He has been studying Chinese history______three years. A、since B、in C、about D、for 答案:D4、Today, as with so many days, I found myself stuck in
a traffic jam, and I thought I’d share my little trick
for keeping calm when it seems like you are creeping along(缓慢行进).
The key to understand is that traffic jams don’t take as long as they seem to.It’s just that when we are in a hurry, and
think we should be moving, but time appears to pass more than it does.To really show this, the next time you are stopped at a light that
always seems to take forever to change, try to do something with your phone,
your laptop, whatever you have available, and watch how much briefer the light
seems.
When you enter a jam on the highway, reset your trip plan and care the time.Then, when you clear the jam, and
are normally on your way again, care the distance of the jam, and the time it
took to get through it.For my experience today, it took
me 6 minutes to go 2 miles.Now, it happens to be
mathematically convenient that your average speed on the highway is about 60
mph, or a mile per minute.So to estimate what time the
jam actually cost you, just take your traffic jam passing time, and subtract(减去) the distance covered, which we know is a good estimate of the time
it would have taken with no traffic jam.In my case, all
that added up to 6-2=4 minutes.
Do this for every jam you are subjected to every time and watch how much
less stressful they become once you understand how little time you are really
losing.
1.We can infer from Paragraph 1 and 2 that ________.
A.there was no traffic
jam in the past
B.modern people are
under great pressure
C.time passes much
faster during traffic jams
D.people in traffic jams
are usually impatient
2.What does the writer suggest when caught in traffic
jams?
A.Playing a trick on
other drivers.
B.Figuring out how much
time the jam actually cost you.
C.Doing some math
problems.
D.Informing the boss
about the delay.
3.The underlined phrase “subjected
to” in the last paragraph probably means ________.
A.experience
B.avoid
C.admit
D.control
4.What’s the main idea of the
passage?
A.Math is closely
connected with life.
B.Stress is always a bad
thing.
C.Traffic jam is not as
bad as you think.
D.There is no use
complaining about traffic jams.