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1、杭州外国语学校2019年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练43倒数第二周星期三AEven when youre extremely busy, you arent using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyones schedule where they arent doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time where you arent working as fast or as
2、 effectively as you possibly could.Why arent you completely efficient? Its because time isnt the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions. Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, oc
3、casionally procrastinate(拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when youre tired, you can have ample time and still not get everything done. Your
4、attention ability is also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices. But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two in
5、to their schedule without cancelling anything. The reason its hard to “find time” isnt a lack of time. Its because you dont have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.I first suspected time wasnt the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over
6、 a year ago. I was insanely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredib
7、ly light. Despite this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it. 41. If someone cant work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting facto
8、r is _.Aa schedule without gaps Bbreaks and distractionsC the limited time Dthe limited energy42. According to paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can _.Awork without any rest Bfocus on many things at a timeCfind some more time in a day Ddo some exercise regularly43. After a
9、few weeks off, what was the change of the writers life?AHe had a longer daily to-do lists with over twenty items.BHe stopped doing exercise because of the lack of energy.CHe found it hard to find time to exercise because he was busier.DHe pushed most of the things later and later in his schedule.44.
10、 The writer gives the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to _.Aprove what the real limiting factor is Bshow us how busily he needs to workCexplain how important a healthy body isDtell us what an odd experience he has45. What is the best title of the passage?AAre You Really Lacking in
11、Time? BHow Can You Work Efficiently?CWhat Makes Your Energy Limited? DWhen Should You Do Exercise?BAs the queen prepares to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, one of her closest relatives and oldest friends has been allowed to give a deep description of the family life of the royals. There have been hun
12、dreds of other books declaring to offer a quick look behind the Palace doors, but this is the first written by someone who is closely related to the royal family and has shared their lives-not only throughout the Queens reign but also through that of her father, King George VI.The Final Curtsey was
13、written by Her Majestys cousin and childhood playmate, the Honorable Margaret Rhodes. It tells in detail the story of Mrs. Rhodess relationship with the royal family over eight decades. The book, showed with delightfully informal and never-before-seen pictures, has been written with the full knowled
14、ge of the Queen, who has read and approved parts of it.Mrs. Rhodes lives on the royal farm in Windsor Great Park, in a house given to her by the Queen in 1980. She tells how it was offered out of the blue one day when she and the Queen-whose 60 years on the throne next year will be marked with many
15、national famous people-were out riding. She suddenly turned around and said, “ Could you bear to live in the suburb?” Therefore Mrs. Rhodes is now still living here.Born in 1925, the youngest daughter of the 16th Lord Elphinstone and his wife Mary, the Honorable Margaret Rhodes has led an extraordinary life. She was the childhood playmate of her cousin, the Queen; she was a wartime MI6 spy; she was a lady-in-waiting to her aunt, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, from 1991 until the latters death in 2002. At the Queens 80th birthday in April 2006, Margaret gave an interview to the BBC in whi
