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     Listen carefully, working people, we would like to tell you something that could save your precious
time and money! Best of all, it is free!
     It's "no".
    What do you ask? We'll say it again: "No".
     Sweet and simple "no".
     Say "no" at your office and see how quickly that pile of work on your desk disappears.
     "Saying 'no' to others means you are saying 'yes' to yourself, " said Leslie Charles, a professional
speaker from East Lansing, Michigan.
     "Time is precious. People are spending money buying time. And yet we are willing to give up our time
because we can't say 'no'."
     Susie Watson, a famous writer, said people who always say "yes" need to say "no" without guilt(內(nèi)
疚)or fear of punishment. "I would rather have someone give me a loving 'no' than an obligated(強(qiáng)制的)
'yes', " she said.
     Susie Watson says she feels "no" obligation to give an explanation when she says "no" either socially
or professionally. Does she feel guilty about it? "Not at all," said Watson, who is director of advertising
and public relations at Timex Corp in Middlebury, Conneticut. "Most people are afraid of saying 'no'…
My advice is to say 'yes' only if you don't mean 'no'."
     Watson said "no" is the most effective weapon against wasting time. "Every year there are more
demands on your time… Other people are happy to use up your time. " Watson said. Time saving
appears to be "no's" greatest friend.
    "No" can be your new friend, a powerful tool to take back your life. "No" may even take you further
in the business world than "yes".
     "No" is power and strength. "No" now seems completely correct. "Saying 'no' isn't easy. But finally
it's greatly liberating," Charles said. But, he added, a "no" project needs to be worked on every day
because it is hard to change long-term habit.
     But, he also warns: "Don't go to extremes. Don't find yourself saying 'no' to everything. In return you
should learn to hear 'no'."

1. The sentence "Saying 'yes' to yourself" means _______.

A. you can have more time to play with others
B. you needn't care about other's feeling if you are happy
C. you are selfish and treat others rudely
D. you can deal with your business as you have planned

2. When you say "no" to others you should say it in a _______.

A. secret way        
B. polite way
C. proud way      
D. guilty way

3. In Watson's opinion, peoplecan save much time on condition that _______.

A. they say "no" at a suitable time
B. they say "no" as much as possible
C. they are afraid of saying "no"
D. they make others angry at them

4. If a person says "no" to everything, the result he or she receives may be that he or she______.

A. enjoys a wonderful life
B. makes a lot of money
C. faces difficulty in life   
D. forgets to say "yes" in the end
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2012年普通高等學(xué)校招生全國(guó)統(tǒng)一考試湖北卷英語(yǔ) 題型：050

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　　It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland's oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education．A 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers．Written by Sophia Jex-Blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women's Day．

　　The document was discovered buried in the university archives(檔案)by part-time history student Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research．She said：“We knew that Sophia Jex-Blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical education for women, had written to the Senatus Academicus(校評(píng)議委員會(huì))at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn't know documentary evidence existed．While searching the archives for information about the university's higher certificate for women, I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote．”

　　In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews．Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distance-learning degree for women．The qualification, which ran from 1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students．It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892．

　　Ms Jex-Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874．She was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877．Eventually, she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice．

(1)

Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted ________．

[　　]

A．

to carry out a research project there

B．

to set up a medical institute there

C．

to study medicine there

D．

to deliver lectures there

(2)

Lis Smith found Sophia's letter to St Andrews University ________．

[　　]

A．

by pure chance

B．

in the school office

C．

with her supporters'help

D．

while reading history books

(3)

Sophia's letter resulted in the establishment of ________．

[　　]

A．

the London School of Medicine for Women

B．

a degree programme for women

C．

a system of medical education

D．

the University of Berne

(4)

When did St Andrews University begin to take full-time women students?

[　　]

A．

In 1873．

B．

In 1874．

C．

In 1877．

D．

In 1892．

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      American children and teenagers have increased their use of entertainment media by more than one hour
a day in the last five years. On an average day they now spend seven and a half hours using media.
     These are the findings of a new survey. It included not only devices like TVs, computers, mobile phones
and MP3 players, but also media like books and magazines. It did not count media use for school.
     Vicky Rideout at the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health re- search group, wrote the report. She was
surprised that kids could fit even more media time into their day.
     She found that they spent ten hours and fortyfive minutes if you counted each device individually. But
children multi-task a lot, and Vicky Rideout says this is not necessarily a good thing. "
     People who study the brain will tell you that you can't actually multitask in that way. You're really
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task as well as you would do them if. you did them one at a time." she added.
     The study suggests a link between heavy media use and lower performance in school. About one-fourth of
those who used media the least reported that their grades were mostly average or below. But that was true of
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     So where are the parents? Children who had any rule limiting the use of any kind of media were exposed to
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     Girls spent more time than boys on social networking sites, lis tening to music and reading. Boys spent
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     Vicky said "It looks like the girls just sort of lose interest in the games and they drop off and start doing
other things, whereas the boys' interest remains strong."
     Some other findings: Time spent reading books has not dropped in the last five years. But time with
newspapers and magazines has, though some reading now takes place online.
1. What is worrying about American children and teenagers according to the survey?
A. The burden and pressure of study after school.
B. The money spent on the entertainment media.
C. Their increased time spent on entertainment media.
D. The lost control of their entertainment activities.
2. What does the underlined word "multitask" mean?
A. Doing different tasks without being permitted.
B. Carrying many tasks at the same time.
C. Doing some illegal things out of school.
D. Only doing one task in the limited time.
3. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 means____.
A. Parents should watch children while they are using media
B. Parents shouldn't allow children use media at all
C. Parents should hide and give children free space
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     It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland's oldest university which helped start a
revolution in higher education. A 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to
study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers. Written by Sophia
Jex-Blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study
medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women's Day.
     The document was discovered buried in the university archives (檔案) by part-time history student
Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research. She said: "We knew that Sophia Jex-Blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical
education for women, had written to the Senatus Academicus (校評(píng)議委員會(huì)) at St Andrews in an
attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn't know documentary evidence existed.
While searching the archives for information about the university's higher certificate for women, I was
astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote."
     In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a
medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St
Andrews. Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies
Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distance-learning degree for women. The qualification, which ran from
1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted
as students. It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St
Andrews in 1892.
     Ms Jex-Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874. She
was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877.
Eventually, she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.
1. Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted _______.
A. to carry out a research project there
B. to set up a medical institute there
C. to study medicine there
D. to deliver lectures there
2. Lis Smith found Sophia's letter to St Andrews University _______.
A. by pure chance
B. in the school office
C. with her supporters' help
D. while reading history books
3. Sophia's letter resulted in the establishment of _______.
A. the London School of Medicine for Women
B. a degree programme for women
C. a system of medical education
D. the University of Berne
4. When did St Andrews University begin to take full-time women students?
A. In 1873.
B. In 1874.
C. In 1877.
D. In 1892.

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