We have all heard how time is more valuable than money， but is it （1） 　 　to have too much time？

   I （2） 　 　back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also （3） 　 　a team sport． By the time I got home， I only had a few hours to do my homework， and I had to do it（4） 　 　．

   When I got into college， things（5） 　 　． I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time． Because of all this （6） 　 　time， there was no sense of （7） 　 　to do my school work immediately． I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a （8） 　 　． Once that happened， I just kept（9） 　 　my studying further and further back in my day． Then I got to the point where I was （10） 　 　really late at night to get my work done．

   One day I（11） 　 　a former classmate of mine who was （12） 　 　a lot of money running a sideline （副业）． Since his regular job was （13） 　 　， I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full﹣time． He said without the job， he would （14） 　 　have too much time and would just do what I did back in（15） 　 　． He said that if he （16） 　 　the job， he would lose his （17） 　 　to work and succeed．

  So， try （18） 　 　your time with other work． This is why there is a（19） 　 　that if you want something done， ask a （20） 　 　person to do it．

（1）

A．

true

B．

fair

C．

strange

D．

possible

（2）

A．

remember

B．

admit

C．

understand

D．

expect

（3）

A．

watched

B．

loved

C．

coached

D．

played

（4）

A．

at last

B．

right away

C．

of course

D．

as usual

（5）

A．

happened

B．

repeated

C．

changed

D．

mattered

（6）

A．

extra

B．

difficult

C．

valuable

D．

limited

（7）

A．

duty

B．

achievement

C．

urgency

D．

direction

（8）

A．

burden

B．

relief

C．

risk

D．

habit

（9）

A．

pushing

B．

taking

C．

setting

D．

calling

（10）

A．

hanging out

B．

staying up

C．

jogging round

D．

showing off

（11）

A．

met

B．

helped

C．

treated

D．

hired

（12）

A．

raising

B．

wasting

C．

demanding

D．

making

（13）

A．

safe

B．

important

C．

boring

D．

rewarding

（14）

A．

luckily

B．

hardly

C．

hopefully

D．

simply

（15）

A．

childhood

B．

college

C．

town

D．

business

（16）

A．

quit

B．

found

C．

accepted

D．

kept

（17）

A．

heart

B．

chance

C．

drive

D．

way

（18）

A．

saving

B．

filling up

C．

giving up

D．

trading

（19）

A．

message

B．

story

C．

saying

D．

fact

（20）

A．

careful

B．

busy

C．

reliable

D．

kind