Question

My students often tell me that they don’t have “enough time” to do all their schoolwork.
My reply is often a brief “You have as much time as the president.” I usually carry on a bit about there being twenty-four hours in the day for everyone, and suggest that “not enough time” is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done.
Once in graduate school, I tried to prove to one of my professors by saying that I was working hard. His answer to me was, “That’s irrelevant (無(wú)關(guān)的). What’s important is the quality of your work.” Since then I have had time to think carefully about the “hard worker” dodge (訣竅), and I have come to some conclusions — all relevant to the problem of how much time we have.
If you analyze the matter, you can identify two parts of the problem: There is, of course, the matter of “time”, which we can think of as fixed. Then there is the problem of “work” during that time. But, as my professor suggested, it’s not how hard one works but the quality of the product that’s important.
That led me to a new idea: the quality of the work. That concept is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the wall in someone’s office: “Don’t work harder. Work smarter.” There is a lot of sense in that idea.
If you can’t get more time, and few of us can, the only solution is to improve the quality of the work. That means thinking of ways to get more out of the same time than we might otherwise get. That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits. Since “work” for students usually means “homework”, the expression “work habits” should be read as “study habits”.
Then, as a smart student, you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study, chiefly reading and writing. If you learn to read better and write better, there are big benefits that pay off in all your studies.
【小題1】We can infer from the 2^nd paragraph that we students still _____ .

A．have enough time	B．can meet the president
C．get everything done well	D．should accept the explanation

【小題2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The author’s students make good use of their time to do all their homework.

B．The author tried to tell the professor that he/she (author) had done a good job.

C．You can’t improve the quality of the work if you can’t get more time.

D．You’ll try to improve your skills in reading and writing if you’re a clever student.

【小題3】What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Students don’t have enough time.	B．Don’t work harder; work smarter.
C．No one can get more time.	D．Read better and write better.

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】B

解析試題分析：本文是一篇夾敘夾議論文。每個(gè)人每天擁有的時(shí)間都是相同的, 那么想把事情做好就要有一定的技巧了。作者認(rèn)為:不要苦干, 要巧干。
【小題1】本段(第二段)指出: 你的時(shí)間和總統(tǒng)的時(shí)間一樣多。并把“時(shí)間不夠”
作為沒(méi)有完成某事的理由是不可接受的。由此推斷:我們學(xué)生仍有充足的時(shí)間。
【小題2】考查考生對(duì)具體信息的理解能力。A項(xiàng)與第一段和第二段內(nèi)容不符; B項(xiàng)中的...a good job與第三段第一句中的…working hard不符; C項(xiàng)與第六段中的第一句不符; D項(xiàng)與最后一段的第一句意思相吻合。
【小題3】考查考生對(duì)短文主旨要義的理解能力。由文章大意可知本文主題是: 不要苦干, 要巧干。而A、C、D項(xiàng)都是文章的部分細(xì)節(jié)。
考點(diǎn)：教育類短文閱讀。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：每個(gè)人每天擁有的時(shí)間都是相同的, 那么想把事情做好就要有一定的技巧了。作者認(rèn)為:不要苦干, 要巧干。本文是一篇夾敘夾議論文。文章通過(guò)舉例論證的方法論證主題。本題考查的方向在于整體閱讀，注意把握文章整體內(nèi)容，以提高閱讀的效率。