Mark Twain said that “habit is habit, and not to be flung(扔) out the window by anyone, but coaxed (勸誘)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

 

【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】

試題分析：文章通過馬克吐溫的一句名言，引出話題“如何改變不良習(xí)慣”，我們應(yīng)該逐漸的確定改變的目標(biāo)，也不要通過不理性的自說自話來改變，而是積極的采取措施，用理性的說法讓自己不要失望。

1.考查動(dòng)詞辨析：A. decline下降，B. remain仍然，C. disappear消失，D. improve提高，從上文的：but coaxed (勸誘)downstairs a step at a time.”可知當(dāng)你逐漸改變的時(shí)候成功的改變負(fù)面的行為的機(jī)會(huì)會(huì)增加。選D

2.考查動(dòng)詞辨析： A. substitute替換，B. cancel取消，C. find        發(fā)現(xiàn)，D. ignore忽視，讓你將負(fù)面的行為換成積極的行為，選A

3.考查動(dòng)詞辨析： A. refuse拒絕，B. determine    決定，C. hesitate猶豫，D. advocate提倡，促進(jìn)，每天很多人起床的時(shí)候，都會(huì)決定今天開始改變一種行為。選B

4.考查形容詞辨析：A. more更多，B. better更好，C. worse更壞，D. less更少，更好的管理時(shí)間，選B

5.考查名詞辨析：A. values價(jià)值，B. requirements要求，C. expectations期待，D. levels水平，從下文的：In a short time, however, a vast majority of people fail可知一開始我們有很高的期望值，選C

6.考查連詞辨析：A. whichever無論哪個(gè)，B. however無論怎樣，C. wherever無論何時(shí)，D. whatever無論什么，大部分人失敗了，很快開始做他們認(rèn)為不應(yīng)該做的事情。Whatever引導(dǎo)的是賓語從句，選D

7.考查動(dòng)詞辨析：A. succeed成功，B. fail失敗，C. exist        存在，D. fade褪色，一些研究人員相信行為改變通常不會(huì)成功，如果以改變本身開始。選A

8.考查副詞辨析：A. Nevertheless然而，B. Otherwise否則，C. Instead代替，D. Moreover還有，相反的，他們相信我們必須經(jīng)歷一系列階段來讓自己為最后的改變做好充分準(zhǔn)備，選C

9.考查動(dòng)詞短語辨析：A. look through瀏覽，B. break through突破，C. go through經(jīng)歷，D. pull through恢復(fù)，度過難關(guān)，經(jīng)歷一系列階段，選C

10.考查形容詞辨析：A. initial最初的，B. temporary暫時(shí)的，C. instant即刻的，D. eventual最后的，從上文的;if they start with the change itself.可知這里指最后的改變，選D

11.考查動(dòng)詞辨析： A. involve涉及，B. influence影響，C. explain解釋，D. adjust調(diào)整，一旦你分析了所有影響你做的事情的因素，你就要決定哪種改變行為的策略是最適合你的，選B

12.考查形容詞辨析：A. emotional情感的，B. physical身體的嗎，C. technical技術(shù)的，D. professional專業(yè)的，根據(jù)According to the psychologist Albert Ellis,可知大部分情感問題和相關(guān)的行為由他們對(duì)自己說的不理性的說法引起，選A

13.考查代詞辨析：A. all所有的，B. others其他的，C. someone有人，D. themselves他們自己，從下文的;you say to yourself,可知這些說法是自己對(duì)自己說的，使用make a statement to oneself，選D

14.考查副詞辨析：A. poorly窮地，差，B. carefully仔細(xì)地，C. completely完全地，D. slowly慢地，從下文的：“I can't believe I failed that easy exam, I’m so stupid.”可知是想改變考試考的差，選A

15.考查形容詞辨析：A. positive積極地，B. ridiculous可笑的，荒謬的，荒唐的，C. negative負(fù)面的， D. explicit明確的，清楚的，通過改變這種不理性的自說自話成為關(guān)于事情真正發(fā)展的理性的積極的說法，選A。

16.考查名詞辨析：A. danger危險(xiǎn)，B. awareness意識(shí)，C. amount        數(shù)量，D. probability可能，你會(huì)增加積極行為發(fā)生的可能性。選D

17.考查動(dòng)詞辨析：A. written  寫，B. phrased敘述，措詞，C. listed列出，D. captioned給（圖片、照片等）加說明文字，積極的自說自話應(yīng)該是向這樣敘述。選B

18.考查名詞辨析：A. research研究，B. test檢測(cè)，考試，C. talk談話，D. problem問題，這次考試我沒有好好學(xué)習(xí)，我要為下一次考試做好準(zhǔn)備，選B

19.考查名詞辨析： A. tiredness疲勞，B. habits     習(xí)慣，C. disappointment失望，D. burdens負(fù)擔(dān)，這樣的自說自話會(huì)讓你很快從失望中恢復(fù)。選C

20.考查動(dòng)詞辨析：A. recalling回顧，B. starting開始，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負(fù)面的想法，拒絕沉湎于負(fù)面的想象能省的你浪費(fèi)精力，時(shí)間和情感源泉，繼續(xù)積極的改變。選C

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