What time is it? Most people are pretty accurate in their answer. And if you don’t know for sure, it’s very likely that you find out. There may be a watch on your wrist; there may be a clock on the wall, desk, or computer screen; or maybe you’re riding in a car that has a clock in the dashboard.
Even if you don’t have a timepiece of some sort nearby, your body keeps its own beat. Humans have an internal clock that regulates the beating of our heart, the pace of our breathing , the discharge of chemiscals within our bloodstream, and many other bodily functions.
Time is something from which we can’t escape. Even if we ignore it, it’s still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. So the main issue in using your time well is, “Who’s in charge?” We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it our ally.
By taking control of how you spend your time, you’ll increase your chances of becoming a more successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devote to your studies, the more time you will have to spend on your outside interests.
The aim of time management is not to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable that governs every waking moment of the day. Instead, the aim is to permit us to make informed choices as to how we use our time. Rather than letting the day go by, largely without our awareness, what we are going to discuss next can make us better able to control time for our own purposes.
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答案解析：
1. The underlined word “ally” in Para. 3 most likely means somebody or something that is _____.
A. your slave and serves you.
B. your supporter and helps you.
C. under your control and obeys you.
D. under your influence and follows you.
解析：B正确
第三段划线的ally指什么样的人或物？
前面说时间成为我们的敌人，or表示转折，ally表示的意思应该与enemy相反。
2. The author intends to tell us that time ______.
A. could be regulated by a timepiece such as a clock or a watch
B. could be managed by the internal clock of human bodies
C. should be well managed for our own interest
D. should be saved for outside interests
解析：C正确
作者打算告诉我们时间怎么样？
文章主要就是说我们要控制好时间，让它为我们所用。
3. In the next part, the author would most probably discuss ith you _______.
A. how to keep up with the times
B. how to make up for lost time
C. how to have a good time
D. how to make good use of time
解析：D正确
在接下来的部分，作者最有可能和我们讨论什么？
文章最后一段就是提示：what we are going to discuss next can make us better able to control time for our own purposes
参考译文：
现在几点了？大部分人都能准确回答。如果你不确定，你也很有可能知道时间。你手腕上可能有手表，墙上，桌上或者电脑屏幕上面可能会有时钟; 或者你在开车，车子的仪表盘上有时钟显示。
即便你附近没有时钟，你自己的身体自有其节拍。人类内部时钟调节心脏跳动，呼吸频率，血液中化学物质的排出，及其他身体功能。
我们无法逃脱时间。即使我们忽略它，它依旧在分分秒秒地溜走。所以利用你的时间的关键就是“谁在主导？” 我们让时间悄然流逝，使它成为我们的敌人。或者，我们控制时间，让它为我们所用。
通过对时间的控制，你可以提高成为更成功的学生的几率。也许更重要的是，你越善于管理学习的时间，你业余爱好的时间就更多。
时间管理的目的不在于划定时间表，为时间所左右，每天被时间控制。相反，时间管理使我们选择如何利用时间。不要让时间在我们不经意间流逝，我们接下来要讨论的就是如何按自己的意愿更好地控制时间。
词汇及短语：
dashboard:仪表板
timepiece: 时钟,座钟
discharge: 排出
bloodstream: 血流, 体内循环的血液
bodily: 人体的, 身体的; 肉体的
tick away: 使(分秒)在滴答声中溜走
schedule: vt. 排定, 安排
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