高考二轮复习七选五专练

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A

Work Smarter Not Harder

In Dan Pink's

Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for

Yourself

he closes the book with a long, excellent list of “Work

Smarter

Not

Harder”

type

advice

for

people

who

want

to

start

wo

rking

for

themselves.

1 Below are my favorites.

●

Make

a

“

to

don't

”

list.

Prepare

a

list

that

contains

all

the

things

you shouldn't waste your time on

—

useless tasks, unnecessary

meetings, worthless phone calls, and so on. 2

●

Carry a notebook and pen.

Thomas Edison did it. Virginia Woolf did

it. And so did Charles Darwin. They carried a notebook with them

everywhere and wrote down ideas that popped into their heads. 3

Trust me: This is a fantastic way to explore ideas and to weave

creativity into the fabric of your life.

●

4 Become a learning machine. Ask questions. Take smart people to

lunch.

Read.

Read

some

more.

Listen

to

audiobooks.

Take

classes.

Added

benefit: This makes life more interesting. Yet another benefit:

Studies

have

shown

that

people

who

make

constant

learning

part

of

their

lives end up living longer.

●

Guard

your

calendar.

Make

sure

your

time

is

focused

on

your

one

or

two

top priorities (

优先解决的事物

). Ask yourself:

“

Is this how I want

to be spending my time right now

”

Remember: You are your calendar.

5

●

Respond

to

calls

and

e-mails

quickly

.

Even

if

your

response

is,

“

I'll

get

back to

you,

”

try

to get back

to

people within

24 hours. They'll

appreciate the politeness.

A. Learn.

B. Be quick, but don't hurry.

C. So treat your calendar with respect.

D. Try to begin your day the same way.

E. Page through the notebook occasionally.

F. Then place it next to your “to do” list and stick to it.

G. Frankly, the list is so good I think everyone would benefit from it.

B

It was a few years ago, and I had taken a part-time job in a video

store.

One day, an elderly woman came into the store, along with a younger

woman

who

I

guessed

was

her

daughter.

The

daughter

was

displaying

a

serious

case of impatience, rolling her eyes, checking her watch every few

seconds.

The older woman began to tick through the DVDs on the nearest shelf.

1 The woman smiled up at me and showed me a title written on a piece

of paper.

Rather than rushing off to locate the DVD for the woman, I asked her

to walk with me so I could show her where she could find it. 2

Something about her deliberate (

从容的

) movements reminded me of my own

mother, who'd passed away the previous Christmas.

We found the movie. I accompanied the old woman to the queue at the

cash register and then stepped back and stayed near the younger woman.

When

the

older

woman's

turn

in

line

came,

she

paid

in

cash.

As

the

cashier

put the DVD into a plastic bag, I walked over to the younger woman.

“Is that your mom” I asked.

3 But she rolled

her eyes and said, “Yeah.”

Still watching the mother, I said, “Mind some advice”

“Sure,” said the daughter.

4

“

Cherish

(

珍爱

)

her,

”

I

said.

And

then

I

answered

her

curious

expression

by

saying,

“

When

she's

gone,

it's

the

little

moments

that'll

come back to you. Moments like this.

”

The elderly woman moved with her deliberate slowness back to her

daughter's

custody

(

监护

). 5 Slowly,

the

daughter

placed

her

arm

with

apparently unaccustomed affection around her mother's shoulders and

gently guided her back into the crowd.

A. I smiled to show her I wasn't criticizing.

B. Together they made their way toward the store's exit.

C. I walked over and asked if I could help her find something.

D. I halfway expected her to tell me it was none of my business.

E. Then, unwillingly, I had to return the elderly woman to her keeper.

F. Looking back, I think I wanted to enjoy her company for a moment.

G. I remembered the moments when I'd used my impatience to make her life

miserable.

C

Learn How to Have a Learning Vacation

Going on a vacation to learn a skill you have long wanted to pick up

sounds like a good getaway, but be cautious, said John Spence, the

president

of

a

travel

company

in

Calif.

“If

you

don't

pick

the

right

skill

for you, or go in with unrealistic expectations, your precious time off

won't be enjoyable,” he said.

Here, he shares his advice on planning a learning vacation that you

won't regret taking:

FOLLOW

YOUR

PASSION

(

热情

). 1 .

They

include

cooking,

photography,

art history, farming or a sport such as diving or horseback riding. To

get the most out of the trip, choose something you're passionate about.