Question

There are 365 days in a year. We sleep 8 hours a day, so we have 122 days for sleeping. Then our work time has 243 days left. But there are 52 weekends in a year. Each weekend is two days. We lose another 104 days a year for work. It takes us about one hour to have breakfast and supper. This comes to 15 days over a year. But we can’t work all that time-we need a holiday. Let’s say we have three weeks’ holiday. We don’t work all day. Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days. We have to remember that we get 2 days’ holiday at Easter, 3 at Christmas and 1 at the New Year. There are also 4 Bank holidays. Take those 10 days away and we have 32 days for work. But then we have one and a half hours’ lunch every day, and half an hour’s coffee break. That comes to 30 days a year. This means that we have only a few days left for work every year!
小題1:How many days do we sleep in a year? ___days.

A．365

B．122

C．8

D．52

小題2:We spend 15 days on __________.

A．rest

B．coffee break

C．lunch

D．breakfast and supper

小題3:Which of the following is true? __________

A．Each weekend is one day.	B．We have 61 days for free time.
C．We get 3 days’ holiday at Easter	D．Coffee break takes us one hour.

小題4:According to the passage, we know that we don’t have ______ time to work every year.

A．much too

B．so many

C．too much

D．too many

小題5:The writer means __________.

A．we should know the numbers	B．a few days for work is enough
C．we need more holidays	D．time is important and we’d better not waste(浪費) it

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：
小題1:根據so we have 122 days for sleeping可知，我們一年睡覺122天。所以本題選B。
小題2:通過 It takes us about one hour to have breakfast and supper. This comes to 15 days over a year.可知，在早飯和晚飯上一年要用15天。所以本題選D。
小題3:根據 Each weekend is two days可知A是錯誤的；根據we get 2 days’ holiday at Easter可知C是錯誤的；根據half an hour’s coffee break可知D是錯誤的；根據 Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days可知，B 是正確的。
小題4:根據This means that we have only a few days left for work every year!
可知，我們工作的時間不太多，修飾time不能用many，故排除BD；而much too是“太，非常”的意思，只有too much是“太多”的意思，可以修飾時間。所以本題選C。
小題5:通過閱讀全文，我們知道作者的意思是我們工作的時間不多，不能浪費時間。所以本題選D。
點評：本文通過算賬的形式告訴我們工作的時間不多，不能浪費時間。由于文中出現的數字較多，不易把握，所以在閱讀時盡量減慢速度，注意體會作者的意圖，當然本題的題目并不是很難，1、2、3小題都可以在文中找到答案，第4小題是考知識方面的題目,5小題是推測題。