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【題目】 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 (有氧運(yùn)動(dòng)). 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】

本文為一篇說(shuō)明文。文章介紹了做決定時(shí)應(yīng)該注意的問(wèn)題。

【1】結(jié)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. (當(dāng)你決定拿起一支煙來(lái)抽的時(shí)候，這個(gè)決定可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致你一支接一支地抽，從而獲得同樣的快感。)E. Any decision that you make causes a chain of events to happen. 你所做的任何決定都會(huì)導(dǎo)致一連串的事件發(fā)生。符合后文描述，一旦決定了抽一支煙就會(huì)導(dǎo)致一連串地一直抽煙。故選E項(xiàng)。

【2】結(jié)合前文It’s pointless to make a decision and just keep it in your head.(做一個(gè)決定并把它記在腦子里是沒(méi)有意義的)C. That’s the same as not making a decision at all. 這和根本不做決定是一樣的。承接上文沒(méi)有意義的決定和不做決定是一樣的。故選C項(xiàng)。

【3】結(jié)合前文Telling other people what we’re going to do can make us follow through.(告訴別人我們要做什么可以讓我們堅(jiān)持到底。)G. You’re able to accomplish this because you feel it an obligation to keep your word. 你之所以能做到這一點(diǎn)，是因?yàn)槟阌X(jué)得守信是一種義務(wù)。解釋前文告訴別人可以讓我們堅(jiān)持到底的原因。故選G項(xiàng)。

【4】結(jié)合前文It’s common that you are going to mess up at times when it comes to making decisions. (在做決定的時(shí)候，你常常會(huì)陷入困境。)F. So, instead of beating yourself up over it, learn a lesson from it. 所以，與其為此痛打自己，不如從中吸取教訓(xùn)。給出前文陷入困境時(shí)的解決辦法和態(tài)度。故選F項(xiàng)。

【5】結(jié)合后文For example, if you made the decision to lose ten pounds by next month through aerobics (有氧運(yùn)動(dòng)). 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，如果你下個(gè)月決定通過(guò)有氧運(yùn)動(dòng)減肥10磅。你不必只做有氧運(yùn)動(dòng)。你可以通過(guò)不同的節(jié)食方法來(lái)減肥，只要它能幫助你最終達(dá)到你的目標(biāo)。想要減肥不一定只靠一種方法，可以采取多種方法達(dá)到同一目的。)A. Maintain a flexible approach. 保持靈活的方法。符合本段大意。故選A項(xiàng)。