Here's one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.
If you're a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.
This applies(適用) to all fields, not just the work-related(與工作相關(guān)的) ones. Maybe you want to improve your health, become a more energetic person. Or maybe you want to improve your study, your relations or perhaps do some personal development.
One hour a day is not much. But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that's about 260 hours a year. That's a large number of books and a lot of useful advice.
If you follow the ideas, who knows what great things and feelings could come into your life. Also, all that information and advice will start to open up your mind. You will start to see more chances in your life.
Now, you might think something like this:
1. I really don't have the money...
Answer: Visit your public library or search the database(數(shù)據(jù)庫). Or look for books that are used in places like amazon.com.
2. I really don't have the time...
Answer: Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work. Or copy them to your MP3-player and listen while riding your bike /bus to work or school. Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular...
Shut off the TV a little earlier and start reading.
小題1:What is Brian Tracy’s lifechanging advice about？
A．Watching TV. B．Listening to MP3.
C．Surfing the internet.D．Reading helpful books.
小題2:If you’d like to improve your work, you should_______ according to the writer.
A．read work-related booksB．become more energetic
C．improve your studyD．improve your relations
小題3:Which is NOT true about reading an hour a day？
A．It will open up your mind.
B．You will have about 260 hours a year to read.
C．You will read lots of books and get much useful advice.
D．It will probably bring great things and feelings into your life.
小題4:What should you do if you really don't have the money to read?
A．To buy some books from amazon.com.
B．To download MP3 free.
C．To visit the public library.
D．To borrow audiobooks and listen to them.
小題5:What is the writer’s idea about audiobooks?
A．They are more useful.
B．Listening to audiobooks is easier than reading books.
C．It’s dangerous to listen to audiobooks while driving or riding.
D．Audiobooks are a good solution to the problem of having no time to read.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了每天花費(fèi)一小時來讀書可以改善你的生活，如果你是一個推銷員，谷歌的最好的和最有用的書籍來提高你的銷售，不要說自己沒有時間也不要說自己沒有錢去讀書，改善你的健康和生活去讀書吧。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段Here's one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.描述，可知從布瑞恩特雷西聽每天讀一小時的書，可以改善你的生活。故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段ou're a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.This applies(適用) to all fields, not just the work-related(與工作相關(guān)的) ones.描述可知如果你想改善你的工作你就應(yīng)該讀與工作相關(guān)的書籍，故選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第四段But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that's about 260 hours a year.描述，可知是在一年中的每個工作日，而不是全年。故選B。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第七段I really don't have the money...Answer: Visit your public library or search the database(數(shù)據(jù)庫)聯(lián)系上下文描述，可知如果你真的沒有錢可以去公共圖書館讀書。故選C。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段及前文描述，Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular... 可知作者的建議是銷售有聲讀物是解決沒有時間讀書的好辦法。故選D。
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