There are many things we need to know but we do not learn at school．For example, if we want to use our money wisely（明智的）, we need to shop carefully．We need to know how to compare the prices of things in different shops．We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands（品牌）． We need to know how to make a choice（选择）when we shop．

Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need these skills if we want to live useful and happy lives．

Some of these choices are small．For example, will I take an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I go to school by bus or on foot? Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies? Other choices are more important．For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it is tastier? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like this every day．

We have to realize that the choices we make can influence the rest of our lives．Just as importantly, our choices can also influence other people．The next time you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies, think about this: Who else does your choice influence?

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1．The main idea of this passage is that          ．

  A．it’s important to make the right choices

  B．it’s important to know how to compare prices

  C．it’s important to know how to shop carefully

  D．we learn everything we need to know at school

2． We need“life skills”        ．

  A．to know how to shop carefully

  B．to compare brands and prices

  C．to live useful and happy lives

  D．to learn things at school

3．According to this passage, we make choices         ．

  A．most days               B．some days              C．once a day                     D．every day

4．Which of the following choices is more important than the others according to the passage?

  A．Which fruit to take for lunch?

  B．Which subjects to work hard at?

  C．Which T-shirt to wear to the movies?

  D．How to get to school?

5．The passage tells us that your choices influence          ．

  A．you and your parents                                         B．you and other people

  C．lots of other people                                            D．everybody except you

　　There are many things we need to know that we don't learn at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare (比较) the prices of things in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands (品牌) . We need to know how to make a choice (选择) when we shop.

　　Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need these skills if we are to live useful and happy lives.

　　Some of these choices are small. For example, will I take an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I go to school by bus or on foot? Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies? Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it is tastier? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like this every day.

　　We have to realize that the choices we make can affect (影响) the rest of our lives. Just as importantly, our choices can also affect other people. The next time you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly about movies, think about this; Who else does your choice affect?

(1) The main idea of this passage is that ________.

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A．it's important to make the right choice

B．it's important to know how to compare prices

C．it's important to know how to shop carefully

D．we learn everything we need to know at school

(2) We need “life skills” ________.

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A．to know how to shop carefully

B．to compare brands and prices

C．to live useful and happy lives

D．to learn things at school

(3) According to this passage, we make choices ________.

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(4) Which of the following choices is more important than the others?

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A．Which fruit to take for lunch.

B．Which subject to work hard at.

C．Which T-shirt to wear to the movies.

D．How to get to school.

(5) From the passage we know that your choices affect ________.

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We often find that weekends and holidays feel so short while classes and work feel so long. Actually, though,
we know that this is not true. But we still wonder where that strange feeling comes from.
In fact, this is one of the ways that we're tricked by time, according to the website All That Is Interesting. The website lists several wrong impressions we often have about time. Let's have a look.
First of all, emotions affect our time-keeping abilities: Negative emotions, especially anxiety and boredom, make time seem longer because they make us concentrate more on the passage of time. However, when we are enjoying ourselves, we pay more attention to what we are doing and are likely to lose track of（失去对….的意识） time.
Here is another example. In 2007, a group of scientists carried out a test. In the test, people fell 50 meters into a safety net and were then asked about their experience. Although the experience took shorter than 3 seconds, the people thought it was much longer than it actually was.
This is because of the way our bodies reply to danger, according to the scientists. Our bodies produce a chemical called adrenaline (肾上腺素) when we are faced with danger. It allows us to concentrate better so that we can stay alive. As a result, we are able to remember far more details(细节)over a short period of time, which makes it seem like time is going more slowly.
Another situation when we make mistakes about time is when we take afternoon naps（午觉）． Have you ever had trouble telling what time it is after a long nap? That's because the best amount of time for a nap is 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, you enter a new stage of sleep called slow-wave sleep. If you wake up mid-way in this stage, it will take a while before you can correctly perceive（感知） time again.
Yes, time can be mysterious and there is no way to control it So, perhaps the best thing to do is to make good use of every minute.
【小题1】 According to the passage, what possibly makes people feel so long ?