My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other    , including her “sixth sense”,   she rarely gives the impression she’s missed anything.

  Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she doesn’t push too hard on them, who really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often the    don't realize she's blind.

  I realize this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   excited about her finger-painting project.

  “Mom, guess what?”said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to      colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle      with us.”

  To my great      my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!

  Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my       showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really      what I was doing!’’ Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt      Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

  I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come up in conversation.

  When I told her, she was      for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla     . And I knew my child was      because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's pride in her work.

  We were silent for a minute.Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my      .’’ Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

1.A.ways      B.means         C.methods      D.senses  

2.A.which     B.when          C.that          D.as

3.A.guests     B.family         C.children      D.friends

4.A.excited    B.sad            C.satisfied      D.enjoyed

5.A.especially  B.not so          C.a little       D.not at all

6.A.paint      B.draw           C.mix         D.create

7.A.stayed     B.painted         C.talked       D.played

8.A.excitement  B.encouragement  C.delight       D.surprise

9.A.attitude     B.color           C.picture      D.paper

10.A.touched    B.distinguished    C.saw         D.understood

11.A.after      B.before          C.until         D.when

12.A.curious    B.quiet           C.puzzled      D.worried

13.A.cried      B.insisted         C.complained   D.informed

14.A.right      B.wrong          C.worried       D.uncertain

15.A.paper     B.pens            C.hands        D.eyes

 

Most people think their time problems are outer, and that they are caused by the telephone, meetings, visitors, and delayed information or decisions. Although these problems often have a bad effete on them, as when people call or drop in, we usually contribute to them. We fail to have calls screened by a skillful secretary or assistant, or we leave our door open, actually assuring constant interruptions.

In almost all cases, it is possible to influence, if not control, it usually can cause problems, such as, slowness and indecision, lack of self-discipline, the inability to delegate, or the tendency to fight fires, to act without thinking, and to jump from task to task without finishing any of them.

Time is constant that cannot be changed. The clock cannot be slowed down or speeded up. Thus we cannot manage time itself. We can only manage our activities with respect to time.

The same skills are needed as those used in managing others—the abilities to plan, organize, delegate, direct, and control. Time management is simply self-management. It is impossible to be effective in any position without controlling one’s time effectively.

Successful time management does not mean working harder, but working smarter. All kinds of management skills must be used in the home and office to get most value from time. You must think ahead about what to do, and timely than others, making it get maximum results in the shortest possible period.

1.According to the writer, time problems            .

A．are caused by the telephone, meetings and visitors

B．are caused by delayed information or decisions

C．can be solved by self-management

D．can’t be controlled

2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as tile internally generated time wasters?

A．slowness and indecision.

B．Lack of self-discipline.

C．Jumping from task to task without finishing any of them.

D．Working hard.

3.It can be concluded from the passage that the abilities to plan, organize, delegate, direct and control should      .

A．be used in managing others’ activities

B．be used in managing one’s own activities

C．not be used in time management

D．be used in managing both others’ and one’s activities

4.We can also draw a conclusion that the key to successful time management is       .

A．working harder and harder

B．clever self-management

C．thinking of what to do, and how and when to do it

D．employing a skillful secretary

 

 

One of the most famous buildings in the United States is Carnegie hall ,the home of classical and popular music concerts in New York. Carnegie Hall is known not just for its beauty and history, but also for its amazing sound .It has been said that the hall itself is an instrument. It takes the music and makes it larger than life.

Carnegie Hall is named after Andrew Carnegie, who paid for its construction .Construction of Carnegie Hall began in 1980 and the official opening night was on May 5,1891.

The hall was owned by the Carnegie family until 1924 when it was sold to Robert E. Simon。The building became very old and in 1960,the new owner made plans to destroy it and build an office block. Isaac Stern led a group of people who fought to save Carnegie Hall and finally ,the city of New York bought it for $5 million. It was then fixed up between 1983 and 1995.

In 1986,people realised that Carnegie Hall had never kept proper records of its history.

Advertisements and stories in newspapers about how Carnegie Hall needed help to recover its history led people to send in old concert programmes and information from all over the world. Over 12,000 concert programmes were received and with these it was possible to make a proper record of Carnegie Hall 's concert history.

Carnegie Hall is actually made up of several different halls ,but the Main Hall, now called the Isaac Stern Auditorium, is the most famous. The hall itself can hold an audience of 2804 in five levels of seating .Visitors to the top level have to climb up 105 steps to get there!

Because the best and most famous musicians of all time have played at Carnegie Hall, it is the dream of most musicians who want to be great to play there. This has led to a very old joke which is now part of Carnegie Hall 's history .Question:" How do I get to Carnegie Hall?" Answer:" Practise ,practise, practise."

64..It can be inferred that people wanted to save Cargenie Hall mainly because______.

A.it made a lot of money

B.it was worth visiting

C.many important concerts were held in it.

D.it made some players become famous

65.How did Carnegie Hall recover its concert history?

A.Through newspaper reports   B.Through old concert programmes

C.Through old photographs     D.Through old jokes

66.Why is the Carnegie Hall joke funny?

A.Because you expect the answer to be directions but not advice

B.Because Carnegie Hall is a place where musicians practise a lot.

C.Because it is difficult to find your way to Carnegie Hall

D.Because you don't expect the answer to repeat the same word three times.

67.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Historical events happened inside Carnegie Hall

B.The city of New York paid for Carnegie Hall to be built .

C.Carnegie Hall was finally fixed up in 2000.

D.Isaac Stern saved Carnegie Hall ,so the Main Hall is named after him.

 

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other    , including her “sixth sense”,   she rarely gives the impression she’s missed anything.

  Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she doesn’t push too hard on them, who really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often the    don't realize she's blind.

  I realize this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   excited about her finger-painting project.

  “Mom, guess what?”said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to      colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle      with us.”

  To my great      my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!

  Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my       showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really      what I was doing!’’ Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt      Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

  I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come up in conversation.

  When I told her, she was      for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla     . And I knew my child was      because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's pride in her work.

  We were silent for a minute.Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my      .’’ Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

1.A.ways      B.means         C.methods      D.senses  

2.A.which     B.when          C.that          D.as

3.A.guests     B.family         C.children      D.friends

4.A.excited    B.sad            C.satisfied      D.enjoyed

5.A.especially  B.not so          C.a little       D.not at all

6.A.paint      B.draw           C.mix         D.create

7.A.stayed     B.painted         C.talked       D.played

8.A.excitement  B.encouragement  C.delight       D.surprise

9.A.attitude     B.color           C.picture      D.paper

10.A.touched    B.distinguished    C.saw         D.understood

11.A.after      B.before          C.until         D.when

12.A.curious    B.quiet           C.puzzled      D.worried

13.A.cried      B.insisted         C.complained   D.informed

14.A.right      B.wrong          C.worried       D.uncertain

15.A.paper     B.pens            C.hands        D.eyes

 

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other    , including her “sixth sense”,   she rarely gives the impression she’s missed anything.

  Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she doesn’t push too hard on them, who really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often the    don't realize she's blind.

  I realize this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   excited about her finger-painting project.

  “Mom, guess what?”said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to      colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle      with us.”

  To my great      my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!

  Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my       showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really      what I was doing!’’ Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt      Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

  I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come up in conversation.

  When I told her, she was      for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla     . And I knew my child was      because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's pride in her work.

  We were silent for a minute.Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my      .’’ Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

1.A.ways      B.means         C.methods      D.senses  

2.A.which     B.when          C.that          D.as

3.A.guests     B.family         C.children      D.friends

4.A.excited    B.sad            C.satisfied      D.enjoyed

5.A.especially  B.not so          C.a little       D.not at all

6.A.paint      B.draw           C.mix         D.create

7.A.stayed     B.painted         C.talked       D.played

8.A.excitement  B.encouragement  C.delight       D.surprise

9.A.attitude     B.color           C.picture      D.paper

10.A.touched    B.distinguished    C.saw         D.understood

11.A.after      B.before          C.until         D.when

12.A.curious    B.quiet           C.puzzled      D.worried

13.A.cried      B.insisted         C.complained   D.informed

14.A.right      B.wrong          C.worried       D.uncertain

15.A.paper     B.pens            C.hands        D.eyes