Less is more. This is why we say: reduce thin...

Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, slow down instead of _______. Apply these _______ in your everyday life, and you will find yourself being on your journey to simplification.

When you concentrate on one task, you find you have _______ that you didn’t even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to _______ two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep _______ one and then the other, it will take a long time, _______ one of them will keep slipping out of your hand and _______. But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your _______, make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back, get _______ one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, and then you can be sure of success.

The stress of work is now ________ almost in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the stress that formerly would have been ________ among all the relatives is now ________ on the individual partner.

If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day is not ________, then it’s not because the day has too ________ hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact is that ________ people tend to forget. The ________ is equally simple: refuse to accept so many assignments.

“I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement. People who can handle stress are given more—until one day they ________. Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can ________. These signs come from various ________ of life. You are ill, or your work efficiency is ________.

If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say openly, “I can’t manage that.”

1.A.bringing up B.taking up C.giving up D.speeding up

2.A.principles B.advantages C.operations D.relations

3.A.appetite B.gift C.energy D.excuse

4.A.carry B.fetch C.bring D.take

5.A.pushing B.enjoying C.grabbing D.exchanging

6.A.and B.because C.so D.but

7.A.running away B.turning off C.catching up D.lying down

8.A.labor B.strength C.power D.force

9.A.another B.others C.other D.the other

10.A.small B.true C.great D.wrong

11.A.shared B.given C.realized D.influenced

12.A.contracted B.concentrated C.constructed D.congratulated

13.A.enough B.short C.important D.proper

14.A.little B.much C.few D.many

15.A.overslept B.overdeveloped C.overcrowded D.overloaded

16.A.answer B.destination C.problem D.solution

17.A.break through B.break down C.break out D.break off

18.A.put with B.deal with C.suffer from D.come with

19.A.qualities B.quantities C.areas D.stages

20.A.improved B.advanced C.increased D.affected

高一英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

Less is more. This is why we say reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junks instead of piling them up, slow down instead of　 　 .

When you concentrate on one task, you find you have　 　 that you didn’t even know you had. The pressure at work is on the rise. In the past, the expectations were　 　 among all the family members. But now, in the 　 　 family, the expectations are now concentrated on the individual(个体) partner. If you feel 24 hours per day are not enough, it is not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. The　 　 is very simple: Refuse to accept so much work. People tend to forget that one who can deal with stress well is given more work—until one day he　 　 .

Pay careful attention to the　 that tell you that you are under more stress than you can handle. They may come from various areas of life. You 　 weak, or your work efficiency decreases. If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and reduce some work.

1.A.speeding up 　 B. giving up 　 C. bringing up 　 D. putting up

2.A.possibility 　 B. force 　　　　 C. energy　　　　 D. excuse

3.A.shared 　　　　 B. taken　 　　　 C. realized 　　　 D. achieved

4.A.rich 　　　　　　 B. urban 　　　　 C. modern 　　　　 D. large

5.A.alternative 　 B. process 　　 C. problem　　　　 D. solution

6.A.cuts down 　　 B. breaks down C. holds up　 　　 D. turns down

7.A.orders 　　　　 B. signs　 　　　 C. principles　 　 D. features

8.A.switch 　　　　 B. grow　 　　　　 C. predict 　　　　 D. change

高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Simplify Your Life

Less is more．This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them，get rid of junk instead of piling it up，relax instead of stressing，slow down instead of speeding up．Apply these principles in your everyday life in a conscious way．You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplification．

1.__________

When you concentrate on one task，you find you have energy that you didn't even know you had． Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards．If you keep grabbing one and then the other，it will take forever，because one of them will keep slipping out from under your arm and running off．But if you tie one pig in a place，pick up the other，gather all your strength and make a dash for the finish line，pause for a moment，run back and get the other one，and with great determination，carry the second pig to the finish line，then you can be sure of success．

2._________

The pressure at work is on the increase in all occupations．In the modern nuclear family，the expectations that formerly would have been shared among all the relatives are now concentrated on the individual partner．

If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day are not enough for all the things you need to do，then it's not because the day has too few hours，but because you have too many activities．A simple fact that overloaded people often tend to forget．The solution is equally simple: refuse to accept so many work assignments in your private life or your working life．

3.____________

"I can handle stress" is regarded as a positive statement in the world of work．People who can handle stress are given more and more to cope with -- until one day they break．

Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can cope with．These

If you have any of these symptoms，change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress．Say quite openly，"I can't manage that．"

4.__________

“If only I were slimmer，more beautiful，richer，more clever，then I would be happier．" This is a dream that makes a lot of people ill，depressed，and unhappy．Life has its flaws，defects，corners，and edges．Only those who accept this reality can lead a really full life．

Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous: driving a car; crossing the road． But life doesn't consist entirely of these things．In among them there is a lot of room for small and large mistakes．

5._________

Successful people all have their own places where they can withdraw in order to work．Find out which places improve your creativity．For me it's the train．When I know that I'm going to be traveling for four hours without phone calls and people knocking on my door，I find nay mind is free and I can read or write complex articles．There can be problems working on the train，of course : if the person sitting opposite you keeps talking away，or if train traps make you tired ( some people fall asleep after a few miles)．

A． Escape Now and Then

B． Slow Down Your Life

C． Separate Your Actions

D． Allow Yourself to Be Weak

E． Relieve Pressure by Firmly Saying "No"

F． Imagine you are the best

G． Stop Expecting Everything to Be Perfect

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

“Why do we have to learn about these useless things?” This is what teachers have heard students complain about most 1. (common). In such cases, we may tell the students such 2. story:

One night, a group of herdsmen（牧民）were about to leave the campsite when there appeared a flash of bright light. They knew that God would be there, so they looked forward to 3.(get) wishes from God. God 4.( begin )to speak: “You have to collect along the way a number of stones. Tomorrow night, you may be very happy, but you may be very regretful.” Then God disappeared.

The herdsmen were very 5. (disappoint), because they would look forward to God to bring them untold wealth or treasure, but they did not expect that God had told them to do all these meaningful things. However, in any case, after all, that was God’s will. Although there　 6. (be) some dissatisfaction, they were still picking over some stones. 7. this way, they took a day. When night fell, they stopped. All of a sudden, they found that all the stones they picked had turned into 8. (diamond). They were happy, 9.　 at the same time, they felt very sorry, and they regretted that they had not collected more stones.

Now we feel that knowledge is as useless as stones, 10. may become endless wealth in the future.

高一英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

This is the only way we can imagine _______ the overuse of water in the students’ bathrooms.

A. reducing        B. reduced          C. reduce        D. to reduce

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

They say that soon, we will be able to receive more than 500 television networks on cable or by satellite. Some people think that it’s useless to have that many channels. Their usual criticism(批评) goes something like this: "I already get more channels on my TV than I have time to watch. No one needs to see that much TV. There’s not enough time in the day to watch all that!"They also say that most of what’s on television now isn’t worth watching in the first place.

I think they’re missing the point. If the local library wanted to add another 5,000 books, would we say, "That’s silly, we’ll never have time to read all those books"? The point is that we would have more choices.

I don’t believe that most people should watch more television. And if we had 500 or even 1,000 channels to choose from, we wouldn’t have to spend more time watching TV. We would, however, have more programs to choose from. That means that the quality of our viewing time would be improved.

I think the more channels we have, the better. Give me more choices! If they’re not worth my time, I’ll just hit the "off" button.

1.The purpose of writing this passage is to ______.

A．make a suggestion                       B．express an opinion

C．give important information                D．complain about cable television

2.From the passage we know that the author wants to ______.

A．read more books                       B．rent more TV sets

C．have more choices                      D．watch more sports

3.The number of television channels is ______.

A．increasing fast

B．decreasing fast

C．never going to be more than 1,000

D．the same as that of books in the library

4.To make his point, the author compares the development of TV networks to that of ______.

A．schoolyards        B．computers         C．libraries           D．satellites

5.What does the phrase "hit the 'off’ button" refer to?

A．Go to the library.                        B．Switch over the TV channels.

C．Turn off the TV.                         D．Have more TV networks.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

This piece of furniture is really inexpensive with a price of _____ forty dollars.

A．less than          B．more than         C．other than         D．rather than

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A proverb says :“Time is money.”But in my opinion, time is even more valuable than money. Why? Because when money is spent ,we can earn it back .However when time is gone ,it will never return .This is the reason why we must value time.

There is no doubt that the time we have is unusually limited. So even an hour is extremely precious. We should make full use of our time to do useful things .As students we must not relax our efforts to engage in our studies so as to serve our society and our nation in the future.

But it is pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time .They spend their valuable time smoking, drinking and so on. They do not realize that wasting time is equal to wasting a part of their valuable life.

In a word, we should get into a good habit of saving time. Do not put off what can be done today until tomorrow. Laziness will not only bring us failure but also lead us to the road of poverty.

1.When we say “Time is money.”we mean ______

A. Time is equal to dollars, pounds…　 B. Time is gold .

C. Time is valuable .　　　　　　　　　　 　 D. We must spend time in buying goods

2.People who spend time smoking, drinking ________.

A. do not know how to kill time as clearly as others

B. doubt that they will become more dangerous to society

C. realize how important their lives are

D. waste their whole lives without realizing the importance of time

3. If people get lazy, _______.

A. they will bring us failure.　　　　　　　　　

B. they are likely to fail

C. they are usually busy smoking, drinking and so on

D. they will lead us the road of success

4.Being students, we must _______.

A. work hard at our subjects　　　　　　　　　　

B. do whatever we want to do

C. not always engage ourselves in our lessons

D. have a rest now, than we can get relaxed from our busy studies

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mr. Brown is ________ a teacher to us, we look on him as our friend.

高一英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

This is ________ a mobile phone. It can be used as a small TV, too.

A. no more than    B. no less than   C. more than   D. less than

高一英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析