2019地方性银行招聘：英语阅读理解题（二）

Passage 2

As a startup founder, my daily tasks include everything from long-term strategic planning to approving team outings and company culture initiatives. Day after day, things inevitably come up that need to get handled ASAP. But I've also learned that if you don't have a strategy for making time for those bigger ambitions and your truly lofty goals, they'll simply never get done. And that means you won't make the progress that's really going to move your business forward.

1. FIND YOUR MOST PRODUCTIVE TIME

Face it: You aren't cranking out work at absolute peak productivity for the entire day. Instead, there are likely certain times when you're at your most focused and other times when your energy wanes. That's normal. Maybe for you, it's bright and early in the morning, before anyone else arrives in the office, when you do your best work. Whenever it is, identify that chunk of time (even if it's only an hour!) when you feel your most productive, and then reserve it on your calendar like you would do any other important meeting. You need to protect this block of time from intrusion — it isn't optional. That way you're guaranteed to have a regular, designated period when you can at least get started on those bigger to-dos.

2. CREATE PHYSICAL BARRIERS

Nobody works in a vacuum. We all have to collaborate with others to some degree or another. And it's the people we work closest with whom we tend to put first — we want to be readily available if they need our help. But there are times you need to tune out the distractions and focus if you're going to get any meaningful work done.

One of the most effective methods I've found is to put physical barriers between us. I'll work from a conference room or even from home on occasion in order to get some literal space from people needing "just one quick thing."

16. What is the article mainly about?

A. How to prevent distractions and focus on big issues

B. How to win competitions and get promotions

C. How to manage your time well

D. How to overcome different challenges in the office

17. The word "wanes" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. Disappear B. Diminish C. Increase D. Peak

18. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following is the "chunk of time" the author is talking about?

A. Bright and early in the morning B. Late at night

C. When you are most focused D. When there are no distractions

19. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?

A. Sometimes we have to decline colleagues' requests.

B. People in the office love helping others.

C. You have to be readily available in the office.

D. People cannot work in a vacuum.

20. What may the author discuss later?

A. The author may put forward another suggestion.

B. The author may talk about the administration system.

C. The author may discuss the office environments.

D. The author may teach the readers to make a timetable.