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A 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 one hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end los both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itlf. The unpunctual man is for ever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable ast (财产) as well as other’s. The unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, 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 ldom complains of want of it. He knows that he can not get through his huge amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every piece of work when it has to be attended to. Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointments is the 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 guests prent. Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to do one’s duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if tho who are put in charge of important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men. 小题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 right time while an unpunctual person ldom 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.小题2: According to the passage, the main reason that a person is always unpunctual is that _______. A．he has more work to do than other peopleB．he is always in a hurry when he worksC．he doesn’t care much about timeD．he always mismanages and wastes his time小题3:According to the third paragraph, when you are invited to dinner, you should arrive there _______. A．after other guests have arrivedB．before all other guestsC．at the appointed time D．after the host has got things ready小题4: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 important task. B．If your friends know that you are unpunctual, they may not e you again. C．Unpunctuality may bring about heavy loss for both public and private affairs. D．Unpunctuality may make you miss a lot of appointments and lo friends. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:B小题2:D小题3:C小题4:C

解析

本文论述了守时的重要性。小题1:推断题。根据文章第 1 段及第 2 段第 1 句可推知此题答案为 B。小题2:推断题。根据文章第2段第5句 The unpunctual man is for ever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable ast (财产) as well as other’s 可推知此题答案为 D。小题3:推断题。根据文章第 3 段第 1 句 Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointments is sign of disrespect towards others 及后面的内容可推知此题答案为 C。小题4:推断题。根据文章最后一段可推知此题答案为 C。

考点

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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。