Question

根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ---Lao Tzu

If you are in a city where everyone rushes, realize that you don’t have to be like everyone else. You can be different. You can walk instead of driving in rush hour traffic. You can be on your iPhone or Blackberry less, and disconnected sometimes. Your environment doesn’t control your life---you do. I’m not going to tell you how to give you a step-by-step guide to moving slower.    1   

1. Do less.

Cut back on your projects, on your task list, on how much you try to do each day. Focus not on quantity but on quality.    2    Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day, but give yourself time to focus.

2. Have fewer meetings.

3    And they eat into your day, forcing you to squeeze the things you really need to do into small windows, and making you rush.

3.    4   

When you do the important things with focus, without rush, there will be things that get pushed back, and that don’t get done. And you need to ask yourself: how necessary are these things? What would happen if I stopped doing them?

4. Practice mindfulness.

Simply learn to live in the present, rather than things so much about future or the past. When you eat, fully appreciate your food. When you are with someone, be with them fully. When you are walking, appreciate your surroundings, no matter where you are.

Try these things out. Life is better when unrushed.

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A．Start to put off or cancel the unnecessary.

B．Meetings are usually a “big waste of time”.

C．The world likely won’t end if you don’t pass one of the examinations.

D．But here are some things to consider and perhaps adopt, if they work for your life.

E. Remember the quote: if nature can get everything done without rushing, so can you.

F. Pick 2—3 important things---or even just one important thing---and work on those first.

G. Give yourself more time to get ready and get there.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 D

 F

 B

 A

 E

【解析】

試題分析：本文告訴我們生活不要太匆忙，要讓自己適當地閑下來，把生活中的那些不是很重要的事情放在一邊，或者就是不要去做。

 D 根據上句I’m not going to tell you how to give you a step-by-step guide可知我不會給你一步步地指導，而是給你一些也許你會采納和考慮的建議。故D項符合上下文。

 F 根據下一句Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day說明把一些小的，不是很重要的事情放在以后再做，故F項，也就是把重要的事情先做起來，故F項正確。

 B 根據上一句Have fewer meetings說明要我們少開會，那么這一句就應該是說明開會的壞處，故B項符合上下文。

 A 根據本段there will be things that get pushed back, and that don’t get done. And you need to ask yourself: how necessary are these things? What would happen if I stopped doing them?說明我們要把那些不是很重要的事情推遲到以后再做，甚至是把那些不需要的事情取消掉。

 E 本句與本文的第一句“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ---Lao Tzu

形成呼應的關系，故E項符合上下文。

考點：考查人生哲理類短文閱讀

點評：本文告訴我們要讓自己的生活不是那么第匆忙，從題目設置的角度看，本題側重對學生把握文章中心段落和各段落的中心句的能力的考查，所以遇到這類題后，要注意把握好文章結構，了解文章中心意思，找到各段落中心句。不要讓文中的一些生詞影響了注意力。