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 prob1em：There is, of course，the matter of “time”, which we call 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 advantages that pay off in all your studies．
小題1:From the passage，we know that the author is probably      ．

A．a(chǎn) poet

B．a(chǎn)n educator

C．a(chǎn) novelist

D．a(chǎn)n engineer

小題2:We can infer from the 2nd 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3: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（the 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’11 try to improve your skills in reading and writing if you're a clever student．

小題4: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:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：本文講述了在學(xué)習(xí)上我們要提高單位時間內(nèi)的學(xué)習(xí)的效率，要work harder, work smarter。
小題1:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段My students often tell me that they don’t have “enough time” to do all their schoolwork．中的my students說明我是一個教育者，故B正確。
小題2:A 推斷題。根據(jù)本段第一句My reply is often a brief “You have as much time as the president．和最后一句“not enough time” is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done．都說明作者認(rèn)為我們有足夠的時間。故A項正確。
小題3:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)2，3行Then, as a smart student，you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study, chiefly reading and writing．作為聰明的學(xué)生我們要提高我們的閱讀和寫作技巧，故D項正確。
小題4:Ｂ主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章的主題段最后一段可知本文主要講述的是我們要提高我們學(xué)習(xí)的質(zhì)量，故Ｂ項符合文章的大意。
點評：本文講述了在學(xué)習(xí)上我們要提高單位時間內(nèi)的學(xué)習(xí)的效率，要work harder, work smarter。本文以細(xì)節(jié)題的考查為主，要求考生在閱讀的時候要注意細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時在仔細(xì)閱讀題目要求和選項內(nèi)容的基礎(chǔ)之上在文章中找到相關(guān)的語群，并作出合理的判斷和選擇。