Question

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 their pretty peers 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 solve their problems．

According to a recent report by the BBC，95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent of the world’s population are procrastinators，complicating their lives with their continual delaying of tasks．

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．

She says the behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel flustered and ashamed，inconveniences others，and annoys loved ones．

Fortunately，social seientists have made tireless efforts to understand this behavioral shortcoming and offer strategies to control it．Piers Steel，a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation，believes humankind is“designed”to procrastinate．Nevertheless，he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand．

The first one is obvious：Break the task down into small pieces and work your way through them methodically．

The second is clever：Give a trusted friend a sum of money and tell them that if you don’t complete the task you have undertaken by a specific time，they can keep it or donate it to a cause you hate.

1.What does the underlined word“Procrastination” in the second paragraph refer to?

A．A bad habit of putting work or tasks off．

B．A thief who steals time and money in college.

C．A college student who learns nothing．

D．A study way of doing nothing in the library.

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A．College students can have their papers written if they delay them．

B．Many students don’t know what to do in the library．

C．Students can’t solve their procrastination by writing micro blogs．

D．20％of the procrastinators make their life complicated．

3.According to Rowan Pelling，we can learn that procrastinators .

A．can find reasonable excuses for their behavior

B．are able to work best under pressure

C．are more likely to avoid mistakes at work[]

D．may upset themselves and their loved ones more frequently

4.Which of the following may Piers Steel support?

A．Human beings are not born to be procrastinators．   

B．Complete your tasks or work step by step．

C．Give your trusted friend money and ask him to help you finish your tasks．

D．You can’t control procrastination but you can avoid it．

5.What’she best title of the text?

A．Who steals my time?   

B．The solutions to procrastination

C．I’ll do it tomorrow，I swear!

D．Don’t do nothing!

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：拖延症(procrastination)就像个小偷，偷走了我们的时间，让我们活在焦虑、烦躁、不安中。如何战胜拖延症？一起来看看专家的提示吧

1.A 细节理解题。根据第二段提到They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space，eating snacks，surfing the Internet，watching videos and looking at their pretty peers sitting around them，who，most likely，are doing nothing either．拖延症就像偷窃时光的小偷，令许多学生深受其害。他们整天窝在图书馆里无所事事，只是发呆、吃零食、上网、看视频或是看看自己身边漂亮的同学，这些人也大都无所事事所以是一种坏习惯，故选A项。

2.C细节理解题。根据第三段提到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 solve their problems拖延习惯令他们无法正常学习，于是写微博来表达自己的恐惧，询问网友是否有时也会遭遇相同状况。然而，这种做法无济于事，无法打破拖延症的魔咒故选C项。

3.D 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段提到Piers Steel，a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation，believes humankind is“designed”to procrastinate．皮尔斯•斯蒂尔认为，人类生来患有拖延症故选D项。

4.B 细节理解题。根据最后两段提到第一种方法显而易见：把你的任务分成小份，并用你自己的方法有条不紊地完成它们第二种方法十分巧妙：给你信得过的朋友一笔钱并告诉他们，如果你不能在规定时间里完成手头的工作，他们可以归为己有或是把钱捐给那些你不喜欢的慈善事业可知选B项。

5.C 主旨大意。本文讲述拖延症(procrastination)就像个小偷，偷走了我们的时间，让我们活在焦虑、烦躁、不安中。，故C项很生动的来描述这一情况。

考点：日常生活类阅读。