【題目】Master Your Deadlines

The struggle begins in high school, sometimes earlier. Deadlines, and lots of them, start to pile up. At college, the pressure sometimes leads to last-minute rush and unsatisfactory work. At work, failing to meet deadlines can easily get you fired. 【1】 Here are a few best practices.

Assign deadlines to what matters.

If the task isn’t of high importance, don’t set a specific deadline. In this way, you are able to keep it on your radar for a while without feeling pressured. 【2】 This will provide just enough pressure to ensure you get it done.

【3】

Set a personal deadline for yourself a day or two before the actual deadline. 【4】 If you’re working with a group of people, add in even more time to account for potential follow-ups and the need for approvals.

Keep communicating.

【5】 This means letting others know when something is taking longer than expected, when a delivery didn’t come in, when a client is not providing the necessary information, etc. Although it may feel embarrassing to admit that something is not on schedule, being honest is much better for relieving your stress.

A. Plan for flexible hours.

B. Finish your project as early as possible.

C. But if an activity is urgent, set a deadline immediately.

D. In this way, you’ll never have to stay up late and feel stressed.

E. But handled properly, deadlines can actually improve productivity.

F. Whenever you feel challenged to finish work on time, communicate.

G. So if anything takes longer than expected, you can still wrap it up and submit it on time.

【答案】

【1】E

【2】C

【3】A

【4】G

【5】F

【解析】人的一生充滿著奮斗、掙扎與各種壓力。比如工作之后的各項(xiàng)工作都要按時(shí)完成。否則你會(huì)失去工作。文章給出了一些好的實(shí)踐方法解決這些問(wèn)題和壓力。

【1】E考查對(duì)上下文順承關(guān)系的理解能力。句意：奮斗始于中學(xué)，有時(shí)更早。隨之各種期限接踵而來(lái)。在大學(xué)里，壓力有時(shí)會(huì)導(dǎo)致考試臨時(shí)抱佛腳和不滿意的作業(yè)。在工作中，不能按時(shí)完成工作，可以使你很容易被解雇。___1__。以下是一些最佳實(shí)踐。從設(shè)空的前后語(yǔ)境可看出是轉(zhuǎn)折的，故選E項(xiàng)。

【2】C考查對(duì)上下文順承關(guān)系的理解能力。句意：如果任務(wù)不是很重要的話，不要設(shè)定一個(gè)特定的截止日期，這樣你就可以有一段時(shí)間沒(méi)有壓力，___2__，這將提供足夠的壓力來(lái)確保你完成它。故設(shè)空前后是一種轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，即如果任務(wù)“很重要，很緊急（urgent ）”，故C項(xiàng)符合語(yǔ)境。

【3】A考查考生對(duì)上下文順承關(guān)系的理解能力。根據(jù)本段的內(nèi)容“給自己制定一個(gè)比實(shí)際截止日期提前一到兩天的限制。……如果你和一群人一起工作，就要花更多的時(shí)間來(lái)考慮潛在的后續(xù)行動(dòng)和批準(zhǔn)的必要性�！笨赏茢喑�，本段是講要留出一些彈性時(shí)間，故A項(xiàng)適合作本段小標(biāo)題。

【4】G考查對(duì)上下文順承關(guān)系的理解能力。此空前句意：為自己制定一個(gè)比最后期限提前1－2天的期限。所以（這樣的話）即使有事要花更多時(shí)間的話，也可圓滿完成任務(wù)了。wrap …up圓滿完成；故選G項(xiàng)。

【5】F考查對(duì)上下文順承關(guān)系的理解能力。本段中心句“Keep communicating”（要保持交流）�？蘸缶湟猓壕褪亲寗e人知道所做之事所需要時(shí)間比預(yù)期的長(zhǎng)。推知所做的事是不能按期完成才要交流。故選F。

比如第２小題。本空的上文“If the task isn't of high importance, don't set a specific deadline. In this way, you are able to keep it on your radar for a while without feeling pressured.” 如果任務(wù)不是很重要的話，不要設(shè)定一個(gè)特定的截止日期，這樣你就可以有一段時(shí)間沒(méi)有壓力。而此空的下句“___2___This will provide just enough pressure to ensure you get it done. ，___2__，這將提供足夠的壓力來(lái)確保你完成它。有壓力的自然就是重要的，故此句對(duì)應(yīng)著urgent（緊急）。故可推斷出C符合。

如第５小題，在本段中出現(xiàn)了與challenging相關(guān)的詞語(yǔ)。如“This means letting others know when something is taking longer than expected” 可知，花的時(shí)間比預(yù)期的長(zhǎng)，有挑戰(zhàn)性。再下一句提到“…admit that something is not on schedule”不能按期交。從這幾點(diǎn)可推測(cè)也感覺(jué)完成工作有困難，這些提示正符合F中的內(nèi)容。故第5小題選F。

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