1．My students often tell me that they do not have"enough time"to do all their homework．My response often is"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 my professor that I was working hard．His answer was"That's irrelevant （不相干）．What's important is the quality of your work．"That led me to a new idea：the quality of the work，which is perhaps best explained in a sign："Don't work harder．Work smarter．"
If you can't get more time，as few of us can，the only solution is to improve the quality of your work．That means improving ways to get more out of the same time．That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits，which for students 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 can，it will pay off in all your subjects．
As to improving reading，one suggestion is to take a quick nap when you feel reading puts you to sleep，which later helps you read better．The second solution is to speed up．
But there are other issues．First，you need to find a place where you can work without unnecessary disturbances．Second，you need to take control．Success depends on realizing that you have to take active control over what you are doing．Third，you might as well get hold of a good book on reading and master the reading skills that pay off in all your classes．
Talking about advice on good writing habits，you simply have to master the writing skills．Increasing your efficiency in both reading and writing will pay off immediately in terms of the quality of your work and in terms of the time spent doing it．Then you will be able to do better work in less time．And maybe you will find time to play golf with the president．
57．What's the main idea of the passage？B
A．In fact，everyone has as much time as the president．
B．The key to having enough time is to improve work quality．
C．Reading and writing matter a lot in finishing homework．
D．Not having enough time is unacceptable for unfinished work．
58．According to the author，the students do not have enough time to get their work done mainly becauseA．
A．they lack good learning habits
B．they only have 24hours a day
C．they feel sleepy while reading
D．they are not good at writing
59．The author believes a most important way for a student to improve work quality is toA．
A．develop reading and writing skills
B．find a quiet place to read and write
C．take control over his or her work
D．read and write in all classes
60．According to the passage，"Don't work harder"means thatD．
A．one should not be more devoted to one's work
B．one should not spend more time in working
C．working harder is not allowed in our daily life
D．working harder is not the key point in work．
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，提高我們學(xué)習(xí)的質(zhì)量．
解答 57．答案是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．
58．答案是A．推理判斷題，根據(jù)文中句子That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits，如果感覺沒有時間，這應(yīng)該促使我們對我們的工作習(xí)慣進(jìn)行分析，可以推斷出感覺時間短缺的學(xué)生主要是因為他們的學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)慣有問題，所以答案選A．
59．答案是A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中句子Talking about advice on good writing habits，you simply have to master the writing skills談?wù)摵玫膶懽髁?xí)慣的建議，你只需要掌握寫作技巧，所以答案選A．
60．答案是D．句意理解題，根據(jù)文中句子If you can't get more time，as few of us can，the only solution is to improve the quality of your work，唯一的解決方法是提高工作的質(zhì)量，Don't work harder．Work smarter不要只努力工作，要聰明工作，工作中只有努力是不夠的還要聰明，所以答案選D．
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