Relaxing isn"t easy. I know — I have tried it. I can see, therefore, why Japan"s government should want corporations to have full-time "leisure advisers". It seems an idea worth copying. A start should, perhaps, be made at the very top. Captains of industry often find it hardest of all to relax. Some buy a luxurious yacht, a beach house, or even an island, but seldom make use of these expensive leisure facilities. "I don"t have time for a holiday," they insist. What they usually mean is not that they couldn"t find the time, if pressed, but that they don"t want to. More often than not the plain truth is that they don"t know how to ease up. No one has ever told them how to do it. You can"t be a frantic executive one day and a leisurely beachcomber the next, the contrast is too great. But a captain of industry on a beach and he tends to get bored and restless. He misses the pace, the action. Invite him to play tennis and he will probably decline, because he fears that he will look foolish —he prefers to play games in the office, where he is a proven winner. If he has a holiday home, or stays in a plush hotel, he will be on the telephone six times a day, doing what he does best. So what can a "leisure adviser" do for him—or, increasingly, her The basic task is to change attitudes, and gradually to introduce him to various leisure activities. A good start is to persuade him that holidays are a "psychological investment", and that it is perfectly feasible to combine business with pleasure. They can take work with them. For a captain of industry, holidays are ideal of strategic planning. They can call the office, though the aim must be to reduce the number of calls as the holiday progresses. They can be persuaded to take up golf. It is not only a pleasant and healthy way of going for a leisurely walk, but it can also be good for business. Once the initial leisure training period has been completed you can try to hook him on other activities which are every bit as challenging as a take-over bid. He can climb mountains, ride river rapids, go scuba diving. He may well end up making a happy discovery; leisure can be fun. Once an executive has started taking up a leisure activity, he may______.
A. discover that it really pays off
B. still have a long way to go so as to really ease up
C. call the office more when staying out for a holiday
D. show a keen interest in more activities
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A number of personal characteristics play a vital role in the development of one"s intelligence. But people fail to realize the significance of cultivating these factors in young people. The "non-intelligence factors" include one"s feelings, will, motivation, interests and habits, etc. After a 30-year follow-up study of 8000 males, American psychologists【C1】______that the main cause of disparities in intelligence is not intelligence itself, but non-intelligence factors including the desire to learn, will-power and self-confidence. 【C2】______people all know that one should have definite objectives, a strong will and good learning habits, quite a number of teachers and parents don"t pay much attention to cultivating these factors. Some parents are greatly worried【C3】______their children fail to do well in their studies. They blame either genetic factors, malnutrition, or laziness, but they never take into consideration these non-intelligence factors. At the same time, some teachers don"t inquire into the reason why students do poorly. They simply give them more course and exercises, or【C4】______rebuke or ridicule them. After all, these students lose self-confidence. Some of them just feel defeated and【C5】______themselves up as hopeless. Others may go astray because they are sick of learning. An investigation of more than 1,000 middle students in Shanghai showed that 46.5 percent of them were【C6】______of learning, because of examination, 36.4 percent lacked persistence, initiative and conscientiousness and 10.3 percent were sick of learning. It is clear that the lack of cultivation of non-intelligence factors has been a main【C7】______to intelligence development in teenagers. It even causes an imbalance between physiological and【C8】______development among a few students. If we don"t start now to strengthen the cultivation of non-intelligence factors, it will not only obstruct the development of the【C9】______of teenagers, but also affect the quality of a whole generation. Some experts have put forward proposals about how to cultivate student"s non-intelligence factors. First, parents and teachers should【C10】______understand teenage psychology. On this basic, they can help them to pursue the objectives of learning, stimulating their interests and toughening their willpower. 【C7】
A. storage
B. tendency
C. threat
D. obstacle
A number of personal characteristics play a vital role in the development of one"s intelligence. But people fail to realize the significance of cultivating these factors in young people. The "non-intelligence factors" include one"s feelings, will, motivation, interests and habits, etc. After a 30-year follow-up study of 8000 males, American psychologists【C1】______that the main cause of disparities in intelligence is not intelligence itself, but non-intelligence factors including the desire to learn, will-power and self-confidence. 【C2】______people all know that one should have definite objectives, a strong will and good learning habits, quite a number of teachers and parents don"t pay much attention to cultivating these factors. Some parents are greatly worried【C3】______their children fail to do well in their studies. They blame either genetic factors, malnutrition, or laziness, but they never take into consideration these non-intelligence factors. At the same time, some teachers don"t inquire into the reason why students do poorly. They simply give them more course and exercises, or【C4】______rebuke or ridicule them. After all, these students lose self-confidence. Some of them just feel defeated and【C5】______themselves up as hopeless. Others may go astray because they are sick of learning. An investigation of more than 1,000 middle students in Shanghai showed that 46.5 percent of them were【C6】______of learning, because of examination, 36.4 percent lacked persistence, initiative and conscientiousness and 10.3 percent were sick of learning. It is clear that the lack of cultivation of non-intelligence factors has been a main【C7】______to intelligence development in teenagers. It even causes an imbalance between physiological and【C8】______development among a few students. If we don"t start now to strengthen the cultivation of non-intelligence factors, it will not only obstruct the development of the【C9】______of teenagers, but also affect the quality of a whole generation. Some experts have put forward proposals about how to cultivate student"s non-intelligence factors. First, parents and teachers should【C10】______understand teenage psychology. On this basic, they can help them to pursue the objectives of learning, stimulating their interests and toughening their willpower. 【C6】
A. afraid
B. ahead
C. aware
D. ashamed
A number of personal characteristics play a vital role in the development of one"s intelligence. But people fail to realize the significance of cultivating these factors in young people. The "non-intelligence factors" include one"s feelings, will, motivation, interests and habits, etc. After a 30-year follow-up study of 8000 males, American psychologists【C1】______that the main cause of disparities in intelligence is not intelligence itself, but non-intelligence factors including the desire to learn, will-power and self-confidence. 【C2】______people all know that one should have definite objectives, a strong will and good learning habits, quite a number of teachers and parents don"t pay much attention to cultivating these factors. Some parents are greatly worried【C3】______their children fail to do well in their studies. They blame either genetic factors, malnutrition, or laziness, but they never take into consideration these non-intelligence factors. At the same time, some teachers don"t inquire into the reason why students do poorly. They simply give them more course and exercises, or【C4】______rebuke or ridicule them. After all, these students lose self-confidence. Some of them just feel defeated and【C5】______themselves up as hopeless. Others may go astray because they are sick of learning. An investigation of more than 1,000 middle students in Shanghai showed that 46.5 percent of them were【C6】______of learning, because of examination, 36.4 percent lacked persistence, initiative and conscientiousness and 10.3 percent were sick of learning. It is clear that the lack of cultivation of non-intelligence factors has been a main【C7】______to intelligence development in teenagers. It even causes an imbalance between physiological and【C8】______development among a few students. If we don"t start now to strengthen the cultivation of non-intelligence factors, it will not only obstruct the development of the【C9】______of teenagers, but also affect the quality of a whole generation. Some experts have put forward proposals about how to cultivate student"s non-intelligence factors. First, parents and teachers should【C10】______understand teenage psychology. On this basic, they can help them to pursue the objectives of learning, stimulating their interests and toughening their willpower. 【C8】
A. intelligent
B. characteristic
C. psychological
D. physical
Relaxing isn"t easy. I know — I have tried it. I can see, therefore, why Japan"s government should want corporations to have full-time "leisure advisers". It seems an idea worth copying. A start should, perhaps, be made at the very top. Captains of industry often find it hardest of all to relax. Some buy a luxurious yacht, a beach house, or even an island, but seldom make use of these expensive leisure facilities. "I don"t have time for a holiday," they insist. What they usually mean is not that they couldn"t find the time, if pressed, but that they don"t want to. More often than not the plain truth is that they don"t know how to ease up. No one has ever told them how to do it. You can"t be a frantic executive one day and a leisurely beachcomber the next, the contrast is too great. But a captain of industry on a beach and he tends to get bored and restless. He misses the pace, the action. Invite him to play tennis and he will probably decline, because he fears that he will look foolish —he prefers to play games in the office, where he is a proven winner. If he has a holiday home, or stays in a plush hotel, he will be on the telephone six times a day, doing what he does best. So what can a "leisure adviser" do for him—or, increasingly, her The basic task is to change attitudes, and gradually to introduce him to various leisure activities. A good start is to persuade him that holidays are a "psychological investment", and that it is perfectly feasible to combine business with pleasure. They can take work with them. For a captain of industry, holidays are ideal of strategic planning. They can call the office, though the aim must be to reduce the number of calls as the holiday progresses. They can be persuaded to take up golf. It is not only a pleasant and healthy way of going for a leisurely walk, but it can also be good for business. Once the initial leisure training period has been completed you can try to hook him on other activities which are every bit as challenging as a take-over bid. He can climb mountains, ride river rapids, go scuba diving. He may well end up making a happy discovery; leisure can be fun. A frantic executive put on a beach tends to______.
A. be boring and restive
B. miss the pace and get lost
C. fear that he will be a good laugh
D. find it hard to have a beak in the routine