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36、[A] keep to your focus time
37、[D] detailed plans may not be as fruitful as expected
38、[D] an essential factor in accomplishing any work
39、[B] can bring about greater efficiency
40、[B] approaches to getting more done in less time
解析:
36、[A] keep to your focus time
这是一道细节题。注意题干的一一对应,选项进行等价替换。根据题干定位到第二段最后一句。The key is to(题干对应) determine your length of focus time and stick to it(剩余信息为答案). 对应选项 A. keep to(stick to)your focus time(your length of focus time)
37、 detailed plans may not be as fruitful as expected
根据题干为细节题,考察的是实验结论。The study in the early 1980s cited by Harford shows that, 根据1980s和Harford快速找到定位第四段第二句,那么结论应该在后面,也就是第五段。第五段开头第一句while为让步,看主句部分they were wrong,冒号后面解释说,the detailed daily plans demotivated students.对应D选项,其中的may not be as fruitful对应demotivated。
38、[D] an essential factor in accomplishing any work
这是一道细节题。根据提干中的关键词,Newport和idleness,回文定位到第6段的Newport和第7段idleness,再结合第7段段末代词he, 考查到代词的指代问题,根据上下文确定此处的he指代Newport,确定第7段引号之内即为作者对于“idleness”的观点,由第7段后半句 idleness is ,paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done得出正确答案为D. an essential factor in accomplishing any work,其中essential 是对原文necessary的同义替换,accomplishing any work是getting any work done的同义替换。
39、[B] can bring about greater efficiency
这是一道人物观点题,根据提干中的关键词,Pillay回文定位到第8段,再进一步匹配题干中的剩余信息,our brains’ shift between being focused and unfocused定位至第8段段末处,our brains switch between being focused and unfocused,其中shift是switch的同义替换,由后半句 they tend to be more efficient得出正确答案为B. can bring about greater efficiency, 是对原文tend to be more efficient的同义替换。
40、[B] approaches to getting more done in less time
根据题干的特征,这是一道主旨题。文章开篇提出主题,关于“the ability to focus without distraction”, 第二段开头说“a number of approaches”, 提出方法,第四段开头another approach,所以这篇文章重点还是在说方法,所以B选项approaches to getting more done in less time为正确答案。more done in less time对应focus without distraction.