There are 365 days in a year. We sleep 8 hours a day, so we have 122 days for sleeping. Then our work time has 243 days left. But there are 52 weekends in a year. Each weekend is two days. We lose another 104 days a year for work. It takes us about one hour to have breakfast and supper. This comes to 15 days over a year. But we can’t work all that time-we need a holiday. Let’s say we have three weeks’ holiday. We don’t work all day. Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days. We have to remember that we get 2 days’ holiday at Easter, 3 at Christmas and 1 at the New Year. There are also 4 Bank holidays. Take those 10 days away and we have 32 days for work. But then we have one and a half hours’ lunch every day, and half an hour’s coffee break. That comes to 30 days a year. This means that we have only a few days left for work every year!
小题1:How many days do we sleep in a year? ___days.
A．365
B．122
C．8
D．52小题2:We spend 15 days on __________.
A．rest
B．coffee break
C．lunch
D．breakfast and supper小题3:Which of the following is true? __________
A．Each weekend is one day.
B．We have 61 days for free time.
C．We get 3 days’ holiday at Easter
D．Coffee break takes us one hour.小题4:According to the passage, we know that we don’t have ______ time to work every year.
A．much too
B．so many
C．too much
D．too many小题5:The writer means __________.
A．we should know the numbers
B．a few days for work is enough
C．we need more holidays
D．time is important and we’d better not waste(浪费) it
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
题目分析：
小题1:根据so we have 122 days for sleeping可知，我们一年睡觉122天。所以本题选B。
小题2:通过 It takes us about one hour to have breakfast and supper. This comes to 15 days over a year.可知，在早饭和晚饭上一年要用15天。所以本题选D。
小题3:根据 Each weekend is two days可知A是错误的；根据we get 2 days’ holiday at Easter可知C是错误的；根据half an hour’s coffee break可知D是错误的；根据 Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days可知，B 是正确的。
小题4:根据This means that we have only a few days left for work every year!
可知，我们工作的时间不太多，修饰time不能用many，故排除BD；而much too是“太，非常”的意思，只有too much是“太多”的意思，可以修饰时间。所以本题选C。
小题5:通过阅读全文，我们知道作者的意思是我们工作的时间不多，不能浪费时间。所以本题选D。
点评：本文通过算账的形式告诉我们工作的时间不多，不能浪费时间。由于文中出现的数字较多，不易把握，所以在阅读时尽量减慢速度，注意体会作者的意图，当然本题的题目并不是很难，1、2、3小题都可以在文中找到答案，第4小题是考知识方面的题目,5小题是推测题。