Question

Forget hard work and perseverance. Getting ahead is as simple as tidying your desk.

According to a leading expert, having a cluttered environment reflects a cluttered mind, but the act of tidying up can help you be more successful. The advice comes from Jayne Morris, the resident"life coach" for NHS Online, who said it is no good just moving the mess around. In order to clear the mind, unwanted items must be thrown away to free your "inner world", she said.

Ms Morris, who claims to have coached celebrities to major business figures, said:“Clearing clutter from your desk has the power to transform your business. " How? Because clutter in your outer environment is the physical sign of all the clutter going on inside of you. " Clearing clutter has a chain effect across your entire life, including your work. Having an untidy desk covered in clutter could be stopping you achieving the business success you want. " She is sure cleaning up will be helpful even though some of history's biggest achievers lived and worked in messy conditions.

Churchill was considered untidy from a boy throughout his life, from his office to his artist's studio,and the lab where Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin was famously untidy.

Among the recommendations is that simply tidying a desk at work and an overflowing filing cabinet(陈列柜) will instantly have a positive impact on "your inner world. " Anything that is no longer used should not be put into storage but thrown away completely.

Keeping something in the loft, garage or other part of the house, does not help because it is still connected to the person "by tiny energetic li.nes", Ms Morris. claims.

She said, "The things in your life that are useful to you, that add value to your life, that serve a current purpose are charged with positive energy that refreshes you and enriches your life. But the things that you don't ever use and don't need anymore have the opposite effect on your energy.

Things that no longer fit or serve you, use up your energy. "

1.The underlined word "cluttered" (in Para.2) is closest, in meaning to __

A．messy            B．brief             C．complex          D．aggressive

2.Which of the following statements does Ms Morris agree to?

A．Changing the position of staff frequently will help to build up a clear mind.

B．A tidy office will lead to a success in your business affairs in no time.

C．To have a free mind, we need to throw away unneeded items at times.

D．You can pack up your things in garage or loft to cheer you up.

3.According to Ms Morris, an untidy desk probably means that         

A．you are quite a failure

B．you are in a messy mind

C．you are toe tired to deal with it

D．you have achieved the business success

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Less untidy, more successful.

B．How to improve your inner world.

C．Cleaning up makes you less intelligent.

D．Being bigger achiever needs more effort.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讨论的话题是如果你周围的环境不够整洁，会影响到你的事业成功。文章具体分析了其中的原因和不同的人对此的看法。

1.A 推理题。根据第二段1前2行According to a leading expert, having a cluttered environment reflects a cluttered mind, but the act of tidying up can help you be more successful.说明该词是指混乱，故A正确。

2.C 推理题。根据第三段2,3行“Clearing clutter from your desk has the power to transform your business. " How? Because clutter in your outer environment is the physical sign of all the clutter going on inside of you.说明他是支持把桌子上混乱的东西都整理干净的，故C正确。

3.B 推理题。根据第是哪段3,4行Because clutter in your outer environment is the physical sign of all the clutter going on inside of you说明他认为混乱的环境是你混乱的思维的反应，也就是说如果你的桌子很乱，说明你的思维也很乱。故B正确。

4.A 主旨大意题。本文讨论的话题是如果你周围的环境不够整洁，会影响到你的事业成功。文章具体分析了其中的原因和不同的人对此的看法。故A正确。

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点评：本文讨论的话题是如果你周围的环境不够整洁，会影响到你的事业成功。本文测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。