主题阅读Ⅰ.Maybeyouhaveseenthisinschools:somestudentsarestudyingnearlyallthetimebuttheyjustpasstheirexamswhilesomeothersmayspendmuchlesstimeontheirbooksbutdomuchbetterinexams.Howcouldthishappen?Peopleu
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Maybeyouhaveseenthisinschools:somestudentsarestudyingnearlyallthetimebuttheyjustpasstheirexamswhilesomeothersmayspendmuchlesstimeontheirbooksbutdomuchbetterinexams.Howcouldthishappen?Peopleusedtothinkthathardworkistheonlywaytosuccess.Butnowtheyhaveunderstoodthatsmartworkcanmakethemsucceedtoo.
Hardworkersdon'tmindworkingforlonghourswhilesmartworkersalwaysthinkofseveraldifferentanswerstothesequestions“WhyshouldIsufferthis?”“Isn'tthereabetterwaytodothis?”Thankstothesepeoplewecanusecomputersinsteadoftheabacusnow.Progressineveryfieldisthedirectresultof“trytofindabetterway”bysmartworkers.
TherewasalargesoapfactoryinJapan.Onceitreceivedanunusualletterfromsomeonewhocomplainedthattherewasnosoapinthesoapboxhebought.
Howcouldemptysoapboxesgooutofthefactory?Theengineerscheckedtheproducingandpacking.Theproducingwasfinebutinaboutoneintenthousandcasesthepackingmachine(机器)letanemptysoapboxgo.Therewasnoneedtospendalotofmoneyrepairingthemachineforsuchasmallproblem.Theengineersoonworkedoutasolution;heputahugeXraymachineandtwolargecomputerstofindouttheemptysoapboxes.Afterteachingtheworkershowtouseithesatdowninhisseatexhausted.
“Sirwecouldhavesolvedtheproblemsinamuchsimplerandcheaperway，”aworkersaid.
“Really?How？”
“Wecanputahugefannearthepackingmachine.Thewindcomingfromthefanwillblowawaytheemptyboxesleavingtheotherboxeswithsoap.”
Seethisissmartwork.Inordertosucceedweshouldnotonlyworkhardliketheengineerbutalsothinksmartlikethisworker.
( )1.Somestudentsspendlesstimeonschoolworkbutdobetterinexams________.
A．becauseoftheirhardwork
B．becauseofdifferenteducation
C．becausetheytrytofindabetterway
D．becausetheystudyforamuchlongertime
( )2.Someonewrotetothesoapfactoryandcomplainedthat________.
A．thesoapboxheboughtwasempty B．theirsoapwastooexpensive
C．thesoapheboughtwasterrible D．theirservicewasverybad
( )3