18.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 (使失去活力) 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 (過失的)in a society that thinks of speedy 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.
69.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 work hard to write good essays on time
D.many students have the habit of delaying finishing their tasks
70.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".
71.According to the passage,which of the following statements is not true?B
A.Procrastination makes people waste their time.
B.Procrastinators usually complete their tasks perfectly.
C.Speedy action is considered as a moral standard in the society.
D.Procrastination is common among people.
72.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 本文主要介紹了"拖延癥".拖延癥是偷走時(shí)間的賊,有拖延習(xí)慣的學(xué)生往往會花一整天時(shí)間發(fā)呆、吃零食、上網(wǎng),而不完成學(xué)習(xí)任務(wù).而對于如何應(yīng)對拖延癥,加拿大的社會學(xué)家提出了一些方法.
解答 69.D 理解推斷題,由第一段more likely,how best to delay that paper…Procrastination is the thief of time…They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space,eating snacks,surfing the Internet,watching videos"可知,大多數(shù)學(xué)生喜歡把論文延期,他們喜歡拖延時(shí)間,哪怕一天無所事事,故選D.
70.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題,由第二段They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space,eating snacks,surfing the Internet,watching videos"可知,有拖延的毛病的學(xué)生,不會按時(shí),甚至是提前完成任務(wù),他們總是讓時(shí)間白白流逝,故選D.
71.B 推理判斷題,由第五段Pelling says this is nonsense,as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time."可知,當(dāng)學(xué)生把事情拖延到最后一刻再去完成時(shí),由于時(shí)間倉促,他們會出現(xiàn)很多錯(cuò)誤,故選B.
72.A 推理判斷題,由最后一段he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand"可知,接下來會介紹社會學(xué)家Piers Steel應(yīng)對拖延的方法,故選A.
點(diǎn)評 本文考察日常生活類閱讀,要把握好人物的活動內(nèi)容,時(shí)間和地點(diǎn),根據(jù)題目中關(guān)鍵詞尋找文中答案,查找文中細(xì)節(jié)后作出合理推斷.