Making fists is relaxing. It dictates the shape of the immediate future; it calms you down (it’s OK, it’s on a list somewhere) and it makes you feel good when you cross something off 0ist-making is standard practice in therapy for depression). It might even help you to get things done too. The more you have to do, the more you need a list and few people with high-powered jobs get by without them. Women always think they’re better at lists than men. Men tend to have Tasks which they assemble’ into Action Plans whereas women just have lists of Things To Do.

       James Oliver, psychologist, has created his own “time management matrix (模式)”. He writes a list of things to do and then organizes them into categories: things that have to be done straight away, other things that it would be good to do today, things that are important but haven’t got to be done immediately and things that are less urgent but that he doesn’t want to forget. “Using categories to order the world is the way the human mind works,” he says. “After that, you should divide things into levels of importance.” But he also warns, “If people get too absorbed in making fists, it doesn’t work. They have too many categories and lose their ability to decide which is the most important.”

       It’s all a question of what works best for you, whether it’s a tidy notebook, a packet of Post-it notes or the back of your hand． Having tried all these, student Kate Rollins relies on a computerized list, which is printed out each morning. “My electronic organizer has changed my life,” she says. “Up to now, I’ve always relied on my good memory, but now that I’m working and studying, I find I’ve got too much to keep in my head．”

       So what are you waiting for? No, you’re not too busy to make today the first day of your upgraded time-managed life. In fact, there’s no better time titan the present to begin to take increased control of your work and life. So, get out your pencil and pen and make a list.

The main purpose of making lists is to    .

       A．help map out one’s future       B．divide things into levels of importance

       C．treat certain diseases such as depression  D．organize one’s work and life reasonably

We can learn from the passage that    .

       A．good memory helps in list making

       B．too much’ listing might be misleading

       C．women usually make a lot more lists than men

       D．people with high-powered jobs make lists most

The word “categories” in paragraph 2 most probably has the same meaning as“    ”.

       A．groups      B．portions    C．items       D．areas

In this passage the author intends to    .

       A．suggest a way of raising one’s living standard

       B．introduce some ways of business management

       C．urge people to develop the habit of listing

       D．warn people not to rely on their memory

下文中共有十处错误，每句中最多有两处，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改十处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Wang Ping，
I’m very glad to have received a letter you sent me two weeks before．I’ve been thinking about the question you ask me．In my opinion，you should come back after you finish your studies at abroad．For one reason，what you are studying is bad needed nowadays in China．It will be quite easy of you to find a good job．In fact，I know that a few big company in our city are hoping to hire people like you．For other reason，I think it will be much more convenient for you to look after your parents as we are getting old．Therefore，I think it’s a good idea for you to return．So what are you waiting?
Best wishes．
Yours，
Li Hua

— What are you going to do this weekend?

— I don’t know. I ______ visit a friend.

A．might            B．can              C．should            D．must

—What are you going to do this afternoon?
—I’ll probably go for a walk later on________it stays fine.

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在横线上写出对应单词的正确的形式，每空只写一词。
【小题1】He knew there was a speed limit but he just______(不理睬)it and drove very fast.
【小题2】He has all the_______(品质)of a successful leader..
【小题3】There are certainly ______(文化) differences between the two communities.
【小题4】The whole nation was making rapid progress, with all its people ______( 团结) around the leader.
【小题5】We all______(衷心地) hope you will be well again.
【小题6】You shouldn't go swimming until your food has a chance to ______(消化).
【小题7】He looked at us in_______(惊讶地) .
【小题8】It was too hot; while walking on, the women wiped the sweat off faces
with _________(手帕).
【小题9】What are you _______(耳语) about ?  
【小题10】Our teacher has ________ (提前) the deadline for handing in homework
by one week.