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閱讀理解 　　My students often tell me that they don’t have “enough time” to do all their schoolwork． 　　My reply is often a brief “You have as much time as the president．” I usually carry on a bit is not an an acceptable explanation of not getting something done． 　　Once in graduate school, I tried to prove to one of my professors by saying that I was working hard．His answer to me was, ”That’s irrelevant(無關的)important is the quality of your work．” Since then I have had time to think carefully about the “hard worker” dodge(決竅), and I have come to some conclusions－all relevant to the problem of how much time we have． 　　If you analyze the matter, you can identify two parts of the problem：There is, of course, the matter of “time”, which we can think of as fixed．Then there is the problem of “work” during that time．But, as my professor suggested, It’s not how hard one works but the quality of the product, that’s important． 　　That led me to a new idea：the quality of the work．That concept is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the wall in someone office：”Donn’t work harder．Work smarter．” Ther is a lot of sense in that idea． 　　If you can’t get more time, and few of us can, the only solution is to improve the quality of the work．That means thinking of ways to get out of the same time than we might otherwise get．That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits．Since “work” for students usually means “homework”, the expression” workhabits” should be read as “study habits．” 　　Then, as a smart student, you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study, chiefly reading and writing．If you learn to read better and write better, there are big benefits that pay off in all your students． (1) From the passage, we know that the author is probably _________． [　　] A． a poet B． an educator C． a nolelist D． an engineer (2) We can infer from the 2nd paragraph that we students still _________． [　　] A． have enough time B． can meet the president C． get everything done well D． should accept the explanation (3) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? [　　] A． The author’s students make good use of their time to do all their homework B． The author tried to tell the professor that/she(author)had done a good job C． You can’t improve the quality of the work if you can’t get more time． D． You’ll try to improve your skills in reading and writing if you are a clever stdent． (4) What’s the passage mainly about? [　　] A． Students don’t have enough time B． Don’t work harder;work smarter C． No one can get more time D． Read better and writer better．

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答案：1．B;2．A;3．D;4．B;