1、pancreas,?spleen?and heart all appear to be in their most active phases. Conversely, the?of us experience a low period in the hour or two after lunch （a time when people in some societies?sensibly?take a rest）, as most of our energy is?devoted?to the process of?digestion. The simple rules here are:
2、dont waste too much?prime?time having a coffee break around you should be doing some of your best work, and dont make the after-lunch period even less?by overloading your?digestion. A short coffee or tea break is ,in fact, best taken on arrival at the office ,when it helps us start the day in a posi
3、tive mood, rather than mid-morning when it interrupts the flow of our activities. Lunch is best taken early, when we are just beginning to feel hungry, and we are likely to eat less than if we leave it until later. An early lunch also means that we can get back into our productive?strideearlier in t
4、he afternoon.Changes in ones attitude can also?enhance?personal time management. For example, the notion of pro-action is eminently?preferable?to?reaction. To pro-act means to?anticipateevents and be in a position to take?appropriate?action as soon as the right moment arrives. Toreact, on the other
5、hand, means to have little?anticipation?and do something only when events force you to do so. Pro-actors?tend?to be the people who are always one step ahead of other people, who always seem to be in the right place at the right time, and who are always betterinformed?than anyone else. Many of us lik
6、e an easy life, and so we tend to be reactors. This means that we arent?alert?to the challenges and opportunities coming our way, with theconsequence?that challenges?bother?us or opportunities pass us by before were even properly aware theyre upon us. We can train ourselves in pro-action by regularl
7、y taking the time to sit down and?appraise?the likely?immediate?future, just as we sit down and review the immediate past.Psychologists recognise that we differ in the way in which we characteristically?attributeresponsibility for the various things that happen to us in life. One of the ways in whic
8、h we do this is known as locus of?control?（Weiner,1979）, which refers to assigning responsibility. At its simplest, some individuals have a predominantly?external?locus of control, attributing responsibility to outside causes （for example, the faults of others or the help given by them） ,while with
9、other individuals the locus of control is predominantly?internal, in which responsibility is attributed to oneself （for example, ones own abilities or lack of them, hard work, etc.）.However, the picture usually isnt as simple as this. Many peoples locus of?is more likely to be?specific?to a?particul
10、ar?situation, for example?internal?in?areas, such as their?social?lives, and?in others, such as their working lives. Or, to take another example, they may?attribute?certain kinds of results to themselves, such as their successes, and certain kinds of results to other people, such as their failures.
11、Obviously the best kind of locus ofcontrol?is one that is?realistic?and able to attribute every effect to its?cause, and this is particularly important when it comes to time management. Certainly, there are occasions when other people are more responsible for our time loss than we are, but for most
12、of us, and for most of the time, the?blame?must fall fairly and squarely upon ourselves.Choose ONE?phrase?（A-J） from the list in the box below to complete each key point below. Write the?letters （A-J） in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.The information in the completed sentences should be an?accurate?
13、summary?of points made by the writer. There are more phrases （A-J） than sentences, so you will not use them all. You may use any?more than once.Questions 1-6Time management-key pointsAnswerExample Our patterns of circadian rhythms G1. A proactive person2. A?reactive?person3. Analysing circadian rhyt
14、hms4. The idea that the best time to work is in the morning5. The notion of feeling?in the late afternoon6.?Productivity?appears to be enhancedList of phrasesA） agrees with the circadian rhythms of most people.B） makes us feel alive and?creative.C） conforms to the circadian rhythms of a?minority?of
15、people.D） if our energy is in a low phase.E） is more able to take?advantage?of events when they happen.F） enables one to?gauge?physical?potential?at?times throughout the day.G） can?affect?us physically and mentally.H） when several?organs are active.I） takes a more?passive?attitude toward events.J） w
16、hen we eat lunch earlyQuestions 7-13Complete the sentences below with words taken from Reading Passage 1,ersonal Time Management. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 7-13 on your answer sheet.Example Most people are less?productive after lunch7. Our influence ou
17、r physical and?mental?performance8. We are more likely to be?in the afternoon if we have .9. A person who reacts tends not to see when they are approaching.10. Assessing the aids us in becoming proactive.11. A person with a mainly?locus of?would likely direct?toward .12. A person with a mainly?would
18、 likely direct failure toward .13. A person with a healthy and balanced locus of?would?a result, whethernegative?or positive, to .雅思阅读模拟题 PASSAGE 2READING PASSAGE 2You are advised to spend about 20?minutes?on Questions 14-25 which are based on Reading Passage 2, The Muang Faai Irrigation SysTEM of N
19、orthern Thailand.Questions 14-19Reading Passage 2 has 7 sections.Choose the most?suitable?heading?for each section from the list of headings （A-L） below. Write the?letter （A-L） in boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet. There are more headings than sections, so you will not use all of them.List of Heading
20、sA） Rituals and beliefsB） Topography of Northern ThailandC） The forests of Northern ThailandD） Preserving the systemE） Agricultural practicesF） Village lifeG） Water?distribution?principlesH） Maintaining natural balancesI） Structure of the irrigation systemJ） Users rightsK） Users obligationsL）?Commun
21、ity?control14. Section 115. Section 216. Section 317. Section 4Example Section 5 A18. Section 619. Section 7THE MUANG FAAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM OF NORTHERN THAILANDSECTION 1Northern Thailand consists mainly of long mountain chains interspersed with valley bottoms where streams and rice fields?dominate?
22、the?landscape. Most of the remaining forests of the North are found at higher altitudes. The forests?ensure?regular seasonal rainfall for the whole area and at the same time?moderate?runoff, so that there is water throughout the year.SECTION 2The lowland communities have developed an agricultural sy
23、stem adapted to, and?partiallydetermining, the?distinctive?ecosystems of their areas. Practicing wet-rice agriculture in the valley-bottoms, the lowlanders also raise pigs, ducks and chickens and?cultivate?vegetable gardens in their villages further up the slopes. Rice, beans,?corn?and native vegeta
24、bles are planted in hill fields above the villages, and wild vegetables and herbal medicines are gathered and wild game hunted in the forests higher up the hillsides. The forests also serve as?grazinggrounds for cows and buffalo, and are a?source?of wood for household utensils, cooking?fuel,construc
25、tion?and farming tools. Fish are to be found in the streams and in the irrigation system and wet-rice fields, providing both food and?pest?control.SECTION 3In its essentials, a muang faai system consists of a small?reservoir?which feeds an?intricate, branching?network?of small channels carrying wate
26、r in carefully calibrated quantities through clusters of rice terraces in valley bottoms. The system taps into a?stream?above the highest rice field and, when there is?sufficient?water, discharges back into the same stream at a point below the bottom field. The water in the reservoir at the top, whi
27、ch is?diverted?into a main?channel（Iam muang） and from there into the different fields, is slowed or held back not by animpervious?dam, but by a series of barriers?constructed?of bunches of bamboo or saplings which allow?silt, soil and sand to pass through.SECTION 4Water from the Iam muang is?measur
28、ed?out among the farmers according to the?extent?of their rice fields and the amount of water?available?from the main?channel. Also considered are the height of the fields, their distance from the main channel and their soil type. The size and depth of side-channels are then?adjusted?so that only the allocated amount of water flows into each farmers field.SECTION 5Rituals an
