Everyoneknowsthatlazinessisnotgood.Wehaveprobablyallhadlecturestllingthatlazinessisimmoral,thatitiswasteful,andthatlazypeoplewillnevergainanythinginlife.Butlazinesscanbemoreharmfulthanthat,anditisoftencausedbymorecomplexreasons.Somepeoplewhoappeartobelazyaresufferingfrommuchmoreseriousproblems.Theymaynottrusttheirfellowworkersandtheyareunabletojoininanygrouptaskforfearofbeinglaughedatorforfearofhavingtheirideasstolen.Thesepeoplewhoseemlazymaybeaffectedbyafearoffailurethatpreventssuccessfulwork.Somepeoplearesobusyplanninggreatdealsthattheyareunabletodealwith“easier”workonhand.Stillothersarenotavoidingwork;strictlyspeaking,theyaresimplyputtingofftheirwork.
Laziness.however,canactuallybehelpful.Somepeoplemaylooklazywhiletheyarereallythinking,planningandresearching.Weshouldallrememberthatgreatscientificdiscoverieshappenedbychance.Newtonwasn'tworkingonthefarmwhentheapplehithimandhedevisedthetheoryofgravity.AIIofuswouldliketohavesomeone“Ilazy”buildthecarwebuy,particularlyifthat‘laziness”werecausedbytheworker'stakingtimetocheckeachstepofhisworkandtodohisjobright.Andsometimes,being"lazy"-thatis,takingtimeoffforarest--isgoodfortheoverworkedstudentsorexecutives.Takingarestcanbeparticularlyhelpfultothesportsmanwhoistryingtoohardorthedoctorwhoissimplyworkinghimselfovertimetoomanyeveningsinthehospital.Sobecarefulwhenyouwanttocallsomeonelazy.Thatpersonmaybethinking,resting,orplanninghisorhernextwork.
问题:
1.Themainideaofthispassageisthat()。
A.lazinessisabadhabitthateveryonewantstogetridof
B.thereareadvantagesanddisadvantagesinbeinglazy
C.lazinessisthesignofveryseriousemotionalproblems
D.lazypeopleusuallydotheirworkmorecarefully
[参考答案]B
[考点]主旨大太题
2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsismentionedinthepassage
A.Lazinessisakindofmentaldisease.
B.Lazinessismorebeneficialthanharmfu.
C.Lazinesscannotbeexplained.
D.Lazinessissometimesduetoafearoffailure.
[参考答案]D
[考点]事实细节题
[精析]D根据第一段倒数第三句"Thesepeoplewhoseemlazymaybeafctedbyafearoffalurethatpreventsscessfulwork."叮知，人们懶情有时是因为害怕失败。故选D。
3.Whichofthefollowingideasdoesthepassagesupport
A.Mostofthetimelazinessisagoodquality.
B.Mostassemblyworkersarelazy.
C.Theword"laziness”issometimesmisused,
D.Mostoverworkedpeoplearelazy.
[参考答案]C
[考点]推理判断题
[精析]C根据第二段最后两句"Sobecarefulwhenyouwanttocallsomeonelazy.Thatpersonmaybethinking,resting,orplanninghisorhernextwork."可知，说别人倾惰时要注意了，因为你说懒情的那个人可能在思考。休息或在计划自己的下一一步工作。由此可推知，“懒惰”这一词有时会被误用，因为我们认为懒惰”的那个人可能在做别的重要事情。故选C。
4.Theauthor'sattitudetowardslazinessis().
A.objective
B.subjective
C.critical
D.humorous
[参考答案]A
[考点1推理判断题
[精析]A通读全文可知，作者先介绍了懒惰的坏处和形成懒惰的原因，然后又介绍了懒悄的一些好处，因此可知，作者对待懒惰的态度是客观的。objective:客观的:subjective;主观的:eritical:批判的:humorous:幽默的。故迭A.
5.Asusedinthispassage,theword“devised"(Paragraph2)probablymeans()
A.understood
B.Wrote
C.Created
D.proved
[考点]词语理解题
[精析]C根据第二段第四句“Newtonwasn'tworkingonthefarmwhentheapplehithimandhedevisedthetheoryofgravity."并结合所学知识可知，牛顿在苹果树下发现了地球引小并提出了万有引力定律。由此可知,devise意为“想出，发明”，C项created(创造)意义与之最为接近。understand:明白:write:写:prove:证明。故选C。