1.As the new semester begins,millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper or,more likely,how best to delay that paper.
Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it.They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space,eating snacks,surfing the Internet,watching videos and looking at other students sitting around them,who,most likely,are doing nothing either.
Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate,they write micro blogs about their fears,asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue.But this does nothing to break the spell(魔咒).
According to a recent report,95percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20percent of the world's population are always procrastinating.The figures are disappointing.Procrastinators are less wealthy,less healthy and less happy than those who don't delay.Procrastinators like to find excuses"to justify their behavior,but BBC columnist Rowan Pelling says they are all wrong.
Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure.Pelling says this is nonsense,as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time.The behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel ashamed,inconveniences others and annoys loved ones.
Pelling also points out that procrastination feels particularly delinquent(過(guò)失的)in a society that thinks of swift action as admirable,and,at times,even as a moral good.
Fortunately,social scientists have thrown their weight behind efforts to understand this behavioral mistake and offer strategies to control it.Piers Steel,a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation,believes human is"designed"to procrastinate.Nevertheless,he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.

41.From the first two paragraphs we can learn thatD.
A.procrastination is beneficial to many students
B.many students are under great pressure in their study
C.lots of college students are working hard to write good articles on time
D.many students are getting into the habit of delaying finishing their tasks
42.According to the passage,procrastination probably refers toA.
A.a(chǎn) bad habit 
B.a(chǎn) serious illness
C.a(chǎn) difficult task 
D.a(chǎn) form of entertainment
43.Which of the following statements is WRONG?B
A.Procrastination makes people waste their time.
B.Procrastinators usually complete their tasks perfectly.
C.Swift action is considered as a moral standard in the society.
D.Procrastination is common among people.
44.Which behavior belongs to procrastination?D
A.Never dream away the time.
B.Always complete the tasks ahead of time.
C.Never put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
D.Always wait to work until the"good mood"or"good time".
45.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?A
A.Measures to deal with procrastination.
B.Approaches to handling the study pressures.
C.More examples to illustrate procrastination.
D.Introduction to the book The Procrastination Equation.

分析 拖延癥(procrastination)就像個(gè)小偷,偷走了我們的時(shí)間,讓我們活在焦慮、煩躁、不安中.如何戰(zhàn)勝拖延癥?一起來(lái)看看專家的提示吧.

解答 41.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第一段"Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it"可知很多學(xué)生陷入拖延完成任務(wù)的習(xí)慣;故選D.
42.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第三段"Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate,they write micro blogs about their fears,asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue.But this does nothing to break the spell"可知拖延是一種壞習(xí)慣;故選A.
43.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段"Pelling says this is nonsense,as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time"因?yàn)樵谧詈笠环昼娡瓿傻墓ぷ鞲赡墚a(chǎn)生的錯(cuò)誤比按時(shí)完成工作;可知拖延癥患者不可能完美的完成任務(wù);故選B.
44.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第一段"millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper or,more likely,how best to delay that paper"可知推延是指將今天的是拖到明天;故選D.
45.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后一段"Nevertheless,he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand"可知接下來(lái)應(yīng)該要討論改善拖延癥的方法;故選A.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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