Forget hard work and perseverance. Getting ahead is as simple as tidying your desk.
According to a leading expert, having a cluttered environment reflects a cluttered mind, but the act of tidying up can help you be more successful. The advice es from Jayne Morris, the residentlife coach for NHS Online, who said it is no good just moving the mess around. In order to clear the mind, unwanted items must be thrown away to free your inner world, she said.
Ms Morris, who claims to have coached celebrities to major business figures, said:“Clearing clutter from your desk has the power to transform your businessHow? Because clutter in your outer environment is the physical sign of all the clutter going on inside of youClearing clutter has a chain effect across your entire life, including your work. Having an untidy desk covered in clutter could be stopping you achieving the business success you wantShe is sure cleaning up will be helpful even though some of history's biggest achievers lived and worked in messy conditions.
Churchill was considered untidy from a boy throughout his life, from his office to his artist's studio,and the lab where Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin was famously untidy.
Among the remendations is that simply tidying a desk at work and an overflowing filing cabinet(陈列柜) will instantly have a positive impact on your inner worldAnything that is no longer used should not be put into storage but thrown away pletely.
Keeping something in the loft, garage or other part of the house, does not help because it is still connected to the person by tiny energetic li.nes, Ms Morris. claims.
She said, The things in your life that are useful to you, that add value to your life, that serve a current purpose are charged with positive energy that refreshes you and enriches your life. But the things that you don't ever use and don't need anymore have the opposite effect on your energy.
Things that no longer fit or serve you, use up your energy.
【小题1】The underlined word cluttered (in Para.2) is closest, in meaning to A．messyB．briefC．plexD．aggressive【小题2】Which of the following statements does Ms Morris agree to?A．Changing the position of staff frequently will help to build up a clear mind.B．A tidy office will lead to a success in your business affairs in no time.C．To have a free mind, we need to throw away unneeded items at times.D．You can pack up your things in garage or loft to cheer you up.【小题3】According to Ms Morris, an untidy desk probably means that A．you are quite a failureB．you are in a messy mindC．you are toe tired to deal with itD．you have achieved the business success【小题4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A．Less untidy, more successful.B．How to improve your inner world.C．Cleaning up makes you less intelligent.D．Being bigger achiever needs more effort.A
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(答案→)A
解析：本文讨论的话题是如果你周围的环境不够整洁，会影响到你的事业成功。文章具体分析了其中的原因和不同的人对此的看法。
【小题1】A 推理题。根据第二段1前2行According to a leading expert, having a cluttered environment reflects a cluttered mind, but the act of tidying up can help you be more successful.说明该词是指混乱，故A正确。
【小题2】C 推理题。根据第三段2,3行“Clearing clutter from your desk has the power to transform your business. How? Because clutter in your outer environment is the physical sign of all the clutter going on inside of you.说明他是支持把桌子上混乱的东西都整理干净的，故C正确。
【小题3】B 推理题。根据第是哪段3,4行Because clutter in your outer environment is the physical sign of all the clutter going on inside of you说明他认为混乱的环境是你混乱的思维的反应，也就是说如果你的桌子很乱，说明你的思维也很乱。故B正确。
【小题4】A 主旨大意题。本文讨论的话题是如果你周围的环境不够整洁，会影响到你的事业成功。文章具体分析了其中的原因和不同的人对此的看法。故A正确。