Question

I'm one of those people who are terrible at saying no．I spend too much of my time doing things I'd rather not be．I get things done, but it's not always the best I can do, or the best way I can spend my time．That's why my newest goal, both as a professional and a person, is to be a quitter．

Being a quitter isn't being someone who gives up, who doesn't see important things through to the end．I want to quit doing things that I'm asked to do, for no other reason than I'm asked to do it．1 want to be able to quit something in mid-stream, because I realize there's nothing good coming from it．

A friend of mine once told me that "I knew I was an adult when I could stop reading a book, even after getting 500 pages into it．" Strange though it sounds, we all intend to do this．We get involved in something, realize we don't want to be a part of it, but just keep doing it．

What I advise is to quit as often as possible．If you're stuck doing something, and don't really want to do it anymore, step back for a second．Ask if you really have to do this, and what value is being produced from your doing it．Don't think about the time you've put into it or how much it's taken over your life．If you don't want to do it, and don't have to do it, don't do it．

By quitting these things, you'll free up time to do things that actually do create value, for yourself and for others．You'll be able to begin to put your time and effort into the things you'd actually like to do．

Let's learn how to say "no" at the beginning, or in the middle．Let's see to it that we're spending our time creating value, rather than worsening our losses．Let's be quitters together．

1．From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3, we can see the friend of the writer seems to believe ____．

       A．adults should always finish books completely

       B．adults should stop reading after getting 500 pages

       C．adults can stop reading if there's no value

       D．adults can stop reading if he gets the main idea

2．The underlined phrase "free up time" in Paragraph 5 probably means"____"．

       A．give somebody extra time                     B．make bad use of time

       C．takes somebody more time                   D．spend less time

3．The best title of the passage should be ____．

       A．Stop Doing Things                               B．Try to Be a Quitter

       C．Learn to Say No                                  D．Create Our Value

Answer 1

CAB