河南省许昌市四校2014-2015学年高一上学期期末联考 英语试题
第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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“Oh!” my grandmother would say. “Look at the time! There just aren’t enough hours in the day.” And then she would begin another chore (日常事务). My grandmother was a busy woman. She lived on a farm and had eight children. She was busy from dawn until dusk but she was always well-organized. She could accomplish (完成) in a day what most people couldn’t in a week.
Make friends with time.
My grandmother knew that time was important and that it shouldn’t be wasted. She knew that you shouldn’t put off until tomorrow the things you should do today. She knew that if you didn’t learn how to make friends with time, it would become your enemy.
Time is an arrow.
Time is like an arrow: it begins in the past, travels through the present and it aims directly at the future. When we are young we don’t think much about that. If anything, we think time stands still or moves too slowly: “Will the bell ever ring? Will this boring class ever end?” Of course, time does speed up when we’re trying to finish an exam: “ Five minutes left?! But I still have ten questions to answer!”
Key to success.
Managing your time is an important part of being successful. And many business people think that being able to use their time well is the key to their success.
My grandmother wasn’t a business woman but she was just as successful in managing her time. In the fall she would plant flowers that would grow in the spring. In the summer she would preserve food that would be eaten in the winter. And during those long winter nights on the farm she would make sure her children worked hard at their studies. She was always busy.
1.What is the author’s grandmother like according to the whole passage
EXCEPT______.
A. well-organized B. successful in managing time
C. stubborn D. busy
2. If you want to succeed in your study, you should______ according to the
passage.
A. not make friends with time
B. make sure you have time to sleep and eat
C. manage your time well
D. put off until tomorrow the things you should do today
3. Which of the following sayings has the same meaning as “Time is an arrow”?
A. Time tries friends and fire tries gold. B. Time has wings.
C. Time will tell. D. Time is money.
4. What does the author want to tell?
A. Don’t let the grass grow under your feet.
B. His grandmother is a successful woman.
C. Why is time like an arrow.
D. How to make good use of time.
