If you always put off doing things you should do or would like to do, you have experienced procrastination(拖延症).
Do you have procrastination because you are lazy? In fact, lazy people don’t do anything and are just fine with it. Procrastinators, however, want to do something but can’t force(促成) themselves to start.
There’s a goal in your brain, for example, what are the tasks to be completed today? What goals need to be achieved this year? Everything is in control.
But at the same time, your brain will also have a love of freedom, know how to enjoy yourself. Whenever you secretly make up your mind to complete a task, this “you” will give you a list of temptations. And you will fall step by step.
So if you are a procrastinator, perhaps you spend lots of time watching TV, playing video games, checking WeChat, eating, cleaning or walking back and forth through the room. Afterwards, you feel powerless and have the feeling of guilt(内疚) and trouble.
We all have procrastination more or less. __________ For example, it took Da Vinci(达·芬奇) sixteen years to complete the smile of Mona Lisa. In the middle of the delay(拖延), he went to study and changed his idea of light and shadow.
Excellent people also need to procrastinate, so that inspiration(灵感) has more time in their heads to collide(冲突) with each other. So procrastination is not always terrible. What’s terrible is that we don’t know why we procrastinate. The best way to deal with procrastination is to really understand your heart and find out the reason why it’s not easy for you to start. Some people procrastinate to think, while others procrastinate to escape(逃避).
Do you have the habit of procrastination in your daily life? What is the reason?
1.If you are a procrastinator, you might spend much time doing many activities EXСЕРТ __________.
A.checking WeChat B.doing the task now C.walking around the room D.playing video games
2.The underlined word temptation in Paragraph 4 means “__________” in Chinese.
A.打击 B.快乐 C.诱惑 D.计划
3.Which of the following sentences can be put in the __________?
A.However, you are more procrastinating than those successful people.
B.Procrastination is always a good thing to everyone.
C.There are many ways to deal with procrastination.
D.Excellent people may be more procrastinating than you.
4.The writer thinks __________.
A.sometimes people need to procrastinate B.procrastinators don’t want to do meaningful tasks
C.people have procrastination because they are lazy D.procrastination always gets in the way of success
Chinese researchers have developed a robot to help doctors treat(治疗) COVID-19(新冠肺炎) and other highly contagious(传染的) diseases.
The machine can do some of the same medical examination tasks as doctors. Cameras record the robot's activities, which are controlled far away so doctors can avoid coming in close contact(接触) with infected(感染) patients.
The robot's main designer is Zheng Gangtie, an engineer and professor at Tsinghua University. He said that he got the idea for the robot in January. At that time, the number of cases of the COVID-19 virus was rising quickly in Wuhan Zheng said a friend of his is the head of a hospital in Beijing. His friend told him that one of the biggest problems in dealing with COVID-19 was that healthcare workers were getting infected themselves. Zheng said he wanted to do something to help this situation.
So the engineer set up a team and went to work on it. The new robot is almost completely automated(自动化的). "Doctors are all very brave," Zheng said. "But this virus is just too contagious...We can use robots to do the most dangerous tasks." However, Zheng said he had heard from some doctors that it would be better not to build such robots to be fully automatic. This is because many patients still desire(渴望) a human medical worker to help calm them during treatment.
The team has made two automatic robots by now and both have been tested by doctors at hospitals in Beijing. One machine was taken to Wuhan's Union Hospital, where doctors there were being trained to use it.
1.According to the passage, the two robots __________.
A.were almost fully automatic B.were both taken to Wuhan
C.were both made in January D.can only help fight COVID-19
2.Why does Zheng Gangtie want to develop the robot to help doctors?
A.Because his friend is the head of a hospital in Beijing.
B.Because the doctors are afraid to be in contact with patients.
C.Because many patients want robots to calm them during treatment.
D.Because doctors may get infected themselves when treating patients.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Zheng Gangtie made the robots alone in Beijing.
B.Zheng Gangtie made lots of money by making robots.
C.Not all the doctors want the robots to be fully automatic.
D.The infected patients would like robot doctors to treat them.
4.The passage is probably from __________.
A.an advertisement B.a textbook C.a storybook D.a newspaper
A woman decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary(薪水). All day she felt nervous. Late in the afternoon she came up to her boss with great courage. To her joy, the boss agreed to a raise.
The woman arrived home that evening to a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly growing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a big meal. She wondered if someone from the office had told him the message, or…did he just know that her boss would not refuse her?
She found him in the kitchen and told him the good news. They hugged and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman found a beautiful note. It read, "Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you."
After super, her husband went into the kitchen to clean up. She noticed that a second card fell from his pocket. Picking it up from the floor, she read, "Don't worry about not getting the raise! You deserve(应得) it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you."
Someone has said that the measure(度量) of love is when you love without measure. The man will give her all his love, whether she succeeds or fails. Love your family and love your friends. Love them without measure.
1.When the woman got home, her husband __________.
A.bought a beautiful table home B.went to the boss for a raise in salary
C.prepared a big meal for her D.received the good news from her boss
2.Which is NOT true about the first note?
A.It read congratulations on it. B.It was in the husband's pocket.
C.It was next to the woman's plate D.It showed the husband's love for his wife.
3.What can we infer(推断) from the two notes?
A.The wife didn't eat together with her husband. B.The husband didn't worry about his wife at all.
C.The husband will get used to telling a lie to his wife. D.Whatever happens, the husband will support his wife.
4.What word would the writer use to describe this story?
A.Surprising. B.Interesting. C.Educational. D.Exciting.
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1.Sign I means __________.
A.people must wear protective glasses in this area B.people mustn't wear protective glasses in this area
C.it's dangerous to wear a pair of glasses in this area D.this pair of glasses is dangerous for people's eyes
2.Sign 2 is mainly for __________.
A.students B.teachers C.policemen D.drivers
3.Sign 3 is probably put up __________.
A.on the gate of a park B.on the gate of a school
C.on the wall of a reading room D.on the wall of a post office
Each year, on the 15th day of the seventh month in the Chinese lunar calendar(农历), the Ghost Festival is celebrated in many parts of China. During this time, people will burn offerings(祭品) and prepare big meals to remember the _______ .
This holiday may seem strange and even scary to some people. But _______ holidays are seen all around the world. In the western world, people celebrate Halloween on Oct. 31st every year. In ancient Britain and Ireland, October 31st was the last day of the year. It was the end of the growing _______ and the beginning of winter, a time of darkness and death People believed that on this day ghosts _______ to the earth. In order to scare the ghosts away, people built huge fires and wore costumes made of animal skins.
Many of the original(最初的) Halloween traditions have developed today into funny activities for children. _______ popular one is "Trick or treat". On Halloween night, children dress up _______ costumes and go to their neighbors. When someone answers the door，the children cry out, "Trick or treat!" _______ this means is, "Give us a treat, _______ we'll play a trick on you!" The people at each house then give candy or fruit or sometimes _______ coins.
Holidays like these can help us to better understand death as a natural part of life. And it can ________ us to live our best lives.
1.A.old B.poor C.dead D.sick
2.A.same B.similar C.different D.funny
3.A.plants B.weather C.season D.rice
4.A.returned B.went C.had D.agreed
5.A.Most B.The most C.Best D.The best
6.A.in B.on C.at D.with
7.A.Where B.When C.Why D.What
8.A.or B.and C.also D.a little
9.A.few B.a few C.little D.a little
10.A.make B.give C.plan D.encourage
—Ms. Perry, can you tell me __________? —Last month.
A.what the baby giraffe likes eating B.when the baby giraffe was born
C.when was the baby giraffe born D.where the baby giraffe came from
