but it is meant to keep customers from announcing high targets that they won’t be able to meet.
While some found it interesting, others said that it was too much pressure. “If it were me, I would no longer be able to leave the store and would end up having to live there,” one person said.
1. Which word can best describe the Cafe?A.Relaxing. | B.Frightening. | C.Unique. | D.Traditional. |
A.Tom, who is interested in reading some proofs of documents. |
B.Jenny, whose job is to writing advertising materials. |
C.Peter, who interprets messages from one language to another. |
D.Mary, who is used to writing her novels without pressure. |
A.To present a fact. | B.To make a comparison. |
C.To identify a concept. | D.To explain a rule. |
A.Many writers have the problem of finishing writing in time. |
B.Writers cannot leave the cafe unless they finish writing. |
C.The rules may be useful for effective writing. |
D.Food and drinks are not allowed in the cafe. |
A.He got stuck in traffic. | B.He had a car accident. | C.He slept through his alarm. |
1. What did the man do yesterday?
A.He attended a business meeting. | B.He went on a trip. | C.He took an exam. |
A.At 11:00 p.m. | B.At 10:00 p.m. | C.At 9:00 p.m. |
8 . Calendars are for managing your time. They work overtime to keep the messiness of human life confined into neat little grids, squeezing our lives into seconds, minutes and hours. I appreciate a calendar’s determined efforts to manage time.
You start by creating a wish list for your ideal life. The idea is to be as specific as possible. You then pick the one goal that would have the biggest positive impact. You break that goal down into smaller tasks, and then prioritize them.
Planning helps me ensure that I’m not a passenger at the mercy of my calendar, but rather driving toward a destination that I choose.
A.Then, add those tasks to the calendar. |
B.There’s no pressure to make it perfect. |
C.But planners are for dreaming without limits. |
D.It’s easy to appreciate calendars for their usefulness. |
E.Using a paper planner brings me both joy and a sense of calm. |
F.It’s an important ritual (仪式) that deserves weight and ceremony. |
G.After all, our lives are the sum of how we spend our time and what we pay attention to. |
9 . Wasted-time worry
The idea that time is our most precious resource can bring with it a sense of time-pressure. We are always told “Time is money and time is running out”, so we must manage it well. We take time-management courses, download the latest productivity app and divide our day into blocks, so our time is never wasted.
We need to shift away from trying to maximize our time and reduce our worry about wasting it. We don’t have to view every moment we don’t spend the way we expected to as a waste. There may be value in those moments too.
Then how much should we be working? Researchers say on most days, three to four hours of high-quality, focused mental work is about our maximum.
We often encounter empty time, throwing us into boredom, panic or anxiety, or add to our wasted-time worry.
A.Working beyond that can be a waste |
B.Working to maximum is the secret to success |
C.but the scraps of time that get lost in between |
D.We can simply appreciate the part they played in our life |
E.However, we need some hours in the day to waste as we wish |
F.We can simply set aside more moments for the work of the day |
G.Yet in our crazy attempts to account for every hour, we fall into wasted-time worry |
It was a cold winter Monday morning. Manu an eight-year-old was sleeping comfortably in his bedroom upstairs, at the Khagal house. Mondays are usually very difficult for him after a weekend break from his school. “Manu, wake up! It’s school time!” shouted out Manu’s mother Akhila, from the kitchen. Manu pulled the blanket over him and ignored his mother’s repeated attempts to wake him up. “Manu! It’s already 6 o’clock and your school bus will be here by 7. So please wake up and get ready. Manu continued sleeping.
Finally, after much pestering and pampering (纠缠和纵容), Manu got out of bed and started getting ready for school lazily. The school bus was already honking (按喇叭) in front of his house while Manu was brushing his teeth. Akhila requested the driver to wait for a few minutes. She quickly helped Manu get ready and helped him get to his school bus.
“Phew! Manu didn’t miss his bus today” Akhila sighed. She was really concerned about her son. Manu couldn’t do anything on time, waking up in the morning or any of his daily tasks. Akhila thought to herself “need to work out a plan to teach him a lesson in self-discipline (自律). Repeated advice and warnings haven’t changed him.”
The next day it was the usual scene at the Khagal house except that there was no effort from Akhila to wake up her son. The time was 7. The school bus honked and Akhila, unlike her usual self, asked the bus driver to leave. There was unusual confidence on Akhila’s face. Manu finally woke up at around 9 o’ clock. He ran down to the kitchen and cried out “Mom! Why didn’t you wake me up? The school bus has already left and I am really late for school today.” He couldn’t stop crying. “I have a math test today and Mrs. Mangat will punish me if I miss her class and the test.” The calm face of Akhila made Manu feel more anxious.
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“Mom, what should I do now? Please help!” said Manu weepingly.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The scene the next day at the Khagal house was a little different.
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