A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.
An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting his most important things as well as others'. An unpunctual person is always saying unhappily that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls. But the man who really has much to do is very careful of his time. He knows that he can not finish all his work unless he carefully does every piece of work.
Being unpunctual is the sign of disrespect (不尊重_) towards others. If a person is invited to
dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests (客人)
waiting for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.
Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can't do his duty wonderfully, whether it is public or personal. Imagine how it would be if those who should do important tasks failed to be on time. A man who is known to be often unpunctual is never believed by his friends or fellow men.
【小题1】The Chinese meaning of the word punctual in this passage is probably “ ”. A．听话的B．守时的C．守纪律的D．能干的【小题2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A．An unpunctual person often has more time.B．An unpunctual person has more work to do.C．A punctual person often has a busy life.D．A punctual person often does his work wonderfully.【小题3】When you are invited to dinner, you'd better arrive there .A．in a hurryB．after the hostC．at the decided timeD．before other guests【小题4】From the passage, we learn that an unpunctual man usually in the end.A．saves time for othersB．leaves his family and friendsC．gets his chances and knowledgeD．loses his time and good nameB
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(答案→)B
解析：这是一篇说明文。对守时的人和不守时的人做了分析比较。
【小题1】根据第一句的解释，可知。
【小题2】从最后一段的第一句，可知。
【小题3】根据第三段，可知，迟到是对别人的不尊重，所以要按时到。
【小题4】由第二段第二句，可知。