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【题目】 Every life-changing decision we make in our life shapes our current reality. Let’s talk about a few ways that you can use for reference when making your own life-changing decisions.

Realize the power of decision making. Before you start making a decision, you have to understand what a decision does. 【1】 When you decide to pick up a cigarette to smoke it, that decision might result in your picking up one after one later on to get that same high feeling.

Carry your decision out. It’s pointless to make a decision and just keep it in your head 【2】 If you want to make real changes in life, you have to apply action to your decision until it’s completed.

Tell others about your decisions. Telling other people what we’re going to do can make us follow through. For example, if you decide to become an early riser, you can go to a forum and tell people that you will wake up at 6 a.m. and keep on it. 【3】

Learn from your past decisions. It’s common that you are going to mess up at times when it comes to making decisions. 【4】 Ask yourself what is good or bad about your decision and what you will do to make a better decision next time.

【5】 For example, if you made the decision to lose ten pounds by next month through aerobics (有氧运动). You don’t have to just do aerobics. You can be open to losing weight through different methods of dieting as long as it helps you reach your goal in the end.

A.Maintain a flexible approach.

B.Enjoy the process of making decisions.

C.That’s the same as not making a decision at all.

D.It always takes a lot of time to make a decision.

E.Any decision that you make causes a chain of events to happen.

F.So, instead of beating yourself up over it, learn a lesson from it.

G.You’re able to accomplish this because you feel it an obligation to keep your word.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】C

【3】G

【4】F

【5】A

【解析】

本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了做决定时应该注意的问题。

【1】结合后文When you decide to pick up a cigarette to smoke it, that decision might result in your picking up one after one later on to get that same high feeling. (当你决定拿起一支烟来抽的时候，这个决定可能会导致你一支接一支地抽，从而获得同样的快感。)E. Any decision that you make causes a chain of events to happen. 你所做的任何决定都会导致一连串的事件发生。符合后文描述，一旦决定了抽一支烟就会导致一连串地一直抽烟。故选E项。

【2】结合前文It’s pointless to make a decision and just keep it in your head.(做一个决定并把它记在脑子里是没有意义的)C. That’s the same as not making a decision at all. 这和根本不做决定是一样的。承接上文没有意义的决定和不做决定是一样的。故选C项。

【3】结合前文Telling other people what we’re going to do can make us follow through.(告诉别人我们要做什么可以让我们坚持到底。)G. You’re able to accomplish this because you feel it an obligation to keep your word. 你之所以能做到这一点，是因为你觉得守信是一种义务。解释前文告诉别人可以让我们坚持到底的原因。故选G项。

【4】结合前文It’s common that you are going to mess up at times when it comes to making decisions. (在做决定的时候，你常常会陷入困境。)F. So, instead of beating yourself up over it, learn a lesson from it. 所以，与其为此痛打自己，不如从中吸取教训。给出前文陷入困境时的解决办法和态度。故选F项。

【5】结合后文For example, if you made the decision to lose ten pounds by next month through aerobics (有氧运动). You don’t have to just do aerobics. You can be open to losing weight through different methods of dieting as long as it helps you reach your goal in the end. (例如，如果你下个月决定通过有氧运动减肥10磅。你不必只做有氧运动。你可以通过不同的节食方法来减肥，只要它能帮助你最终达到你的目标。想要减肥不一定只靠一种方法，可以采取多种方法达到同一目的。)A. Maintain a flexible approach. 保持灵活的方法。符合本段大意。故选A项。