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 (拖延) 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, 95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent 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 (过失的）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.

1.From the first two paragraphs we can learn that _____.

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

2.Which behavior belongs to procrastination? _____

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”.

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true? _____

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.

4.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows? _____

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.

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析:新学期到来之际，很多同学都头疼如何推迟交他们的论文。事实上，很多学生都是拖延症患者，他们会花大把的时间发呆、空想、看电影、浏览网页等。拖延的结果是他们的论文会很糟糕，会出很多错误。现在有研究者在研究如何改变拖延的习惯。

1.D段落理解题。根据第一段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.可知很多学生都会拖延做作业的时间，故选D。

2.D细节理解题。根据文章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.可知他们认为要找一个适合的能让自己感到压力的时间来干事，只有D选项符合拖延症者的行为习惯，其他选项都是不拖延的表现，故选D。

3.B推理判断题 。根据文章 Pelling says this is nonsense, as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time. 可知拖延的结果就是会有更多的错误，不可能是完美的，故选B。

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考点：考查社会现象类阅读