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Once there was a group of men-a young hotblooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a
timber(木料) job in a jungle.
This young man was very1 .He always continued to work through his break time and2that
those old folks were wasting time, having to3several times a dayto drink and chat.As time went by,
this young man noticed that even though he worked through break time and hardly took a4 , those old
folks were chopping the same 5of trees as he did and sometimes did more.It was as if they worked
through the break time as he did.So he6to work harder the next day.Unfortunately the results were
even worse.
One day,one of the old folks7him for a drink during their break time.That young man refused
and said that he had no8time! Then the old man smiled and said, 'It is just a waste of effort to9
chopping trees without resharpening your axe(斧子).Sooner or later you will10or be so tired as you
have spent too much energy.'
Suddenly the young man11that actually during break times while those old folks were having a
chat,they were12resharpening their axes at the same time!And that's how they could13faster than
him, yet spending less time!
What we14is efficiency by use of our skill and ability15 .Only then can we have more
time to do other things.Otherwise we will always keep saying...I have no time!
( )1. A. weak
( )2. A. admired
( )3. A. plan
( )4. A. photo
( )5. A. weight
( )6. A. failed
( )7. A. invited
( )8. A. wrong
( )9. A. mind
( )10. A. speed up
( )11. A. warned
( )12. A. also
( )13. A. talk
( )14. A. abandon
( )15. A. quickly B. clever
B. complained
B. appear
B. rest
B. height
B. pretended
B. blamed
B. valuable
B. avoid
B. give up
B. expected
B. hardly
B. chop
B. introduce
B. curiouslyC. hard-working
C. reminded
C. work
C. step
C. amount
C. agreed
C. thanked
C. extra
C. practice
C. watch out
C. realized
C. seldom
C. walk
C. need
C. seriouslyD. good-looking
D. predicted
D. break
D. bath
D. price
D. decided
D. forgave
D. exact
D. keep
D. turn out
D. announced
D. never
D. climb
D. teach
D. inteltly