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Reading 2: Read the passage and then answer the next five qu…

Reading 2: Read the passage and then answer the next five questions (6-10).                    Following a schedule and doing things on time is extremely important in today’s busy world. Catching a bus, getting to work or school on time and even meeting friends requires managing time. Unfortunately, many students are procrastinators; they put off doing things that they need to until it’s too late.  Statistics show that 90 percent of university students will often put off studying for a test or writing an important paper until the night before.  Twenty-five percent of university students can be defined as chronic procrastinators.  This more serious form of procrastination can result in a student dropping out of school.  Students who always delay doing their assignments get further and further behind in their studies.  Before long, they feel completely overwhelmed.  For the chronic procrastinator, the only way to solve this problem is to quit school.  According to recent studies, there are three main reasons that students procrastinate.  First, many have poor time-management skills and often feel overwhelmed and will put off doing many things they need to.  Another reason that students procrastinate is because they feel a subject is boring or because they have difficulty concentrating on an assignment.  These students will often avoid doing something because they don’t like it.  A third reason that many students procrastinate is because they are very anxious about doing assignments well enough.  These students often worry that their work will never be as good as it should be and fear failure of any kind. Unfortunately, trying to do everything perfectly can often cause these students to put off doing any work at all.