《2025年5年中考3年模拟英语广东专版》

Passage 1(2021广州,D)
Looking at the undone homework on his desk always makes David Grey feel uncomfortable. More often than not, David leaves his homework behind and surfs the Internet or watches TV instead, waiting until the last minute. “But the longer I wait,” says David, aged 15, “the more I worry.”
Everyone procrastinates(拖延) because they want to feel good now. The way to do that is to avoid the task. You can procrastinate on nearly anything, even enjoyable tasks such as planning a vacation. “Some people procrastinate cleaning. Some people procrastinate by cleaning,” says Professor Peter Stone. Research has shown that the top tasks young people procrastinate on are studying and going to bed. “One big cause for procrastination is that people are afraid of failure, of not meeting others’ expectations,” Stone adds.
Some people believe that procrastination will make them thrive. But researchers disagree. “I did a study several years ago, asking procrastinators to finish a task in a certain period of time,” says Stone. “They did worse than non - procrastinators: they made more mistakes and they took longer. But they thought they did better.” No matter what the cause is, procrastination is usually not going to be good for you. For example, bedtime procrastination can lead to sleeplessness, which in turn can cause many other health problems.
For those who need some drive to stop procrastinating, the best advice might be to take action first. If you’ve been procrastinating on forming a habit of exercise, just put on your walking shoes. A little bit of progress will get you moving.
Next, find something to help you remember to take action. If you want to go to bed at 10:30 pm, you might set a timed dimmer switch(渐暗开关) at 10 pm. When the lights are dimmer, you’ll start going to bed. It works for most people.
Finally, reward yourself every time you make progress. For example, after you’ve run 3km, enjoy your favourite ice - cream. But be careful: it won’t work the other way around.
1. What can be the best title of this passage?
A. A day of a procrastinator
B. Procrastination: yes or no?
C. Say goodbye to procrastination
D. Want to feel good now? Procrastinate!
2. What is the main reason for people’s procrastination?
A. They want to avoid doing hard work.
B. They fear to lose and let others down.
C. They need to finish the top tasks first.
D. They plan to do the enjoyable tasks last.
3. The underlined word “thrive” in paragraph 3 most probably means ______.
A. think faster
B. work more successfully
C. give up more easily
D. worry too much
4. What should David do if he wants to stop procrastinating on a writing task?
A. Put on some soft music to help think actively.
B. Enjoy a favourite ice cream, and then start writing.
C. Search the Internet for enough ideas before starting.
D. Pick up a pen and write down possible starting sentences.

答案： 语篇解读　本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了现实生活中人们存在的拖延现象，拖延现象产生的原因和危害以及解决办法。
1.C　标题归纳题。文章先是介绍了现实生活中人们存在的拖延现象，然后说明了拖延现象产生的原因和危害，但最重要的是希望通过一些方法来解决拖延问题，告别拖延，故选C。
2.B　细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，人们拖延的一个重要原因是害怕失败以及没有满足他人的期望。B选项中的fear to lose and let others down就是文中afraid of failure, of not meeting others’ expectations的同义替换。故选B。
3.B　词义猜测题。根据第三段中的“But researchers disagree... They did worse than non - procrastinators: they made more mistakes and they took longer.”可知，相比没有拖延症的人，有拖延症的人做事效率更低，做得更差。又根据But表转折可知，thrive在本句的意思应该是“工作更成功”，故选B。
4.D　推理判断题。根据文章第一段可知，David养成了拖延到最后一刻再做作业的坏习惯。根据第四段可知，解决这一问题的最好办法就是take action first，所以David应该首先要行动起来，比如拿起一支笔，写下可能的开头句，故选D。