2018年英语二阅读四解析（颉彬彬方法）如果有不懂地方欢迎留言

36.The key to mastering the art of deep work is to ____（细节）

37. The study in the early 1980s cited by Harford shows that ____（细节）

38. According to Newport, idleness is ____（某人态度）

39. Pillay believes that our brains’ shift between being focused and unfocused ____（某人态度）

40. This text is mainly about ____（主旨）

A. ways to relieve the tension of busy life.

B. approaches to getting more done in less time.

C. the key to eliminating distractions.

D. the cause of the lack of focus time.

36.The key to mastering the art of deep work is to ____

A. keep to your focus time.

B. list your immediate tasks.

C. make specific daily plans.

D. seize every minute to work.

定位 mastering the art of deep work在第二段第一句，题目问的是key，所以在第二段最后一句the key is to determine your length of focus time and stick to it对应A的focus time，所以选A

37. The study in the early 1980s cited by Harford shows that ____

A. distractions may actually increase efficiency.

B. daily schedules are indispensable to studying.

C. students are hardly motivated by monthly goals.

D. detailed plans may not be as fruitful as expected.

定位The study in the early 1980s cited by Harford在第四段第二句，但研究的内容不重要，要的是结果、结论性的句子，而第四段都是实验的内容，所以第五段为结论，第五段第一句While the researchers assumed that the well-structured daily plans would be most effective when it came to the execution of tasks, they were wrong: the detailed daily plans demotivated students.结论为the detailed daily plans demotivated students，对应D的意思，所以选D

38. According to Newport, idleness is ____

A. a desirable mental state for busy people.

B. a major contributor to physical health.

C. an effective way to save time and energy.

D. an essential factor in accomplishing any work.

定位Newport说的话中的idleness在第七段“Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body... [idleness] is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done,” he argues.中的necessary to getting any work done，对应D，所以答案选D

39. Pillay believes that our brains’ shift between being focused and unfocused ____

A. can result in psychological well-being.

B. can bring about greater efficiency.

C. is aimed at better balance in work.

D. is driven by task urgency.

定位Pillay态度中our brains’ shift between being focused and unfocused在第八段最后一句When our brains switch between being focused and unfocused on a task,they tend to be more efficient.中they tend to be more efficient对应B的efficiency，所以选B

40. This text is mainly about ____

A. ways to relieve the tension of busy life.

B. approaches to getting more done in less time.

C. the key to eliminating distractions.

D. the cause of the lack of focus time.

39题重点为效率，38题是完成任何工作，37题是日常计划没那么有效，36题是注意每一分钟，39与36的重点相似，为高效，只有B的短时间做更多的事情为高效，所以选B