Woman: It seems that you enjoy doing so many things at the same time.
Man: It's not that I like that, but that I have too many iron in the fire.
Woman: Haven't felt that you have bitten more than you can chew? If I were you I would concentrate on finishing doing one thing before starting another.
Man: Things are not that simple. In many cases things come to you in company.
Question: What can we know from the conversation?
A. The man is very capable and energetic.
B. The man doesn't have a focus of the things he is doing.
C. The man hates doing too many things at the same time.
D. The man can not but do more than one thing at the same time.
Section A Dialogue Completion
Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
Cashier: That's $ 55. 45 all together. . . ______
Customer: I'm sorry, but am I short-changed? I gave you $ 70.
A. These coins are for you, thank you.
B. Here's your change, thanks.
Can you pay the bill, now?
D. This is the money back to you, thanks.
The ability to do several things at once has become one of the great measures of self-worth for 21st -century Americans. It is called multitasking, and it takes many forms. As one example, why go out to lunch when you can eat at your desk, talk to a client on the phone, scroll through your e-mail, and scan a memo simultaneously? And why simply work out on treadmill(单调的工作)when you could be watching television and talking on a portable phone at the same time? What a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment—three activities for the time commitment of one! Ah, such efficiency. No wonder those who turn "to do" lists into a time-management art form. are inclined to boast, "Look, me, how many things I can accomplish at once. If I'm this busy, I must be important. "
Yet last week the New York Assembly struck a blow against multitasking, at least behind the wheel, when it approved a bill banning drivers in the state from using handheld cellular phones. Too dangerous, the assembly said, citing research showing that drivers are four times more likely to have a collision when they are talking on a cellphone.
No one can argue against using time effectively. But accompanying the supposed gains are losses. Consider the woman out for an early-morning walk in a suburban neighborhood. She strides briskly. Head down, cellphone clamped to her ear, chattering (喋喋不休) away, oblivious of the birds and flower and glorious sunshine. Did the walk have any value?
More than a decade ago, long before multitasking became a word in everyday use, a retired professor of theology in Indiana with whom I corresponded made a case for what might be called uni-tasking—the old-fashioned practice of doing one thing at a time. Offering the simplest example, he said, "When you wash the dishes, wash the dishes. " Good advice, I've found, whatever the task.
Perhaps, too, the ban on phoning on the road will even spark a move away form. other forms of dual activity. Who can tell? It could mark the first step in a welcome reconsideration of what really constitutes productivity and accomplishment.
The author thinks that multitasking has become one of the great measures of self-worth because______.
A. it helps people to use time effectively
B. it makes people feel they are important
C. it means the ability to do several things at once
D. people worship speed and desire
His use of color, light and form. quickly departed from the conventional style. of his as
A. descendants
B. ancestors
C. predecessors
D. successors