普通考試
114年
[一般行政] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 50 題
📖 題組：
We all have the same number of hours each day, and it’s up to us to decide how we spend them. According to “the 5-hour rule,” how we choose to spend those hours might mean the difference between success and mediocrity. There are 24 hours in a day. The average person sleeps around eight hours, with the Dutch sleeping the most and the Singaporeans the least. After we subtract 7 hours of working time, we’re down to 9 remaining hours. Much of those 9 hours are taken up by shopping, housework, unpaid labor (e.g. care work), eating and drinking. Of course, there are massive cultural differences. For instance, people in France, Greece, Italy and Spain report spending more time eating than people in most other European countries. The country where people spend the least time eating and drinking is the USA (63 minutes). Most people have at least a few hours to do with what they want. For more than half of the population, those hours are wasted away on non-work-related phone worship. But these are not the people who will become the entrepreneurs, innovators, and success stories of tomorrow. The “5-hour rule” is the rule where we spend one hour a day learning, reflecting, and thinking. We do this five times a week, which makes up the “5-hour” rule. The rule dates to Benjamin Franklin, who would devote an hour each day specifically to learning something new. Today, Elon Musk, Oprah Winfrey, and Bill Gates all employ some version of the 5-hour rule. So, why not give the 5-hour rule a go? At worst, it will make you a bit more interesting at the next family gathering. At best, it might make you a few million dollars.
We all have the same number of hours each day, and it’s up to us to decide how we spend them. According to “the 5-hour rule,” how we choose to spend those hours might mean the difference between success and mediocrity. There are 24 hours in a day. The average person sleeps around eight hours, with the Dutch sleeping the most and the Singaporeans the least. After we subtract 7 hours of working time, we’re down to 9 remaining hours. Much of those 9 hours are taken up by shopping, housework, unpaid labor (e.g. care work), eating and drinking. Of course, there are massive cultural differences. For instance, people in France, Greece, Italy and Spain report spending more time eating than people in most other European countries. The country where people spend the least time eating and drinking is the USA (63 minutes). Most people have at least a few hours to do with what they want. For more than half of the population, those hours are wasted away on non-work-related phone worship. But these are not the people who will become the entrepreneurs, innovators, and success stories of tomorrow. The “5-hour rule” is the rule where we spend one hour a day learning, reflecting, and thinking. We do this five times a week, which makes up the “5-hour” rule. The rule dates to Benjamin Franklin, who would devote an hour each day specifically to learning something new. Today, Elon Musk, Oprah Winfrey, and Bill Gates all employ some version of the 5-hour rule. So, why not give the 5-hour rule a go? At worst, it will make you a bit more interesting at the next family gathering. At best, it might make you a few million dollars.
According to the passage, which of the following can be inferred about people who follow the “5-hour rule”?
- A They may not experience failure.
- B They may eat out a lot to save time.
- C They may establish successful businesses.
- D They may not have time for social interactions.
思路引導 VIP
請試著思考：文中特別列舉了伊隆·馬斯克與比爾·蓋茲這類人物，並將「每天學習一小時」與「平庸（mediocrity）」做對比。當作者提到這個習慣可能讓你獲得「數百萬美元」的潛力時，他是在暗示這個行為能為一個人的『職業生涯或成就』帶來什麼樣的轉變？