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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 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 their pretty peers sitting around them,who,most likely,are doing nothing either.
Paralyzed 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 solve their problems.
According to a recent report by the BBC,95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent of the world’s population are procrastinators,complicating their lives with their continual delaying of tasks.
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.
She says the behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel flustered and ashamed,inconveniences others,and annoys loved ones.
Fortunately,social scientists have made tireless efforts to understand this behavioral shortcoming and offer strategies to control it.Piers Steel,a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation,believes humankind is“designed”to procrastinate.Nevertheless,he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.
The first one is obvious:Break the task down into small pieces and work your way through them methodically.
The second is clever:Give a trusted friend a sum of money and tell them that if you don’t complete the task you have undertaken by a specific time,they can keep it or donate it to a cause you hate.
What does the underlined word“Procrastination” in the second paragraph refer to?

A.A bad habit of putting work or tasks off.
B.A thief who steals time and money in college.
C.A college student who learns nothing.
D.A study way of doing nothing in the library.

According to Rowan Pelling,we can learn that procrastinators .

A.can find reasonable excuses for their behavior
B.are able to work best under pressure
C.are more likely to avoid mistakes at work[]
D.may upset themselves and their loved ones more frequently

Which of the following may Piers Steel support?

A.Human beings are not born to be procrastinators.
B.Complete your tasks or work step by step.
C.Give your trusted friend money and ask him to help you finish your tasks.
D.You can’t control procrastination but you can avoid it.

What’she best title of the text?

A.Who steals my time?
B.The solutions to procrastination
C.I’ll do it tomorrow,I swear!
D.Don’t do nothing!
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Bad peer pressure is when teens feel pressured to do something that they know is wrong, such as smoking, drinking, or drugs (毒品), and it can remain (保持) with them into adulthood.This is the main reason teens have to learn how to deal with it.
Some of the things you can do to deal with peer pressure include:
● Choose friends who share your values.Good friends use positive (正面的) peer pressure to help you be your best self.
● Keep away from situations where people are doing things you don’t want to do.
● Think about your reasons for doing things.Are they good reasons? Are you being true to yourself and your values?
● Practice ways of saying no, giving excuses if necessary.
● Talk to your parents, or other trusted adults, about the kinds of peer pressure you face, and listen to their advice.
● Let the adults know when you need help to get out of a bad situation, and don’t know what to do about it.
Remember that if just one teen stands up to (对抗) peer pressure, usually others will join him or her.Learning to deal with peer pressure will make you confident and mature.
According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A.Peer pressure includes direct and indirect pressure.
B.Peer pressure comes from smoking, drinking and using drugs.
C.Teens facing pressure can’t tell right from wrong.
D.Teens who face pressure are more mature than those who don’t

Teens should learn to deal with peer pressure mainly because ______.

A.it can keep them from making serious mistakes
B.it can influence them even when they have grown up
C.learning to deal with it can help them get along well with others
D.learning to deal with it can make them mature and confident

According to the passage, teens should ______.

A.stay away from people who don’t share their values
B.have good reasons for anything they do
C.say no more often than yes
D.ask adults they trust for help

Which column(专栏) of a magazine may the passage be from?

A.Social problem. B.School news.
C.For teens. D.Science.

After an absence of thirty years, I decided to visit my old school again.I had expected to find changes, but not a completely different building.As I walked up the school drive, I wondered for a moment if I had come to the right address.The dirty red brick houses had been swept away.In its place stood a bright, modern block.A huge expanse of glass extended (延展) across the face of the building, and in front, there was a well-kept lawn (草坪) where previously there had been “an untidy gravel (沙石) yard”.
I was pleased to find that it was bread time and that the children were all in the playground.This would enable me to meet some members of staff(职员).On entering the building, I was surprised to hear loud laughter coming from what appeared to be the masters’ common room.I could not help remembering the teachers in my time, all dressed in black gowns (长袍) and high collars (领子).And above all, I recalled Mr Garston whom we had nicknamed “Mr Ghastly”, the headmaster who had iron discipline(纪律) on staff and pupils alike.I knocked at the common room door and was welcomed by a smiling young man who introduced himself to me as the headmaster.He was dressed casually in a sports jacket, and his cheerful manner, quickly dispelled (驱散) the image of Mr Ghastly.After I had explained who I was, the headmaster presented me to the teachers all of whom were a little younger than himself, and said he would take me round the school.
Here the biggest surprise of all was in store for (在等待)me.Gone were the heavy desks of old with their deeply carved names; gone too, were the dark classrooms with their ink stained, dark brown walls, and their raised platforms for the teachers.The rooms now were painted in bright colors, and the children, far from sitting straight in their places, seemed almost free to do as they liked.I looked with envy(嫉妒) as I remembered how, as a child, I had looked at the blackboard hardly daring to whisper to my neighbor.
“Mr Ghastly” must be ______.

A.the writer’s teacher
B.a serious old man
C.the strict headmaster
D.a naughty boy

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.He had expected that the school had completely changed.
B.In the writer’s time, all the teachers were dressed in black gowns and high collars.
C.There was a well-kept lawn in their school when he visited it.
D.An untidy gravel yard had disappeared.

From what is said in the passage, it seems clear that the writer ______.

A.disapproved of all the changes that had taken place
B.felt sorry for the children in the school
C.was glad that the school was still the same
D.felt that conditions at the school had improved a lot

Nearly 60 million visitors flooded to the 384 national parks across America every year. And you won’t have to wander far from home to enjoy one of these national treasures, with Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park nearby.
Located 56 miles from Copper Harbor on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the park remains a desolate area that can only be reached by tour boat. With the exception of the Rock Harbor Lodge, which offers both rooms with private baths and accommodations in the form of small cottages, the 572,000 acres that make up the 45-mile-long park are rough, threaded with hiking paths that lead to tents-only campsites. You are likely to see a deer crossing mist-covered ponds in search of breakfast, gaze bald eagles flying overhead, or hear a beaver(河狸) clapping its tail on the water. If you are especially lucky, you might even glimpse a grey wolf, nearly dying out from hunting on the mainland.
Plenty of hiking paths open the area to exploration. The 4-mile Stroll Path winds through various trees and offers a tour of the island’s history, including prehistoric Indian mines. The Jungle Path leads to Scoville Point——a perfect picnic spot surrounded on three sides by the shining waters of Lake Superior.
You can also rent a boat at the park’s service center and row down the shore to the Rock Harbor Lighthouse. Here park’s service employees use nets to show how lake fishes used to be caught by the original local people. Their catch ends up on the dinner menu at the Rock Harbor Lodge.
The park is open from mid-April through October; Rock Harbor Lodge is open from Memorial Day weekend until just after Labor Day.
The underlined phrase “a desolate area” in the 2nd paragraph probably means ________.

A.an undeveloped area
B.an inaccessible area
C.an area deserted by tourists
D.an area protected by government

What can we infer from the passage?

A.Indians used to hunt grey wolves to make a living.
B.Tourists can only visit the park by walking or hiking.
C.The number of grey wolves is smaller than that of deer.
D.Food provided by Rock Harbor Lodge is shipped from outside.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Safety tips of the natural park.
B.Attractions of the natural park.
C.Tourist service of the natural park.
D.Environmental protection of the natural park.

It is said that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but even if you manage to bag a bargain meal, it will not taste as good as a more expensive choice, according to scientists.
A new study has found that restaurant goers who pay more for their meals think the food is tastier than offered for a smaller price. The experts think that people tend to associate cost with quality and this changes their perception(感知) of how food tastes.
Scientists at Cornell University studied the eating habits of 139 people enjoying an Italian buffet in a restaurant. The price of the food was set by the researchers at either $4 or $8 for the all-you-can-eat meal. Customers were asked to rate how good the food tasted, the quality of the restaurant and to leave their names.
The experiment showed that the people who paid $8 enjoyed their meal 11% more than those who ate the “cheaper” buffet. Interestingly those that paid for the $4 buffet said they felt guiltier about loading up their plates and felt that they overate. However, the scientists said that both groups ate around the same quantity of food in total.
Brian Wansink, a professor of consumer behavior at the university, said: “We were fascinated to find that pricing has little effect on how much one eats, but a huge effect on how you interpret the experience.” He thinks that people enjoyed their food more as they associated cost with quality and that small changes to a restaurant can change how tasty people find their meals.
In a previous study, researchers from the university showed that people who eat in bright lighting consume more than people who eat in less brightly lit areas.
We can learn from the passage that ________.

A.there were 139 subjects involved in the new study
B.a free lunch might be as delicious as you expected
C.the high pricing will change the exact taste of the food
D.in the experiment, the price of the food ranged from $4 to $8

According to the passage, which of the following factors has an effect on the quantity of food a person consumes?

A.The taste of the food.
B.The price of the food.
C.The number of companions.
D.The lighting of the restaurant.

Who will benefit most from the new study?

A.The person who runs a restaurant.
B.The person who often eats outside.
C.The person who works on decoration.
D.The person who studies in university.

The passage is intended to ________.

A.promote marketing methods
B.inform readers of a new study
C.teach consumers how to eat better
D.find the association between cost and quality

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After several days, I reached the hills. It was cold, and even the distant mountains were clear. The days were lonely, but one evening I met Filomeno and his fellow teachers. They tried to persuade me not to go to Chile, saying it was a bad place, and that I would be killed. I didn’t believe them. I knew nothing of the current politics; I just wanted to go there.
So I walked into the mountains, feeling excited, and came to a sign with the word "Chile" on it. A frightening soldier appeared, stuck a gun in my back, and pushed me down a slope to the police station. The police chief then told me, "There’s nothing for you here." I explained that I had come to see this beautiful country. But he was annoyed.
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The author went to Chile to ______.

A.visit his friend Filomeno B.settle there forever
C.complete his trip plan D.risk his life

The underlined word "euphoric" in Paragraph 4 most probably means "______".

A.terrible B.shamed C.bored D.excited

According to the last paragraph, the author lost his temper because ______.

A.he was prevented from entering Chile
B.he was badly treated by the soldiers in Chile
C.it was his last chance to travel
D.his friends had stopped him from going to Chile

What is the passage mainly about?

A.An exciting fight with soldiers in Chile.
B.How the author escaped from Chile.
C.An adventure in Chile.
D.Why the author went to Chile.

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