問題詳情

IV.Passage Completion (8%)(大小寫不計）
 
(A)actually
(B) after all
(C) instead
(D) recognize
(E) make(AB) alternatives(AC) spurt(AD) accompanied(AE) undeserved(BC) security 

The procrastinator is often remarkably optimistic about his ability to complete a task on a tight deadline; this is usually ___43___ by expressions of reassurance that everything is under control. (Therefore, there is no need to start.) For example, he may estimate that a paper will take only five days to write; he has fifteen days; there is plenty of time; no need to start now. Lulled by a false sense of ___44___, time passes. At some point, he crosses over an imaginary starting time and suddenly realizes, "Oh no! - I am not in control! There isn't enough time!”At this point, considerable effort is directed towards completing the task, and work progresses. This sudden ___45___ of energy is the source of the erroneous feeling that “I only work well under pressure.” ___46___ at this point you are making progress only because you haven't any choice. Your back is against the wall and there are no ___47___. Progress is being made, but you have lost your freedom. 
Barely completed in time, the paper may actually earn a fairly good grade; whereupon the student experiences mixed feelings: pride of accomplishment (sort-of), scorn for the professor who cannot ___48___ substandard work, and guilt for getting an undeserved ___49___grade. But the net result is reinforcement: the procrastinator is rewarded positively for his poor behavior. (“Look at the decent grade I got ___50___!”) As a result, the counterproductive behavior is repeated over and over again.Positive reinforcement for delay (a good grade) is a principal contributor to continued procrastination.


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參考答案

答案：C,D
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(1),B(0),C(1),D(1),E(2)

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