2013年湛江二模英语试题答案(5)

36. The passage mainly discusses _____.
A. different means of transportation of the United States
B. possible solutions to solving American traffic problems
C. causes of the serious traffic problems in America
D. some new laws about American public transportation
37. Which is NOT the effect caused by the heavy traffic?
A. Too many private cars. B. Time wasting.
C. Serious air pollution. D. Traffic jams.
38. The reason why Los Angeles has some of the worst traffic problems is that _____.
A. there is a lack of public transportation
B. the city is big with a large population
C. most people like to get around by car
D. many people like to travel there for shopping
39. One of the ways the experts suggest is that _____.
A. people should avoid driving to work and home
B. more roads should be built for the increasing private cars
C. people should be charged on the most crowded roads during rush hour
D. more special lanes on the freeways should be marked out for private cars
40. According to the passage, if the solutions were carried out, _____
A. more cars would be reduced and more roads would be built
B. it would be easier but slower to take buses than to drive cars
C. many people would prefer to walk around rather than drive cars
D. the roads and public transportation system would be greatly improved
D
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 other students 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 break the spell(魔咒).
According to a recent report, 95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent of the world’s population are always procrastinating. The figures are disappointing. Procrastinators are less wealthy, less healthy and less happy than those who don’t delay. 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. The behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel ashamed, inconveniences others and annoys loved ones.
Pelling also points out that procrastination feels particularly delinquent(过失的）in a society that thinks of swift action as admirable, and, at times, even as a moral good.