1、核心素养拓展练素养解读 2017 版普通高中课程标准首次提出“学科核心素养” 。英语学科核心素养由语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力构成。随之而来，以后的英语考试将更加坚持能力立意，突出核心素养的考查。下面的文段就是围绕“思维品质”这一学科素养展开的，有助于学生了解人生哲理，告诉学生积极地去克服“拖延症”对学习和工作是非常有帮助的。主题：克服拖延症 学科素养：思维品质As the new term begins，millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to wr
2、ite a paper or，more likely，how best to delay that paper.Procrastination(拖延症) 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 other students sittin
3、g around them，who，most likely are doing nothing either.Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate，they write microblogs about their fears，asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue.But this does nothing to break the spell.According to a recent report,95 percent of us procrastin
4、ate at some point and 20 percent of the worlds population are always procrastinating.The figures are disappointing.Procrastinators are less wealthy，less healthy and less happy than those who dont delay.Procrastinators like to find excuses to justify their behavior，but BBC columnist Rowan Pelling say
5、s 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.The behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel ashamed，inconvenie
6、nces others and annoys loved ones.Pelling also points out that procrastination feels particularly delinquent in a society that thinks of speedy action as admirable，and，at times，even as a good moral conduct.Fortunately，social scientists have thrown their weight behind efforts to understand this behav
7、ioral mistake and offer tips to control it.Piers Steel，a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation，believes human is “designed” to procrastinate.Nevertheless，he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.语篇解读 本文主要介绍了“拖延症”的表现、负面影响以及人们对拖延症看法的转变。对于应对“拖延症”
8、，加拿大的社会学家提出了一些方法。1Which behavior belongs to procrastination?ANever dreaming away the time.BAlways completing the tasks ahead of time.CNever putting off till tomorrow what should be done today.DAlways waiting to work until the “good mood” or “good time”答案 D解析 细节理解题。通读全文并分析四个选项可知，总是等到好心情或好时间才做工作的行为属于拖
9、延症。故选 D。2According to the passage，which of the following statements is NOT true?AProcrastination makes people waste their time.BSpeedy action is considered as a moral standard in society.CProcrastinators usually complete their tasks perfectly.DProcrastination is common among people.答案 C解析 细节理解题。根据第五
10、段中的“Pelling says this is nonsense，as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time.”可知，当人们把事情拖延到最后一刻再去完成时，由于时间仓促，他们会出现很多错误。故选 C。3What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?AWays to handle the study pressures.BIntroduction to the book The P
11、rocrastination Equation.CMore examples to illustrate procrastination.DMeasures to deal with procrastination.答案 D解析 推理判断题。由最后一段的最后一句“Nevertheless，he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.”(不过，他建议了几个完成手头任务的好方法 )可知，接下来会介绍社会学家皮尔斯史蒂尔应对拖延症的方法，故选 D。Notes：.高频词汇1procrastination n拖延症2
12、paralyze vt.使失去活力3spell v拼写；n.一段时间；符咒，魔法；魅力4delinquent adj .有过失的.长难句分析Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate，they write microblogs about their fears，asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue.分析：这是一个复合句。if 引导宾语从句；主句中 asking their online friends 是现在分词短语作伴随状语；Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate 是过去分词短语作原因状语。翻译：拖延症的习惯使他们不能正常学习，于是他们写微博来表达自己的恐惧，询问他们的网友是否有时也有同样的问题。
