Question

【題目】Finding time for yourself

Few people, these days would disagree with the theory that it’s vital to take time for yourself. Creating some space for enjoyment and restoration each day or at least every week, is a win-win proposition. It’ll make you both happier and more effective in fulfilling your responsibilities at work and home. 【1】. Here are some useful suggestions.

Don’t wait until it feels right. 【2】, so you want to tell yourself that you’ll only relax once everything is under control. But since both work and family life generate an infinite number of to-dos, that strategy is doomed (注定要失敗的). As time-management writer Laura Vanderkam points out, it’s far more useful to learn to tolerate the discomfort of knowing your email inbox is filling up, or that the living room is still a pigsty.

【3】. It’s all too easy to fill ‘me time’ with things you think you should enjoy, above all exercise. If you genuinely love such activities, they’re perfect. But if the truth is that you don’t, you’ll only get angry. 【4】, even when the person doing the telling is ourselves. Make sure at least a small part of your week is spent doing something you can honestly say you enjoy for itself.

Pay attention to good feelings. Once you do get some restorative time, borrow a Buddhist technique for making it count: when you realize you’re enjoying yourself, spend half a minute consciously paying attention to the feelings of pleasure. 【5】.

A. Choose true enjoyment

B. We hate being told what to do

C. Make commitments in advance

D. It’s unpleasant to have unfinished tasks bother you

E. So, you’ll often find that those feelings increase as a result

F. Making a plan in advance can create the space you need for your own happiness

G. Making sure you actually get a moment to yourself requires a shift in perspective

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】E

【解析】

本文為議論文。文章論述了為什么給自己留點時間是很重要的這個理論，并提供了一些有用的建議。

【1】考查上下文及句意理解。根據上文Few people, these days would disagree with the theory that it's vital to take time for yourself.（現在很少有人會不同意為自己留點時間是很重要的這個理論）及下文Here are some useful suggestions.（這里有一些有用的建議）可知，G項Making sure you actually get a moment to yourself requires a shift in perspective（要想真正擁有屬于自己的時間，你需要轉變觀念）符合此處語境。故G選項正確。

【2】考查上下文及句意理解。根據下文so you want to tell yourself that you'll only relax once everything is under control.（因此，你想告訴自己，只有在一切都得到控制之后，你才會放松）可知，D項It's unpleasant to have unfinished tasks bother you（有未完成的任務困擾你是不愉快的）符合此處語境。故D選項正確。

【3】考查上下文及句意理解。根據下文It's all too easy to fill ‘me time’ with things you think you should enjoy, above all exercise. If you genuinely love such activities, they’re perfect.（用你認為應該享受的事情來填滿“自我時間”太容易了，尤其是運動。如果你真的喜歡這樣的活動，它們就是完美的）可知，此處主要講要選擇真正的享受。故A選項正確。

【4】考查上下文及句意理解。根據下文even when the person doing the telling is ourselves.（即使說話的人是我們自己的時候）可知，B項We hate being told what to do（我們討厭別人告訴我們該做什么）符合此處語境。故B選項正確。

【5】考查上下文及句意理解。根據上文when you realize you’re enjoying yourself, spend half a minute consciously paying attention to the feelings of pleasure.（當你意識到你在享受自己時，花半分鐘有意識地關注快樂的感覺）可知，E項So, you’ll often find that those feelings increase as a result（所以，你會經常發(fā)現這些感覺會因此而增加）符合此處語境。故E選項正確。

七選五題型主要考查上下文的理解與推斷，雖然文章整體難度一般低于閱讀理解，但是卻給很多同學造成了很大的心理障礙。七個選項中選五個，比四個選項中選一個，感覺干擾性更大，很大同學在做這個題目時，總有一種眼花繚亂、心煩氣躁的感覺，致使往往正確率不高。在這里提醒同學們，首先要克服心理障礙，同時要注意方式方法。其次，注意設空前后的句子，因為這些句子之間是順承和聯(lián)系的，所有一定要聯(lián)系和理解上下文的語境。例如第5小題，根據本段段首句Pay attention to good feelings.（注意良好的感覺）及上文when you realize you’re enjoying yourself, spend half a minute consciously paying attention to the feelings of pleasure.（當你意識到你在享受自己時，花半分鐘有意識地關注快樂的感覺）可知，E項So, you’ll often find that those feelings increase as a result（所以，你會經常發(fā)現這些感覺會因此而增加）符合此處語境。其中選項中的feelings與原文中的feelings相對應。故E選項正確。