Think about your daily life. Do you follow the same read to work every day? Do you sit in the same place in class? When you get dressed, do you always put the same leg or arm in first? You probably do, because we all have routines in our lives.
Routines save time and energy because you do them without thinking, that's why they are so important in the morning when your brain isn't active. Here's Jo talking about her morning routine
'Oh yes. I always do exactly the same things. I wake up at seven o'clock every morning, but I don't get quarter past seven. I switch on the radio and listen to the news. Then I go to the too and I brush my-teeth. I have a shower and dry my hair. Then I choose my clothes and I get dressed. I don'y eat anything for breakfast. I just have a cup of coffee. Then I go to work. Yes, it's always the same.'
Routines are very useful. but they also make you uncreative. So sometimes it's a good idea to break your routines. Get out of bed on the opposite side. Listen to a different route to work. Eat something different for brealfast. Change your routine. You never know, it could change your life.
1. This passage is mainly concerned with...............................
a.our usual ways of doing things
b. our daily activities
c. Jo's timetable
d. changes in our lives
2. according to the passage, routines are useful because.........................
a. we can do them in the morning
b. they make a habit of never thinking
c. they save time and energy
d. we all have them in our lives
3. the word 'loo' in line 9 can best be replaced with.....................
a. balcony
b. bedroom
c. sink
d. toilet
4.what is the main disadvantage of routines?
a. Routines make us unable to create things or to have new ideas
b. Routines may change our life
c. Routines make a habit of never thinking before doing
d. Routines make us do the same things day after day
5. which of the sentences is true?
a. Routines make our brain creative
b.people who have routines are unable to think
c. we shouldn'r break our routines
d. our lives could be changed if we change our routines
