单选题 {{B}} Questions 29-40{{/B}} · Read the article below
about time management. · Choose the correct word to fill each
gap from A, B or C on the opposite page. · For each question
(29-40), mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.
{{B}}
Time
Management{{/B}} Until recently, books on how to manage your time
at work were seen as a bit of a joke in the business world. Many were enjoyable
to read {{U}}(29) {{/U}}weren't taken seriously. {{U}}(30)
{{/U}}told their readers to dress well, be positive, decide {{U}}(31)
{{/U}} they were going and then use {{U}}(32) {{/U}} valuable minute
to make sure they got there. One very successful book, first published twenty
years {{U}}(33) {{/U}} and still available in bookshops, is The
One-Minute Manager. It tells the story of a keen young man who wants to learn
{{U}}(34) {{/U}} about how to be a top-performing executive. The authors
believe that most people {{U}}(35) {{/U}} the day putting
{{U}}(36) {{/U}} problems, or when they do try to solve {{U}}(37)
{{/U}} they don't do enough. According {{U}}(38) {{/U}} the authors,
having achievable targets should be a manager's aim. Managers everywhere should
read {{U}}(39) {{/U}} book carefully, in order to benefit from
{{U}}(40) {{/U}} sensible advice.
【答案解析】[精析] 此处意思是20年前，需要一个副词。故选B。
[拓展] ago是副词，前面多加年数，e.g.1 lived here five years ago. before多数是介词，做副词时意思为“以前”，一般不加年数。e.g. I have never been there before. 我从没有去过那里。