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专题06 阅读理解IV 词义猜测 词义猜测--讲•练•测练案 时间： 分钟 满分： 30 30 1. 【2021年湖北省八市高三 （3 月）联考】 Asthesaying goes,’timewaitsfornoman’.Timeisalwaysagainstus,andwejust can’t stop it.Maybethat’swhy someofusarealwaysrunninglate for appointments,But iftimekeepingisnotwhatyou’regood at,don’t stress.There mightbeagoodreason foryour lack ofpunctuality. People’sattitudestobeing ontimevary.Someclock-watch andmake surethey’reexactly ontime for ameeting.It ， is,after all,rudetobelate,andifyou canmakeit ontime,why can’t everyoneelse?But if,likeme you wanttomake every second count,you might try to squeezeasmuch asyou can intothetimeyou haveavailable.However,whenyour scheduledoesn’truntoplan,yourpunctuality inevitably slips. Peoplewholackpromptnesshavebeen described as ‘timebenders’.Author GracePacietoldtheBBCthat “they’rethepeoplewhodon’twant t0belate,buttheyhavea strangeresistancetobeingearly,andthey don’t allow enough time.”They assumetheirjourneyto an appointmentwill alwaysgo smoothly,andthetrainwill alwaysbeon time! Perceptionsofunpunctualpeoplearealmost alwaysnegative— even if sometimeswrong.Writing fortheBBC, LauraClarke says:Being consistently latemightnotbeyour fault.It couldbeyourtype.Thepunctually-challenged often sharepersonality characteristics,such asoptimism,low levelsof self-control,anxiety,or apreferencefor thrill-seeking,expertssay.It isalsopossiblethatpeoplearelate soasnottobenoticeableandtoavoidtheanxiouswait for otherstoturnup. Maybewe latecomersshouldmakemoreofan effort andfollow theadviceIheardtono ‘try’tobeontimebut ‘decide’tobeontime.But Iknow if ameeting or adeadlinereally matters,then I’llbethere.Otherwiserelax,even if othersareblamingyou! 1．Thetext ismeantto