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阅读理解 Listen carefully, working people, we would like to tell you something that could save your precioustime and money! Best of all, it is free!
It's "no".
What do you ask? We'll say it again: "No".
Sweet and simple "no".
Say "no" at your office and see how quickly that pile of work on your desk disappears.
"Saying 'no' to others means you are saying 'yes' to yourself, " said Leslie Charles, a professional
speaker from East Lansing, Michigan.
"Time is precious. People are spending money buying ti
me. And yet we are willing to give up our time
because we can't say 'no'."
Susie Watson, a famous writer, said people who always say "yes" need to say "no" without guilt(内
疚)or fear of punis
hment. "I would rather have someone give me a loving 'no' than an obligated(强制的)
'yes', " she said.
Susie Watson says she feels "no" obligation to give an explanation when she says "no" either socially
or professionally. Does she feel guilty about it? "Not at all," said Watson, who is director of advertising
and public relations at Timex Corp in Middlebury, Conneticut. "Most people are afraid of saying 'no'…
My advice is to say 'yes' only if you don't mean 'no'."
Watson said "no" is the most effective weapon against wasting time. "Every year there are more
demands on your time… Other people are happy to use up your time. " Watson said. Time saving
appears to be "no's" greatest friend.
"No" can be your new friend, a powerful tool to take back your life. "No" may even tak
e you further
in the business world than "yes".
"No" is power and strength. "No" now seems completely correct. "Saying 'no' isn't easy. But finally
it's greatly liberating," Charles said. But, he adde
d, a "no" project needs to be worked on every day
because it is hard to change long-term habit.
But, he also warns: "Don't go to extremes. Don't find yourself saying 'no' to everything. In return you
should learn to hear 'no'."
1. The sentence "Saying 'yes' to yourself" means _______.
A. you can have more time to play with other
s
B. you needn't care about other's feeling if you are
happy
C. you are selfish and treat others rudely
D. you can deal with your business as you have planned
2. When you say "no" to others you should say it in a _______.
A. secret way
B. polite way
C. proud way
D. guilty way
3. In Watson's opinion, peoplecan save much time on condition that _______.
A. they say "no" at a suitable time
B. they say "no" as much as possible
C. they are afraid of saying "no"
D. they make others angry at them
4. If a person says "no" to everything, the result he or she receives may be that he or she______.
A. enjoys a wo
nderful life
B. makes a lot of money
C. faces difficulty in life
D. forgets to say "yes" in the end
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考点
据考高分专家说，试题“阅读理解 Listen car.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
