英语专四 短文听力 Passage 6-3

 短文

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage.

Here's some bad news for students who put off studying ： (17) procrastinators get more cold and flu symptoms and have more digestive problems than their punctual classmates. They also tend toward an unhealthy lifestyle, according to a recent study of 374 undergraduates at Carleton University in Ottawa by the Procrastination² Research Group. (17) Student procrastinators are more likely to eat poorly and smoke, and they sleep less and drink more than students who do their homework promptly³.

(18) At the root of the problem is an inability to regulate behavior and control impulses—say, drinking more than you had intended when you sat down at the bar. “If you’re quite impulsive⁴ then you’re unable to protect one intention from another", says (19) Timothy A. Pychyl, the leader of the Procrastination Research Group, who is also a psychologist and coauthor of the study. Things can get worse when tasks are impersonal⁵ or out of one’s control. “Most assignments are not things that students initiated⁶ themselves，" he says. “They can lack meaning for that reason.”

Giving a procrastinator¹ a hand-held organizer probably won’t change habits in the long term. “It’s not about time management，” Dr. Pychyl says. “Some people will buy a day planner, fill it in and say that's it for today. It becomes part of the procrastination itself.”

Such tardiness⁷ is not unusual. In one survey, 70 percent of the students confessed to academic tardiness. (20) Some favorite excuses are computer failure，leaving a paper at home and the death of a grandmother.

 

题目

Passage 6

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

Now，listen to the passage.

17. Procrastinators have many problems, EXCEPT that .

A. they get more cold and flu symptoms

B. they have more digestive problems

C. they smoke and drink more

D. they sleep more

18. What is the root of procrastination?

A. Genetics. B. Attitudes.

C. Impulsive character. D. Bad time management.

19. Which of the following statements about Timothy A. Pychyl is NOT true?

A. He is a teacher in Carleton University in Ottawa.

B. He is the leader of Procrastination Research Group.

C. He is a psychologist.

D. He is the co-author of the procrastination study.

20. All of the following are favorite excuses for academic tardiness, EXCEPT _

A. computer failure B. leaving a paper at home

C. losing a hand-held organizer D. the death of a grandmother

 

答案解析

Passage 6

17. D细节题。短文开头就提到给行为拖拉的学生带来了坏消息：更易患伤风感冒、 存在更多的消化问题以及吃不好、抽烟、睡得少、喝酒，D项与原文相反，为答案。

18. C细节题。抓住题干中的关键词root，听音时注意捕捉与此相关的信息。录音中 提到拖沓行为的根源是 an inability to regulate behavior and control impulses，C“冲 动的性格”正是浓缩了这个意思，为正确选项。

19. A细节题。听录音时留意捕捉Timothy。由录音中提到Timothy A. Pychyl是拖 延症研究小组的领导者，同时还是一名心理学家以及研究论文的合著者，排除B、C、 D,答案为A。

20.  C细节题。题干中的关键词是excuses和tardiness由对话结尾提到的借口：计算 机故障、作业忘在家里、祖母去世，即可判断A、B、D都可排除，只有C不是拖拉作业 的借口，答案选C。

1 procrastinator   

n. 拖延者, 拖拉者, 因循者

参考例句：

• General Peckem's communications about cleanliness and procrastination made Major Major feel like a filthy procrastinator. 佩克姆将军谈到清洁和拖延的那些简报，使梅杰少校感到自己象一个邋遢的、作风拖拉的家伙。
• This is also a great help if you are a procrastinator. 如果你是一个拖拉的人，这样会对你很有帮助。

2 procrastination   

n.拖延，耽搁

参考例句：

• Procrastination is the father of failure. 因循是失败的根源。
• Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延就是浪费时间。

3 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

4 impulsive   

adj.冲动的，刺激的；有推动力的

参考例句：

• She is impulsive in her actions.她的行为常出于冲动。
• He was neither an impulsive nor an emotional man,but a very honest and sincere one.他不是个一冲动就鲁莽行事的人，也不多愁善感.他为人十分正直、诚恳。

5 impersonal   

adj.无个人感情的，与个人无关的，非人称的

参考例句：

• Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal.他的孩子们也认为他跟其他人很疏远，没有人情味。
• His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal.他的态度似乎很生硬冷淡。

6 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

7 tardiness   

n.缓慢；迟延；拖拉

参考例句：

• Her teacher gave her extra homework because of her tardiness. 由于她的迟到，老师给她布置了额外的家庭作业。 来自辞典例句
• Someone said that tardiness is the subtlest form of selflove and conceit. 有人说迟到是自私和自负的最微妙的表现形式。 来自辞典例句