Maybe you have seen this in schools: Some students study nearly all the time but they just pass their exams, while some others may spend much l time on their books but do much better in exams. How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to success. But now they understand that smart work can make them successful, too.
Hard workers don’t m working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers to these questions. “Why should I suffer this?” “Isn’t there a better way to do this?” Thanks to these people, we can use computers instead of the abacus now. P
in every field is the direct result of “try to find a better way” by smart workers. There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it received an unusual letter from someone who c
that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought.
How could empty soapbox go out of the factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing. The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machines let an empty soapbox go. There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon worked out a s . He put a large X-ray (X射线) machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapbox. A
teaching the workers how to use it, he sat down in his seat, exhausted.
“Sir, we could have solved the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way.” a worker said.
“Really? How?” “We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind coming from the fan will blow away the empty boxes and leave the other o with soap. There would be no need for an X-ray machine, two computers, and operating by workers.”
See, this is smart work. In order to succeed, we should not only learn from the engineers’ hard work, but also think smart like the workers.
It was very cold. It was snowing fast and almost dark; the evening—the last evening of the old year was drawing in. In the cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, wa cap and shoes. When she l
her home she had shoes on . H
, they were much too large for her f
---shoes that her mother had used till then and the poor little girl l
them when she was running across the street when two carriages(四轮马车) were p
by terribly fast. When she looked for them, one was not to be found, and a boy hid the o
and ran away with it, saying he would use it as a house for his mouse.
In the old c that she wore were boxes of matches, and she carried a box also in her hand. No one had bought so much as a box all the long day, and no one had g
her even a penny.
Poor little girl, shaking with cold and hunger, she walked slowly, q and carefully along , a perfect picture of great unhappiness.
Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender , who was old and ugly, ____ the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him ____ he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were_______.
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small ______ stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to ______ one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s ______ and her father’s debt would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would______ be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl_____that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. ______ looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it ______ became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how______ I was!” She said, “But never ______. If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to _______ which stone I picked.” This ______ tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a _______way. Most difficult problems do have an solution.
A.pleased B.attracted C.loved D.saw
A.if B.unless C.so D.but
A.bored B.frightened C.relaxed D.excited
A.pink B.red C.black D.yellow
A.show B.damage C.check D.choose
A.daughter B.cousin C.wife D.friend
A.again B.still C.never D.hardly
A.said B.feared C.thought D.noticed
A.On . B.About C.For D.Without
A.usually B.surprisingly C.immediately D.slowly
A.worried B.clever C.careless D.lucky
A.laugh B.mind C.cry D.complain
A.tell B.explain C.ask D.arrange
A.saying B.story C.news D.man
A.careful B.funny C.different D.normal
Jim is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was 15 years old, his father him to work on the farm for one year at his free time. Jim was with his father's idea. 'That isn't my job. I have schoolwork to do. ' At hearing this, his father said, 'I promise(答应) to give you the best present if you finish one year's work. , Jim thought for a while and . Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed . Jim's crops grew very well. On the last day of the year, the father called his son to him, 'I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,' said the father, Now, tell me you want.' The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat. 'I've already got the present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted me to .
A.asked B.invited C.promised D.helped
A.happy B.unhappy C.excited D.familiar
A.a few B.so little C.too much D.too many
A.shall B.must C.need D.can
A.refused B.answered C.agreed D.began
A.hard B.hardly C.easily D.difficultly
A.fast B.quickly C.slowly D.immediately
A.that B.which C.how D.what
A.least B.worse C.best D.smallest
A.decide B.like C.take D.know
I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to share my .At first, my parents said "no" to him, but at last my mother agreed. I cried and asked my parents not to do this, but it didn't work.
As soon as Mike entered my room, it began to become .To my anger, he often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere! One evening, I was doing some on my computer while Mike was listening to music. However, I left my seat to get some water. A big surprise was waiting for me when I .He was using my computer to play games. I had forgotten to save the homework. Sadly, he had closed my program saving it-all I had done had disappeared! I him. He cried a lot as my mother came and beat him. My mother also asked him to leave my room at once.
Then I did my homework once again. At 10: 00 p.m.. I finished it. When I was going to turn off the computer, I saw the photo of my .that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how he was when my mom beat him. I really felt . I went to see what he was doing, I found he was sleeping in my parents' bed. I kissed his face. He woke up, got up and said. "I'm sorry. I won't bring you any more trouble."
I was as moved and said. "From now on, my room is not only mine. It is !"That very night, Mike and I shared not only the room, but the bed.
A.clothes B.food C.room D.toys.
A.dirty B.empty C.quiet D.tidy
A.business B.homework C.reading D.shopping
A.danced B.fell C.returned D.slept
A.after B.by C.for D.without
A.agreed with B.heard from C.looked after D.shouted at
A.brother B.cousin C.father D.grandfather
A.clever B.sad C.happy D.silly
A.bored B.excited C.proud D.sorry
A.his B.hers C.ours D.theirs
Foods quickly spoil and break down if they are not stored correctly. Heat and damp encourage increase in micro-organisms(微生物的), and sunlight can vitamins in such food as milk. Therefore, most foods should be stored in a cool, dark and dry place.
Some foods_ bad quickly, such as meat, eggs and milk. They should be stored in a temperature of 5°C~10°C. In this temperature range, the activity of micro-organisms is _ . In warm climates, this temperature can be kept_ in a fridge or in the underground basement(地下室) of a house.
Dry goods, such as flour and rice, should be kept at a slightly higher temperature. A temperature of 15°C is ideal. In Britain and northern European countries this means that the room in which dry foods are stored should the general heating of the house. The room should also be welland, above all, dry. Damp very quickly causes the of the green molds. These molds often grow on cheese if it is not stored properly.
Fruits and vegetables need cool and damp_ , so an underground basement usually_ an excellent storage place. If the central heating unit is in the basement, _ __, it will not be ideal unless the unit and the pipes(管道) do not give out any heat.
A.destroy B.cause C.harm D.hurt
A.become B.get C.go D.turn
A.reduced B.raised C.increased D.shortened
A.usually B.seldom C.forever D.only
A.choose B.enjoy C.share D.refuse
A.aired B.cleaned C.decorated D.emptied
A.appearance B.growth C.development D.increase
A.conditions B.situations C.matters D.scenes
A.gets B.becomes C.creates D.makes
A.therefore B.besides C.however D.then