Question

With the development of society, it is common that many people are rushing all the way and all day, tired and sub-healthy.1. She described all the things she had to do--- one was to make her bed ---from the moment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work. I suggested she experiment by not making her bed for two weeks. She was shocked, probably thinking I’d been brought up by wolves in a forest.2.

Two weeks later she went into my office merrily. She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years--- and nothing bad had happened. “And you know what?” she said. “I don’t dry my dishes anymore, either.”

3. One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before. The other was giving herself permission to be less than perfect. This story shows an important principle about managing time: no one can do it all. Each of us has to make choices and accept trade-offs(利弊权衡). The problem is that many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last. They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves.4.

So what is the solution? There’s an easy way. Decide what  you want in your life, and put that first. On a daily basis, that should include regular meals, enough sleep and time with your family. Exercise, leisure, friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life. 5. The choice is yours: whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life. Take a nap. Take a walk. Take time to play the piano. Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office. Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers. Fill more of your time with want-to-dos instead of have-to-dos.

A. Most people do not take time to relax themselves.

B. The point is to do something for yourself every day.

C. This woman had made two major breakthroughs.

D. A patient came to see me about the stress in her life.

E. Above all, you needn’t do anything for yourself regularly

F.They put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own.

G. However, she went along with my idea.

Answer

1.D

2.G

3.C

4.F

5.B

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述的是一位女士因为每天早起都要花费很多时间整理床铺，而去咨询医生的故事，作者通过本文告诉我们如何去管理时间：没有人可以面面俱到，我们每个人都必须作出选择，权衡利弊，用更多的时间去做自己想做的事。

1.根据“She described all the things she had to do--- one was to make her bed ---from the moment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work”，可知，这个人描述了自己每天紧张的生活。故选D。

2.根据前文“She was shocked, probably thinking I’d been brought up by wolves in a forest”她对我的建议不太认可，结合后文“Two weeks later she went into my office merrily. She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years”，这位女士尽管不太认可我的建议，但是采纳了我的意见。故选G。

3.根据“She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years--- and nothing bad had happened. “And you know what?” she said. “I don’t dry my dishes anymore, either”，可知，这位女士做了两件以前从未做过的事。故选C。

4.根据“The problem is that many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last. They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves._____4_____”，这类人通常都是把自己的事情和健康放在最后。后面是通过举例进行说明，故选F。

5.根据“On a daily basis, that should include regular meals, enough sleep and time with your family. Exercise, leisure, friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life”以及后文“The choice is yours: whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life”，这些都是从自己本身去考虑的，站在自己的角度去做的。故选B。

【名师点睛】七选五旨在考查学生对全文整体理解和对信息辨析的能力，做此题时首先需要先了解文章的整体结构，弄清文章大意，然后再把7个备选项浏览一下，最后再综合上下文进行推理判断。通过通读全文，了解到文章主要讲述的是一位女士因为每天早起都要花费很多时间整理床铺，而去咨询医生的故事，作者通过本文告诉我们如何去管理时间：没有人可以面面俱到，我们每个人都必须作出选择，权衡利弊，用更多的时间去做自己想做的事。然后再结合上下文进行选择。例如，第5题，根据前文所述“On a daily basis, that should include regular meals, enough sleep and time with your family. Exercise, leisure, friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life”以及后文“The choice is yours: whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life”，作者认为我们每个人在生活中都不能做到尽善尽美，因此，应该将每天的时间尽可能用在自己想要做的事情上，多从自己的角度去考虑问题。故选B。