Many people often lose their chance to live life to the fullest because of procrastination, which means that they always delay doing something that must be done at once. Moreover, because they often put off their plans till “tomorrow”, they are less likely to achieve their goals and will give up their dreams and goals finally. As a result, we can say that procrastination is the enemy of a progressive lifestyle.

Now that we know procrastination is something bad, why do some people not take immediate action? Well, there are some things that result in procrastination. Depending on someone else rather than doing by oneself is one of the things. Whenever you wait for something to happen before you act, you make it easier to delay your goals and dreams until “someday”. Another cause of procrastination is that people do not value each moment in their day. Actually, it’s surprising how much you can do if you just decide to do little things with the little time you have. Also those who often procrastinate can always find a good reason for something they refuse to do at once. If you are one of those who often delay, then it’s time for you to make a decision to act now because things happen only when we decide to act. Get down to doing something like losing weight, saving money or spending more time with family. Don’t let these things continue to be a desire for you to do “someday”, but make a decision to do it now.

Once you have made your decision, write down the plan and take action immediately. Making plans can help you think carefully about how you are going to do what you need to do. After understanding how to do what you want to do, get doing with the plan. It doesn’t matter how small the move you make is as the little things you do accumulate（累积）over time and move you to be closer to your goals. So, don’t wait until tomorrow; instead, start now! Just make use of every moment you have to do something that is helpful in realizing your dreams and goals.

Here is a challenge that will also move you to be closer to your dreams and goals if taken seriously. Make a list of ten things you have been putting off. It could be anything from getting a health examination, calling a friend or family member, to getting the car fixed and cleaning up the garbage, etc. And then try to develop the habit of doing them immediately!

请阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。I used to be the messiest person alive．Over the years, through watching others and by trial and error, I have finally found ways to come up with plans, organize them and follow through with them．

Make an outline of everything you need to have and do to make your plan happen．Make a list of all of the steps that need to be accomplished and think about what needs to be done．

Detail everything thoroughly and read over it so you can start coming up with some mental solutions of how to carry out your plans．

You should ensure that if for some reason way one doesn't work, you have way two and way three to lean back on．Therefore, different ways are needed at hand．It’s just a matter of being organized．Chances are that there is always more than one way of doing things, and chances are that if one of those ways doesn’t work, one of the other ones will．

Committing yourself to finishing at least part if not all of your plan at once is also necessary．It will show that you not only have initiative to get things rolling, but that you are interested in the results obtained with making the move to get everything done．

If you make a commitment to finish before a specific time, make sure that you carry that out, and be sure to do everything in the way you said you would, within the time-frame you set for yourself．

Don’t try to tackle more things all at a time．All that does is delay your progress, distract you and make you lose your interest, motivation and energy．

Carrying out an effective plan requires being as organized as possible．You will only achieve this by sticking to the order of the plan and not deviating or trying to do more at a time．

Last but not least, you should never abandon things mid-project．It will only annoy everyone around you including yourself．Unfinished plans are a waste of time, energy and, in some cases, even money．

So, don’t be afraid of organization．The older we get, the more necessary it becomes to have the skills to follow through with confidence and to be able to carry through plans in an organized and manageable way．It pays to be organized, after all．

Just as team members today have assigned doing roles, there should also be thinking roles. Knowing how other members of your team and organization think — and others knowing how you think — can help promote efficiency. So how should you evaluate how you and your team think? After a lot of trial-and-error, we developed a three-step method that delivers practical and meaningful results.

Focus. Do you tend to pay the most attention to ideas, process, action, or relationships? For example, in the morning as you think about the day ahead, do you tend to think about the problems you need to solve, the plans you need to make, the actions you need to take, or the people you need to see? This isn’t about picking one to the exclusion (排除) of the other. It’s about where your focus naturally lands.

Orientation (方向). A good way to identify your orientation is thinking about what tends to bother you in meetings. Are you more likely to complain about getting dragged into the weeds or about things being too general and not specific enough? These dimensions are complementary (补充的) to personality, skills, and traditional roles.

Combination. By combining these two dimensions you can know about the thinking style at work in whatever context or setting you chose. When you know your thinking style, you know what naturally energizes (激发) you, why certain types of problems are challenging or boring, and what you can do to improve in areas that are important to reaching your goals. Once you know your style, it helps to share it with others, and have others share theirs with you. In this way, your thinking style becomes a useful tool — a kind of social currency — for the team. Imagine you put together a team to work on a new initiative (行动). Wouldn’t you like to know who is energized by big-picture strategy discussions and who finds them frustrating? Who likes to work on the details of the execution? And who is energized by managing the team dynamics?

The landscape of business is changing rapidly, and we have to find new and better ways to connect and communicate. We all want to work better together; the challenge is actually making it happen. Understanding collaboration (合作) through the lens of thinking rather than doing is a practical and powerful step forward.

What’s wrong with the student’s answer? He didn’t accept the compliment in____same way as the American people do．He should say“Thank you”instead of“No”．He _____(real) understood what the American boy had said，____he thought he should be modest．In the west，people will feel proud and confident when they____(praise)．So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious，you should say“Thank you”．If someone says to a woman“You look so____(beauty)with the new clothes on”，she must be very happy and say“Thank you”．

If you are modest and say“No，I'm afraid I can’t do it well”while _____(work)in a western country，the others may think that you really cannot do it．If you often say“No”，you will certainly be looked down upon by others．If asking_____a job，one says something like“Yes，I can certainly do it” instead of Let me have a try he or she will hope ____(get)it. So in the west，you should be brave to show your_____(confident)!

Gavin:What are the basic rules for 61. ________ (apply) to a US graduate school?

Agent:The process is complicated, so make up your mind soon. In most cases, the 62. ________ (early), the better.

Gavin:What should be done first?

Agent:Reading information about international study 63. ________ (consider) essential. You can discuss this with your family, teacher and friends. If possible, turn to those who have the experience of studying abroad, 64. ________ should help you learn some rules, including some basic 65. ________ (require).

Gavin:Should this work be done before 66. ________ after the GRE and TOFEL exams?

Agent:Before the exams.

Gavin:How long does 67. ________ take a student to make preparations for the two exams?

Agent:At least six months, but that also depends 68. ________ his or her level of English.

Gavin:OK. Whatˈs the next step?

Agent:Write to the chosen schools 69. ________ (ask) for admission and scholarship application forms.

Gavin:What are the necessary application materials?

Agent:They 70. ________ (usual) include a personal statement, letters of recommendation, resume, study plan, scholarships and copies of your GRE and TOFEL scores.

Gavin:Got it. Thank you.

Once I was sent to attend a seminar（研讨会）. It was pouring outside.   (1)   I was holding an umbrella, my trouser legs as well as my shoes and socks, still got wet. When I entered the hall, suddenly I   (2)   (catch) sight of my chief boss coming in.

At that time, I just got the job. Therefore, I hurriedly went   (3)   (meet) this boss and introduced myself to him as I was   (4)   newcomer, named so-and-so. He said: “Yes, I recognize you. Got your feet wet?” I lowered my head to look at my trouser legs and with a

  (5)   (help) tone, I said, “Yeah. It’s raining cats and dogs, isn’t it?”  (6)   (stare) at me for a moment, the chief boss said nothing with a smile.

Later on, I mentioned the incident to my colleague. And I learnt that I   (7)   (make) a big fool of myself. It turns out that “Get one’s feet wet” is an American slang, with the meaning of “reaching the state of affairs.” But I regarded   (8)   ( I ) as humorous and replied with a slang sentence, which is seldom used now to describe the rain falling   (9)   

 (heavy). This was completely off the point. I am lucky that the chief boss did not point it out   (10)   the spot.

When you read a story in English, do you read it for the story 61       for the English? This is a question that is not so62       (fool) as it may seem, for I find that many students of English pay far more attention to the story 63       to the English. For instance, they care for how the mystery in the story64       (solve), but do not remember a single sentence in the story and cannot tell what preposition(介词) is used before a certain word in the speech of a certain character.  

Of course, if you want to know the 65      only, you need not bother about the language. But a student of English is different 66        a student of stories or what is called the general reader. As you may also have learned from the above, you ought to read not only very67__  (careful) but also aloud68      you learn the passage by heart and can recite it as if it were your own. On 69       hand, this will teach you many useful words and phrases; on the other hand, it70       (help) you to avoid many mistakes and faults in expression.

To make our digestive (消化的) system work well, we should avoid doing some things after having a meal, for example, drinking water. It is true that a person should drink 8 glasses of water every day to stay healthy. However, drinking water right after eating or even during a meal may disrupt (扰乱) digestion（消化）. It might affect the natural levels of acid and bile (酸和胆汁) that are necessary for proper digestion. What’s more, drinking cold water after eating might slow down（减慢）digestion. So try to avoid drinking water at least an hour after a meal, and avoid drinking it while eating.

Though walking after eating is healthy, doing it immediately after a meal is not. Doing so will make it difficult for the digestive system to take in nutrients (营养) from the food. Besides, the blood will flow towards other parts of the body, like legs, hands, etc., which will make the digestive tract not have enough amount of blood flow that is needed for proper digestion. So we should wait for at least 2 hours after eating, and then begin exercising.

Sleeping should also be avoided right after eating. This is because going to bed right after a meal will lead to improper digestion. What’s more, such a habit will also make you put on a lot of weight. Therefore, wait for an hour or two, and then go to sleep.

Many of us have the habit of drinking tea just after lunch or dinner, which is really unhealthy. The tea leaves are rich in（富含）acid which prevents the protein in the food from digesting. The best time to drink tea is at least one hour after eating.

Eating fruits right after a meal may fill the stomach with air and cause discomfort. They will also take time to reach the digestive tract, disturbing the entire process of digestion. To protect your stomach from digestive problems, eat fruits before or after 1-2 hours of a meal.

In a word, if you avoid doing all the above things after eating, you will surely make your digestion easy, and you will be less likely to have digestive problems.

My friend, Tom, is     61   of traveling. Ever Since childhood, he   62    (dream) about a great bike trip. He persuaded me   63   (cycle ) along the Mekong River.   64  expected, it was not easy to ride 75 km a day, especially on the mountains at an   65    of 5,000 meters. At one point we were so high that we found  66       (we) cycling through clouds.

    The trip was organized    67   (proper). It not only got us   68   (close) to nature than ever before, it also promoted (促进）the     69    (friend) between us. It is really  70   unforgettable experience.

This morning when I got in my car to go to work I made a promise. I promised that I would try my best   66   (become) a better person. However, as soon as I got on the freeway I found that people on the road were driving so crazily,   67   made me mad and impatient. A car in front of me stopped   68   (sudden) , so I had to brake to avoid crashing into it.

At that moment a string of angry words entered my mind.   69   of my hands rose in preparation for sounding my horn(喇叭)! My other hand prepared to make   70   rude gesture at the driver.

But something kept me   71   behaving that way. I remembered my promise. So I asked   72   , “Would all the things I am going to do help me become a better person?” The answer was “no”. On the other hand, I knew that   73   (practice) patience and self-control would help, so I managed to keep calm.

I   74   (cut) off by three more cars before I arrived at my company,   

   75   each time I smiled instead of complaining as usual. I’m already feeling like a better man.