正确答案: A

Illustrating the key point in meeting a deadline.

题目：请阅读 Passage 2,完成1~5小题。 　　Passage 2 　　IF YOU want something done,the saying goes,give it to a busy person.It is an odd way to guarantee hitting deadlines.But a paper recently published in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests it may,in fact,be true-as long as the busy person conceptualises the deadline in the right way. 　　Yanping Tu of the University of Chicago and Dilip Soman of the University of Toronto 　　examined how individuals go about both thinking about and completing tasks.Previous studies have shown that such activity progresses through four distinct phases: pre-decision,post-decision (but pre-action),action and review.It is thought that what motivates the shift from the decision-making stages to the doing-something stage is a change in mindset. 　　Human beings are a deliberative sort,weighing the pros and cons of future actions and remaining open to other ideas and influences.However,once a decision is taken,the mind becomes more "implemental" and focuses on the task at hand."The mindset towards 'where can I get a sandwich'," explains Ms Tu,"is more implemental than the mindset towards 'should I get a sandwich or not?'" 　　Ms Tu and Dr Soman advise in their paper that "the key step in getting things done is to get started." But what drives that? They believe the key that unlocks the implemental mode lies in how people categorise time.They suggest that tasks are more likely to be viewed with an implemental mindset if an imposed deadline is cognitively linked to "now" -a so-called like-the-present scenario.That might be a future date within the same month or calendar year,or pegged to an event with a familiar spot in the mind's timeline (being given a task at Christmas,say,with a deadline of Easter).Conversely,they suggest,a deadline placed outside such mental constructs (being "unlike-the-present" ) exists merely as a circle on a calendar,and as such is more likely to be considered deliberatively and then ignored until the last minute. 　　To <u>flesh out</u> this ideA.the pair carried out five sets of tests,with volunteers ranging from farmers in India to undergraduate students in Toronto.In one test,the farmers were offered a financial incentive to open a bank account and make a deposit within six months.The researchers predicted those approached in June would consider a deadline before December 31st as like-the-present.Those approached in July,by contrast,received a deadline into the next year,and were expected to think of their deadline as unlike-the-present.The distinction worked.Those with a deadline in the same year were nearly four times more likely to open the account immediately as those for whom the deadline lay in the following year.Arbitrary though calendars may be in parsing up the continuous fiow of time,humans parse their concept of time in line with <u>them.</u> 　　The effect can manifest itselfin even subtler ways.In another set of experiments,undergraduate students were given a calendar on a Wednesday and were asked to suggest an appropriate day to carry out certain tasks before the following Sunday.The trick was that some were given a calendar with all of the weekdays coloured purple,with weekends in beige (making a visual distinction between a Wednesday and the following Sunday).Others were given a calendar in which every other week,Monday to Sunday,was a solid colour (meaning that a Wednesday and the following Sunday were thus in the same week,and in the same colour).Even this minor visual cue affected how like-or unlike-the-present the respondents tended to view task priorities. 　　These and other bits of framing and trickery in the research support the same thesis: that making people link a future event to today triggers an implemental response,regardless of how far in the future the deadline actually lies.If the journey of l,000 miles starts with a single step,the authors might suggest that you take that step before this time next week.

解析：主旨题。本文主要阐述了按时完成事情的关键，B项不符合文意；C、D两项均是文章的某个信息，并不能全面地描述作者的意图。故本题选A。

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[单选题]小王毕业后前往边远贫困地区，成为一名人民教师。依据《中华人民共和国教师法》，依法应对小王( )。

予以补贴

解析：《中华人民共和国教师法》第二十七条：地方各级人民政府对教师以及具有中专以上学历的毕业生到少数民族地区和边远贫困地区从事教育教学工作的，应当予以补贴。故选择C。

[单选题]( )作为教学过程的软情境，通常是指课堂里某些占优势的态度与情感的综合状态。

课堂气氛

解析：课堂气氛通常是指在课堂上占优势地位的态度和情感的综合状态。它是学习的重要社会心理环境。良好的课堂气氛有助于学生学习效率的提高，有利于课堂师生互动。故选择B。

[单选题]( )是通过改变学生的认知、信念、价值观和道德观念来改变学生的外部行为的一种方法。

心理辅导

解析：心理辅导是通过改变学生的认知、信念、价值观念和道德观念来改变学生的外部行为的一种方法，它是一种合作式、民主式的协助学生解决问题的过程。

[单选题]个体身心发展的不平衡性要求( )。

教育工作要抓住发展的关键期

解析：个体身心发展的不平衡性主要体现在两方面：一是同一方面的发展在不同的年龄阶段是不均衡的：二是不同方面在不同发展时期具有不平衡性。这就要求教育要遵循儿童身心发展的不均衡性，要适时而教，即要在儿童发展的关键期或最佳期及时的进行教育。故选择A。

[单选题]Which of the following doesn't belong to The National English Curriculum, Standards?

employing teachers

解析：考查课程标准内容。新课程标准涉及范围不包括雇用教师这一项。

[单选题]She won't be available between 6 and 8,for she_______an important meeting.

will be having

解析：本题考查时态。句意为“6点到8点这段时间她不在，因为那时她正参加一个重要的会议”。由won，t可判断前半句是一般将来时；后半句解释原因，表示在6点到8点那个时间段正在发生的事情，所以用将来进行时。故本题选D。

[单选题]_______ can fly very high in ______ sky.

Birds; the

解析：句意为“鸟在天空飞地非常高”，鸟为泛指应为birds，在天空中，in the sky,固定短语，综上，正确选项为C。故选择C。