Question

【題目】 Have you ever frequently put off things you should do for various reasons? If so, it is procrastination (拖延). Procrastinators often put off doing things and leave them to the very last moment. 【1】Lazy people simply don’t do anything and are just fine with it. Procrastinators, on the other hand, have the desire to do something but can’t force themselves to start.

You might think procrastination is a bit annoying but fairly harmless. However, long term procrastination has bad effects on your health. Not having seen the doctor when your illness was easier to treat may shorten your life. Just thinking about what you haven’t done may cause discomfort. 【2】

Don’t place too much pressure on yourself. “This project has to impress everyone; I really can’t blow this opportunity,” 【3】 Overcome this mental block by simply allowing yourself to be imperfect with the next small task. You can always improve your work later.

【4】 Concentrating on the size and difficulty of a task will overcome you and promote procrastination. Any work can be broken into smaller steps. The trick is - with each step along the way — to focus on the next achievable tasks. Make sure you can easily imagine the outcome of your small task. Don’t write a book; write a page.

Focus on starting, rather than finishing. For someone who’s having a hard time starting a task, imagining a hard-to-grasp future can be depressing. The solution in this case, then, is to focus on starting. 【5】 We all know that if we start, we’ll eventually finish the task.

A.Break a long project down into short tasks.

B.So procrastination is about managing the time.

C.So we should apply ourselves to overcoming it.

D.However, procrastination is different from laziness.

E.Focus on the negative effects of the procrastination.

F.Bring your focus from the future to what can be done right now.

G.Placing such high hopes on a project only adds anxiety and fear of failure.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】G

【4】A

【5】F

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要區(qū)別了拖延和懶惰，指出長(zhǎng)期的拖延癥會(huì)對(duì)你的健康產(chǎn)生不良影響。以及就如何克服拖延癥提出了一些建議。

【1】

根據(jù)后文Lazy people simply don’t do anything and are just fine with it. Procrastinators, on the other hand, have the desire to do something but can’t force themselves to start.可知懶惰的人只是什么都不做，而且很好。另一方面，拖延者有做某事的欲望，但不能強(qiáng)迫自己開(kāi)始。由此可知，拖延和懶惰是不同的。故D選項(xiàng)“然而，拖延和懶惰是不同的”符合上下文語(yǔ)境，故選D。

【2】

根據(jù)上文However, long term procrastination has bad effects on your health. Not having seen the doctor when your illness was easier to treat may shorten your life. Just thinking about what you haven’t done may cause discomfort.可知然而，長(zhǎng)期的拖延癥會(huì)對(duì)你的健康產(chǎn)生不良影響。在你的病比較容易治療的時(shí)候沒(méi)有去看醫(yī)生可能會(huì)縮短你的壽命。僅僅想到你沒(méi)有做的事情可能會(huì)讓你感到不適。由此可知，上文提到了長(zhǎng)期的拖延癥會(huì)影響健康，那么就應(yīng)該盡力克服拖延癥。故C選項(xiàng)“所以我們應(yīng)該致力于克服它”符合上下文語(yǔ)境，故選C。

【3】

結(jié)合上文This project has to impress everyone; I really can’t blow this opportunity,可知“這個(gè)項(xiàng)目必須給每個(gè)人留下深刻印象;我真的不能錯(cuò)過(guò)這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。”以及后文Overcome this mental block by simply allowing yourself to be imperfect with the next small task. You can always improve your work later.可知只要允許自己在下一個(gè)小任務(wù)上不完美，就可以克服這個(gè)心理障礙。你可以在以后改進(jìn)你的工作。由此可知，過(guò)高的期望會(huì)增加焦慮和對(duì)失敗的恐懼，因此作者后文建議要允許自己有不完美的時(shí)候。故G選項(xiàng)“對(duì)一個(gè)項(xiàng)目寄予如此高的期望只會(huì)增加焦慮和對(duì)失敗的恐懼”符合上下文語(yǔ)境，故選G。

【4】

根據(jù)后文Concentrating on the size and difficulty of a task will overcome you and promote procrastination. Any work can be broken into smaller steps. The trick is - with each step along the way - to focus on the next achievable tasks.可知專(zhuān)注于任務(wù)的大小和難度會(huì)打敗你，助長(zhǎng)延癥癥。任何工作都可以分解成更小的步驟。訣竅在于——在每一步中——專(zhuān)注于下一個(gè)可實(shí)現(xiàn)的任務(wù)。由此可知，本段是在說(shuō)明將任務(wù)劃分成幾個(gè)小的任務(wù)，再在每一步中專(zhuān)注于下一個(gè)可實(shí)現(xiàn)的任務(wù)，這樣才有助于克服拖延癥。故A選項(xiàng)“把一個(gè)長(zhǎng)項(xiàng)目分成幾個(gè)短任務(wù)”符合上下文語(yǔ)境，故選A。

【5】

根據(jù)上文For someone who’s having a hard time starting a task, imagining a hard-to-grasp future can be depressing. The solution in this case, then, is to focus on starting.可知對(duì)于一個(gè)很難開(kāi)始一項(xiàng)任務(wù)的人來(lái)說(shuō)，想象一個(gè)難以把握的未來(lái)可能會(huì)令人沮喪。那么，在這種情況下，解決方案就是專(zhuān)注于開(kāi)始。由此可知，本句是在強(qiáng)調(diào)不要去想象未來(lái)還未發(fā)生的事情，而是要專(zhuān)注于當(dāng)下可以做的事情上。故F選項(xiàng)“把你的注意力從未來(lái)轉(zhuǎn)移到現(xiàn)在可以做的事情上來(lái)”符合上下文語(yǔ)境，故選F。