Question

Mark Twain said that “habit is habit, and not to be flung(扔) out the window by anyone, but coaxed (劝诱)downstairs a step at a time.” The chances of successfully changing negative behavior        when you make gradual changes that give you time to        negative patterns for positive ones.

On any given day, countless numbers of us get out of bed and        to begin to change a given behavior “today.” Whether it be exercising more, drinking less, managing time        or some other change in a negative behavior, we start out with high       . In a short time, however, a vast majority of people fail and are soon doing        it was they thought they shouldn't be doing.

 After considerable research, some researchers believe that behavior changes usually do not        if they start with the change itself.       , they believe that we must        a series of “stages” to adequately prepare ourselves for that        change. Once you have analyzed all the factors that        what you do, you must decide which behavior-change technique will work best for you.

According to the psychologist Albert Ellis, most        problems and related behaviors arise from irrational (不理性的) statements that people make to        when events in their lives are different from what they would like them to be. For example, suppose alter doing        on an exam, you say to yourself, “I can't believe I failed that easy exam, I’m so stupid.” By changing this irrational “catastrophic” self-talk into rational,        statements about what is really going on, you can increase the        that positive behaviors will occur.

 Positive self-talk might be        as follows: “I really didn’t study enough for the exam. I just need to prepare for the next       .”

 Such self-talk will help you to recover quickly from        and take positive steps to correct the situation. Some other technique like purposefully        or stopping negative thoughts and refusing to dwell on(沉湎于) negative images can also spare you wasted energy, time and emotional resources and move on to positive changes.

1.A. decline       B. remain  C. disappear      D. improve

2.A. substituteB. cancel     C. find       D. ignore

3.A. refuse        B. determine     C. hesitate         D. advocate

4.A. more B. better   C. worse   D. less

5.A. values         B. requirements        C. expectations D. levels

6.A. whicheverB. however         C. wherever      D. whatever

7.A. succeed     B. fail         C. exist      D. fade

8.A. NeverthelessB. Otherwise C. Instead D. Moreover

9.A. look throughB. break through    C. go through    D. pull through

10.A. initial        B. temporary     C. instant  D. eventual

11.A. involve     B. influence       C. explain D. adjust

12.A. emotionalB. physical         C. technical       D. professional

13.A. all    B. others   C. someone       D. themselves

14.A. poorly      B. carefully        C. completely    D. slowly

15.A. positive    B. ridiculous      C. negative        D. explicit

16.A. danger     B. awareness     C. amount D. probability

17.A. written     B. phrased         C. listed     D. captioned

18.A. research  B. test        C. talk        D. problem

19.A. tirednessB. habits     C. disappointment     D. burdens

20.A. recalling  B. starting C. blocking         D. holding

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.B

19.C

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过马克吐温的一句名言，引出话题“如何改变不良习惯”，我们应该逐渐的确定改变的目标，也不要通过不理性的自说自话来改变，而是积极的采取措施，用理性的说法让自己不要失望。

1.考查动词辨析：A. decline下降，B. remain仍然，C. disappear消失，D. improve提高，从上文的：but coaxed (劝诱)downstairs a step at a time.”可知当你逐渐改变的时候成功的改变负面的行为的机会会增加。选D

2.考查动词辨析： A. substitute替换，B. cancel取消，C. find        发现，D. ignore忽视，让你将负面的行为换成积极的行为，选A

3.考查动词辨析： A. refuse拒绝，B. determine    决定，C. hesitate犹豫，D. advocate提倡，促进，每天很多人起床的时候，都会决定今天开始改变一种行为。选B

4.考查形容词辨析：A. more更多，B. better更好，C. worse更坏，D. less更少，更好的管理时间，选B

5.考查名词辨析：A. values价值，B. requirements要求，C. expectations期待，D. levels水平，从下文的：In a short time, however, a vast majority of people fail可知一开始我们有很高的期望值，选C

6.考查连词辨析：A. whichever无论哪个，B. however无论怎样，C. wherever无论何时，D. whatever无论什么，大部分人失败了，很快开始做他们认为不应该做的事情。Whatever引导的是宾语从句，选D

7.考查动词辨析：A. succeed成功，B. fail失败，C. exist        存在，D. fade褪色，一些研究人员相信行为改变通常不会成功，如果以改变本身开始。选A

8.考查副词辨析：A. Nevertheless然而，B. Otherwise否则，C. Instead代替，D. Moreover还有，相反的，他们相信我们必须经历一系列阶段来让自己为最后的改变做好充分准备，选C

9.考查动词短语辨析：A. look through浏览，B. break through突破，C. go through经历，D. pull through恢复，度过难关，经历一系列阶段，选C

10.考查形容词辨析：A. initial最初的，B. temporary暂时的，C. instant即刻的，D. eventual最后的，从上文的;if they start with the change itself.可知这里指最后的改变，选D

11.考查动词辨析： A. involve涉及，B. influence影响，C. explain解释，D. adjust调整，一旦你分析了所有影响你做的事情的因素，你就要决定哪种改变行为的策略是最适合你的，选B

12.考查形容词辨析：A. emotional情感的，B. physical身体的吗，C. technical技术的，D. professional专业的，根据According to the psychologist Albert Ellis,可知大部分情感问题和相关的行为由他们对自己说的不理性的说法引起，选A

13.考查代词辨析：A. all所有的，B. others其他的，C. someone有人，D. themselves他们自己，从下文的;you say to yourself,可知这些说法是自己对自己说的，使用make a statement to oneself，选D

14.考查副词辨析：A. poorly穷地，差，B. carefully仔细地，C. completely完全地，D. slowly慢地，从下文的：“I can't believe I failed that easy exam, I’m so stupid.”可知是想改变考试考的差，选A

15.考查形容词辨析：A. positive积极地，B. ridiculous可笑的，荒谬的，荒唐的，C. negative负面的， D. explicit明确的，清楚的，通过改变这种不理性的自说自话成为关于事情真正发展的理性的积极的说法，选A。

16.考查名词辨析：A. danger危险，B. awareness意识，C. amount        数量，D. probability可能，你会增加积极行为发生的可能性。选D

17.考查动词辨析：A. written  写，B. phrased叙述，措词，C. listed列出，D. captioned给（图片、照片等）加说明文字，积极的自说自话应该是向这样叙述。选B

18.考查名词辨析：A. research研究，B. test检测，考试，C. talk谈话，D. problem问题，这次考试我没有好好学习，我要为下一次考试做好准备，选B

19.考查名词辨析： A. tiredness疲劳，B. habits     习惯，C. disappointment失望，D. burdens负担，这样的自说自话会让你很快从失望中恢复。选C

20.考查动词辨析：A. recalling回顾，B. starting开始，C. blocking堵塞，D. holding持久，和stopping并列用blocking，一些其他的技巧如有目的的阻止或停止负面的想法，拒绝沉湎于负面的想象能省的你浪费精力，时间和情感源泉，继续积极的改变。选C

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