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1、AA punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment. The unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be fo
2、und again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itself. The unpunctual man is forever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset(财产)as well as others. The unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer le
3、tters, or return calls or keep appointments promptly. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he cannot get through his huge amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every piece of work when it has to be attended to
4、. Failure to be punctual in keeping ones appointments is a sign of disrespect towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be regarded as a great disrespect to the host and all other guest
5、s present. Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to do ones duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are put in chare of important tasks failed to be at their proper places at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never tr
6、usted by his friends or fellow men. 1. What does the author think is the main difference between a punctual person and an unpunctual person? A. A punctual person does everything ahead of time while an unpunctual person does everything behind schedule. B. A punctual person does everything at the righ
7、t time while an unpunctual person seldom does anything at the correct time. C. A punctual person has a lot of appointments while an unpunctual person has few appointments. D. A punctual person has much time to do everything while an unpunctual person has little time to do anything. 2. According to t
8、he passage, the main reason that a person is always unpunctual is that_. A. he has more work to do than other people B. he is always in a hurry when he works C. he doesnt care much about time D. he always mismanages and wastes his time3. According to the third paragraph, when you are invited to dinn
9、er, you should arrive there_. A. after other guests have arrived B. before all other guests C. at the appointed time D. after the host has got things ready4. Which of the following statements best describes the harm of unpunctuality? A. If you are an unpunctual person, you cannot be in charge of any
10、 important task. B. If your friends know that you are unpunctual, they may not see you again. C. Unpunctuality may bring about heavy losses for both public and private affairs. D. Unpunctuality may make you miss a lot of appointments and lose friends. B Several times each year the Queen gives aftern
11、oon tea parties at which guests are served tiny cakes filled with cream from her own cows. Cakes and sandwiches are brought in by footmen, yet you never see the Queen touch a thing. She simply sits beside a big silver plate, pouring cups of tea for everyone and carefully avoiding the cakes. At cockt
12、ail parties the Queen moves from group to group, chatting informally, and manages to make one glass of diet(节食)drink to last an entire evening. Tours abroad are difficult because hosts(主人)seem to believe the warmth of their welcome must be shown with wonderful state banquets(宴会). But the Queen has p
13、erfected the art of appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much. During one visit to the Pacific islands of Tonga, a specially-prepared dinner was arranged in a hut made of wood and bamboo leaves. Deep holes were dug in the ground, filled with hot stones and baby pigs, and the pigs were
14、 slowly baked over several days. The Queen looked uneasily at her plate when she discovered a whole roast pig was her serving. Then she became uneasy when a turkey, some meat, bananas and an apple were also carried in for each guest. So she depended on her old favorite trick of talking with her host
15、. , King Tupou IV, carrying on a warm conversation. At the same time she pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit. Reporters traveling with her have noted that the Queen will sometimes seem so carried away by a foreign leaders political chat that she simply never has time to finish a meal before it is time to get up and make her speech. She will lift her fork to swallow a mouthful, then put it down again to make another point, leaving almost all of her meal untouched. 5. The main idea of the passage is ab
