中石油職稱英語閱讀練習(xí)
時(shí)間就是金錢。所有的時(shí)間都是寶貴的。下面是一篇關(guān)于時(shí)間的中石油職稱英語閱讀理解題，希望能對(duì)大家的備考有所幫助。
The Value of Time 時(shí)間的價(jià)值
1."Time" says the proverb "is money". Thismeansthatevery momentwell-spentmay put some money into our pockets. If our time is usefully employed, it willeitherproduce some useful and importantpiece of work whichwill fetch its price in the market, or it will add to our experience and increase our capacitiesso as toenable us to earn moneywhenthe proper opportunity comes.There can thus beno doubt thattime is convertible into money. Let thosewho think nothing of wasting time(定語從句)remember this; letthem remember thatan hourmisspent is equivalent tothe loss of abanknote; and thatan hourutilizedis tantamount toso much silver or gold; and then they willprobablythink twicebeforethey give their consent to the loss of any part of their time.
1、諺語(proverb)說：“時(shí)間就是金錢。(Timeis money)”這句話的意思是，一時(shí)片刻只要用得有效(well-spent adj. 使用得當(dāng)?shù)?充分利用了的)， 都會(huì)讓我們的口袋增添一些錢。如果(if)我們的時(shí)間使用得當(dāng)，就能生產(chǎn)出有用的、重要的產(chǎn)品(piece of work 工件，即產(chǎn)品)，(which引導(dǎo)的定語從句)(這些產(chǎn)品)在市場(chǎng)上賣得(fetch)一定的價(jià)錢;就能充實(shí)(add to)經(jīng)驗(yàn)，增長(zhǎng)才干(capacities)，等到適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)機(jī)(opportunity)來臨時(shí)，我們就能掙得金錢(enable us to earn money)。因此，毫無疑問的是：時(shí)間可以轉(zhuǎn)化為金錢(convertible adj. 可改變的;可變換的)。讓那些對(duì)浪費(fèi)時(shí)間滿不在乎的人記住這一點(diǎn)(think nothing of 把...視為平常)。讓他們記住，浪費(fèi)一小時(shí)等于(be equivalent to)損失一張鈔票，而利用一小時(shí)就等于(be tantamount to)得到若干金銀。這樣，他們想浪費(fèi)時(shí)間時(shí)或許會(huì)三思(think twice)而后行。
2.Moreover, our lifeis nothing more thanour time.To kill timeis thereforea form ofsuicide. We are shocked when wethink ofdeath, and we spareno pains, no trouble, and noexpenseto preserve life. But we aretoooften indifferent to (后跟名詞或名詞性短語) loss of anhour or of a day, forgettingthat our life isthe sum totalof the days and ofthe hourswe live(定語從句).A day or an hourwastedis thereforeso much lifeforfeited. Let usbear this in mind, and waste oftime will appear to usin the lightofa crimeas culpable assuicide itself.
2、再說，我們的生命無非就是(be nothing more than)我們活在人世的時(shí)間。因此，浪費(fèi)時(shí)間也就是一種自殺(a form of 一種...的`形式)。我們想到死，便驚恐不已，因而不惜一切努力、麻煩和費(fèi)用來保全(preserve)我們的生命(spare no pains 不遺余力，全力以赴)�？墒�，我們對(duì)于損失一個(gè)小時(shí)或者一天的時(shí)間卻往往漠不關(guān)心(indifferent adj.)，忘記了我們的生命原本就是我們生活的每一天、每一小時(shí)的總和。因此，浪費(fèi)一天或一小時(shí)也就是喪失(forfeited是forfeit的過去分詞，此處是做定語)一天或一小時(shí)的生命。讓我們記住(bear inmind)這一點(diǎn)，這樣就會(huì)把浪費(fèi)時(shí)間看作(in the light of)一種罪過，跟自殺一樣應(yīng)該受到懲罰(culpable adj. 應(yīng)受處罰的)。
3.There is a third considerationwhichwill also tend towarnusagainstloss of time. Our life isa brief spanmeasuringsome sixty or seventy years in all, but nearly one half of this has to be spentin sleep; some years have to be spent over our meals; some over dressing andundressing; some in makingjourneyson landandvoyages by sea;some in merry-making,eitheron ourown accountor for the sake of others; some in celebrating religious and social festivities; somein watching overthe sick-beds of ournearest and dearest relatives.Nowif all these years were to be deducted from the termover which our lifeextends, we shall find about fifteen or twenty years at ourdisposalfor active work.(虛擬語氣句型) Whoever remembers this canneverwillinglywaste a singlemoment of his life. "It isastonishing"says Lord Chesterfield, "thatanyone can squander awayin absolute idlenessone single moment ofthat portion of timewhich is allotted to us in this world.Know the true value of time;snatch,seize, and enjoy every moment of it!"
3、還有第三層考慮(consideration)，也會(huì)提醒我們別浪費(fèi)時(shí)間(warn against 警告...不要)。人生短暫(a brief span)，總共(in all)不過六七十年，可是將近一半時(shí)間必須(has to)用于睡眠;吃飯時(shí)間加起來也得花去一些年; 穿衣脫衣又是一些年;水陸、陸路旅行(journeys旅行;voyages 長(zhǎng)途旅行)又是一些年;再加上一些年娛樂(merry-make vi. 盡情歡樂)時(shí)間(不論是為自己還是為別人)(for the sake of 為了);一些年慶祝宗教節(jié)日和社會(huì)節(jié)日(festivity-festivities);還有一些年在病床(sick-bed)邊照看(watch over)至親至愛�，F(xiàn)在如果從我們的壽命中扣除(deduct from)所有這些歲月(the term)，我們將會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，能受我們支配的有效的工作時(shí)間大約僅十五或二十年而己(disposal n.支配;處理)。誰能記住這一點(diǎn)，誰就不會(huì)心甘情愿地(willingly)浪費(fèi)他生命的每一刻時(shí)間。查斯特菲爾德勛爵說過，“對(duì)于分配給(allot to)我們這一生的時(shí)間，若有人游手好閑(idleness n.)，即使浪費(fèi)(squander away)片刻，也是令人吃驚的(astonishing adj.)。要認(rèn)識(shí)到時(shí)間的真正價(jià)值，要爭(zhēng)分奪秒(snatch, seize)，充分利用有限的時(shí)間。”
4.All time is precious; butthe time of our childhoodandofour youthismore precious thanany other portion ofour existence, forthose are the periods whenalone we canacquireknowledge and develop our faculties and capacities. If weallowthese morning hours of lifetoslip away,unutilized, we shall never be able torecoupthe loss. As we grow older, ourpower of acquisition gets blunted,sothat the art or science which is not acquired in childhood or youthwill never be acquired at all.Justasmoney laid out at interest doubles and trebles itselfin time, so the precious hoursof childhood and youth, if properly used, will yield usincalculableadvantages. "Everymoment you lose" says Lord Chesterfield "is so muchcharacter and advantage lost; ason the other hand, everymomentyou now employ usefully(定語從句)is so much time wisely laid out at prodigiousinterest."
4、所有的時(shí)間都是寶貴的(precious)，而我們童年和青年時(shí)期的光陰比一生中的其他階段都更為寶貴，因?yàn)?for)只有在這兩個(gè)階段我們才能獲取(acquire)知識(shí)、增長(zhǎng)才干(faculty-faculties)和發(fā)展各種才能(capacity-capacities)。如果我們讓這些生命的早晨時(shí)光悄悄溜走(slip away)，未得到利用(unutilized)，這損失將永遠(yuǎn)也無法彌補(bǔ)(recoup)。等我們長(zhǎng)大了，獲得知識(shí)(acquisition n.)的能力就變得遲鈍了(blunt vt. 使遲鈍adj.)，因此在童年和青年時(shí)期未能獲得的知識(shí)和技能將永遠(yuǎn)不能獲得了。正像(just as)儲(chǔ)蓄金錢，產(chǎn)生利息(interest)，到時(shí)候(in time)會(huì)翻兩三倍(doubles and trebles itself)一樣，童年和青年時(shí)期的寶貴時(shí)光，如果使用得當(dāng)，必將帶來(yield)不可估量的收益(incaluclableadvantages)。查斯特菲爾德勛爵還說過，“喪失的每一時(shí)刻就等于喪失了與之相當(dāng)?shù)拿屠�。從另一方面看，你現(xiàn)在有效利用的每一時(shí)刻正是明智地以這時(shí)間作為投資，將來定會(huì)獲取巨額的(prodigious adj.)利息。”
5.A proper employment of time is ofgreat benefit to usfrom amoralpoint of view. Idleness is justlysaidto bethe rust of the mind andanidle brainis said to be Satan's workshop. It is mostlywhen you do not knowwhat to dowith yourselfthat you do something ill or wrong. The mind of the idlerpreys upon itself. As Wattshas said:
In works of labor or of skill
Let me be busy too;
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
5、從道德的(moral adj.)觀點(diǎn)來看，恰當(dāng)?shù)乩脮r(shí)間對(duì)我們也有很大的好處(benefit)。懶惰(idleness)據(jù)說是(said to be)心靈上的銹跡，懶人的頭腦據(jù)說是撒旦的作坊，這話說得很有理。犯錯(cuò)誤大多數(shù)是由于無所事事、百無聊賴所致。懶人只會(huì)自尋煩惱或作繭自縛(prey upon 掠奪;捕食)。正如瓦茨所說，“我要勤快地工作，不管是粗活(labor)還是細(xì)活(skill);因?yàn)槿龅┻�有些壞事(mischief n. 惡作劇)，專借懶人的手去做。”
練習(xí)：
1. There can thus beno doubtthat time is into money.
A. convert B. Converted C. Convertible D. convertable
2. Our life is our time.
A. nothing more than B. something more
C. nothing more D.anything more than
3. We are shocked when we think of death, and we no pains, no trouble, and no expense topreserve life.
A. spend B.spear C.spent D. spare
4. A day or an hour is so much life .
A. waste、forfeit B.wasted、forfeited
C. wasting、forfeiting D. wasted、forfeiting
5. There is a third considerationwhichwill tend to warn us loss of time.
A. don’t B.off C.against D. again
6. If all these years deducted from the term over which our lifeextends, we find about fifteen or twenty years at ourdisposal for active work.
A. will; shall B.were to be; will
C. were to be; shall D. are to be; shall
7. The time of our childhood and of our youth is than any other portion of our existence,forthose arethe periods alone we can acquire knowledge and develop ourfaculties and capacities.
A. preciouser; when B. most proicous; that
C. more proicous ;when D. Precious; that
8. If we allow these morning hours of life to slip , we shall never be abletorecoupthe loss.
A. away B.back C. out D. down
9. If properly used, the precious hours ofchildhood and youth will yieldus advantages.
A. calculable B. Incalculable C. Calculate D.calculated
10. The mind of the idler preys itself.
A. into B.up C. on D. upon
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