上海市上海中学2020届高三上学期周练英语试卷（十）（五听力音频及文字材料）

2020届上海中学高三英语周测十
1. Gra mmar and vocabulary
Pre-Crastination: The Opposite of Procrastination
Procrastination is a serious behavioral problen involving both practical and psychological implications
Taxpayers commonly put off giving their annual retum
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thc last minut, risking mathematical crrors in thcir
to
midnight oil to get their ter
precluding proper polishing and proofreading. For these reasons, we(
ion is the thief of time
Howcver,the opposite of procrastination cam also be a serious problcm-a tendency we call
pre-crastination. Pre-crastinalion is the inclination to complete tasks quickly just for the sake of getting
things done sooner(24)
later. For instance, pe
thcy arrive, thus failing to collect interest
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n Familiar proverbs also warn of the hazards of
pre-crastinating: Mcasure twice, cut oncc
We first found striking evidence of pre
on in a laboratory study exploring the economics of
orl. College students wcre asked to carry onc of a pair ofbuckets: onc on thc left sidc of a walkway and
one on the right side of the same walkway The students were instructed to carry(25)
seemed easier to take to the end of the walkway we expected students to choose the bucket closer to the
thc starting point, actually carrying it (26)
students said something like, I wanted to get the task done as soon as possiblc. (2
nents involving more than 250 students failed to reveal what(28)
ave been so compelling about picking up the nearer bucket, Although some hidden benefit may await
plehypothesisisthatcomningcoserto(29)(gct)somcthingdone
trivial the uchiovomont, ovon something as inconscquontial as
icking up a bucket may serve as its own reward
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using thc words in the box. Each word can onl
nccs Notc that here is one word more than you nccd
A, sympathy
B. heartfelt
C. valued
D tcrms
AB Compliment
AE Obligation
BC. Devoted
BD. affection
n a 50-somcthing malc, the fatcr of two mostly grown girls. I'm happy to say that both my parents
are still kicking Im ou good (31)
ith my brothers and sisters most of the tim
blessed with good friends and other relations, and tend to get on well with my co
am fortunate
in so maury ways, but feel like I consistently disappoint everyone I now
cannot, for the life of mc, give a genuine(32)
When I iry, and I do, in order to maintain all the relationships, it feels forced, morc a malter of (33)