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【题目】Procrastination is something that many people have experienced at some point in their life. The word comes from the Latin words “pro” meaning“for”and“cras”meaning “tomorrow”. But it can be more than just putting off work or a later time; it can be about giving up long-term goals for short-term desires(欲望).

A new phrase has been going around Chinese social media lately, with people describing themselves as “active losers”. It means that they set themselves many goals, but they always find excuses, and never really achieve them. In fact, they are just acing serious procrastination.

I once knew someone in my college who had to drop out (退学) because he preferred video games to study. He went to all his classes and was an active member of school clubs. However, his mind was never really on task. He spent all his free time playing games and believed he could still achieve good grades by "finishing the work tomorrow. That “tomorrow”was the end of the semester, and my college had to ask him to “take a break”.

For those of you who think: “ I'll never procrastinate that badly,” I ask you this: “When did you last set a fitness goal? A weight goal? A reading goal? How many years has it been?”Although a fitness goal may not be so important as school grades, it does not mean the goal should drag on for years. So stop making excuses for yourself; take actions right now and achieve your goals.

【1】The underlined word “procrastination” means _____in Chinese.

A. 妄想症B. 拖延症C. 强迫症D. 多动症

【2】We can infer from the second paragraph that active losers are lack of (缺乏) ____.

A. long-term goalsB. short-term desires

C. proper excusesD. their self-control

【3】The main idea of Paragraph 3 is ____.

A. how the student achieved good grades

B. how procrastination affected the student's life

C. how the student fought against procrastination

D. how the student became an active member of school clubs

【4】The writer advises us to ____.

A. take a breakB. achieve good school grades

C. set a fitness goalD. start working towards our goals

【5】The writer thinks that_____.

A. active losers never procrastinate

B. there is no way to control procrastination

C. some people don't realize that they procrastinate

D. it's wrong to ask the student in his college to drop out

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文，主要介绍拖延症。拖延症的表现，影响及建议。

【1】词义猜测题。根据第一段The word comes from the Latin words “pro” meaning “for” and “cras” meaning “tomorrow”. But it can be more than just putting off work or a later time; it can be about giving up long-term goals for short-term desires(欲望)的解释，个词来自拉丁语“pro”，意为“为了”，“cras”意为“明天”，但这可能不仅仅是推迟工作或推迟时间;它可以是为了短期的欲望而放弃长期的目标，可知Procrastination是拖延症的意思。故选B。

【2】推理判断题。根据第二段It means that they set themselves many goals, but they always find excuses, and never really achieve them. 这意味着他们给自己设定了很多目标，但他们总是找借口，从来没有真正实现它们。可知active losers（积极废人），有目标但是无法实践去实现目标，由此推断他们缺乏自控力，故选D。

【3】主旨大意题。第三段通过举例子，一个有拖延症的学生，虽然表现的很活跃，实际上他把精力都放在了游戏上，最终导致学业失败。可知这一段主要强调拖延症对学生生活的影响，故选B。

【4】细节理解题。根据最后一句So stop making excuses for yourself; take actions right now and achieve your goals. 所以不要为自己找借口;现在就采取行动，实现你的目标。可知作者建议我们开始朝着我们的目标努力，故选D。

【5】推理判断题。根据最后一段描述可知For those of you who think: “ I'll never procrastinate that badly,” I ask you this: “When did you last set a fitness goal? A weight goal? A reading goal? How many years has it been?”Although a fitness goal may not be so important as school grades, it does not mean the goal should drag on for years.可知有些人没有意识到自己拖延症的问题，故选C。