Question

    From time to time, even the most productive professionals procrastinate(拖延). When your tendency to procrastinate is starting to make your overall quality of work and life suffer, 1. Here’s what Forbes Coaches Council members recommend doing to stop racing the clock.

2.

When you don’t feel motivated, take the smallest step possible toward your goal. After taking that step, you’re more likely to continue taking more steps toward that goal. Instead of telling yourself to work out for an hour, say you’ll go for 10 minutes.

Give yourself a hard deadline, and then schedule it

The best way to overcome a natural tendency to procrastinate is to create a hard deadline for yourself and then put it on the calendar.3.. Then perform it the same way you would if your boss were waiting for you to complete the task.

Understand the underlying reasons you’re procrastinating

4.. Notice your thoughts, feelings, behaviors and the situation when you feel like procrastinating. Write these down. Often perfectionism, which we may experience as anxiety, is caused by the tendency to put off action. Once you understand your pattern, you can be responsible for yourself in a positive and self-compassionate (自我同情的) way.

Give yourself a reward for each task you complete

Make a list of things you need to do and do the one you don’t want to do first. 5. (piece of candy, a few minutes on social media, etc.). Then do something on your list that you want to do and continue making changes from there. This makes your tasks less depressing.

A. Take the tiniest step possible

B. Identity a positive outcome from your action

C. Then give yourself a little reward for doing it

D. find a way to make overcoming procrastination interesting

E. It’s time to do a reality check and break yourself of the habit

F. Treat the deadline the same as if your boss created it

G. Become a detective or a scientist about your pattern of procrastinating

Answer

1.E

2.A

3.F

4.G

5.C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章就如何改变“拖延”这个坏习惯提出了一些建议。

1.根据空前的逗号可知，该空应从D和E两个选项中选择。空前提到：当你拖延的倾向开始让你的工作和生活的整体质量受到影响的时候。下文开始提出一些建议，以减少你的拖延症。由此可知，该空应提到“要开始解决拖延这个坏毛病”这样的话题。结合选项，E（是时候认清现实，改掉这个习惯了）与上下文联系最密切。故选E。

2.通读该段内容可知，该段建议先朝着目标迈出一小步，这样你就有可能朝着目标继续前进了。因此标题可以概括为A（采取可能的最小的措施）。故选A。

3.空前提到：克服拖延的自然倾向的最好方法是为自己设定一个严格的最后期限，然后把它写在日历上。该空承接上文，要继续谈到有关“最后期限”的问题。选项中只有F（对待截止日期就好像你的老板创造了它）涉及该话题。且后面一句话中的your boss和F选项中的your boss呼应。故选F。

4.下一句提到：当你想拖延的时候，注意你的想法、感觉、行为和情况。结合标题（了解你拖延的根本原因）可知，该空应提到“要探索自己拖延的原因，想法等相关信息”。结合选项，G（成为一名侦探或科学家来研究你的拖延症）切题。故选G。

5.结合空后面的（一块糖，几分钟社交媒体，等等）和标题里的a reward可知，该空应指“给自己一些奖励”，结合选项，C（然后给自己一点奖励）切题。故选C。