Question

【題目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給）

I don’t believe it! It’s 11p.m. and I’m still sitting here writing this article for the school magazine !I’ve had two weeks to write it and my teacher wants it tomorrow . She’s always c【1】 that I leave things to the last minute. Maybe she’s right. A month ago, I made up my mind to be more efficient this year and not to leave thing to the last minute. But I’ve failed. I’ve also been trying to get fitter for four weeks now. I’ve started going to the gym. I’ve taken up karate lessons and I’ve changed my diet. I’ve even been going to bed earlier. But I’m not feeling any fitter. I felt just a little u【2】. I miss my bad habits. Why is leading a better life so hard?

I’ve just read an article on a website and I’ve found out that it isn’t my fault! In fact, it isn’t anyone’s fault! It’s our brains. They’re programmed, therefore, it is difficult to break bad habits. There’s nothing we can do . Scientists have done experiments that show we use one part of our brain when we think about o【3】and another when we think about other people. However, when we think about the ‘future us’, we use the part of the brain that we usually use to think about other people. In other words, the brain sees the ‘future you’ as a different person to your ‘present you ’. And that’s why we don’t always find it easy to make sensible d【4】 in the future when we face difficulties.

But that’s not all. Scientists have also found out that it takes around ten weeks to form a good habit. For example , if I want to keep fit, it’s going to take me ten weeks to go to the gym and then it will become an automatic part of my life. That’s because ten weeks is the amount of time the brain needs to change and a【5】new ways of behavior as a part of everyday life. The good news is that once you make it to ten weeks, everything becomes much easier. The bad news is that ten weeks is a really long time, so it’s easy to give up on （打消）your good plan s【6】

So there you are. Maybe we want to change our ways and become better people but our brains won’t let us . or is this just an e【7】? Look! I’ve finished my article on time. Anything is possible!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】complaining

【2】unhappier

【3】ourselves

【4】decisions

【5】accept

【6】soon

【7】excuse

【解析】

這是一篇議論文，作者分析了習(xí)慣為什么不容易被改變。

【1】句意：她總是抱怨我把事情留到最后一刻。

根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞“always”以及句子“I leave things to the last minute”把事情留到最后一刻�？芍�總是在埋怨我的做法。故此空格需要填寫(xiě)complain，但是在句子中已有be動(dòng)詞的形式，故答案為complaining。

【2】句意：我只是感覺(jué)有點(diǎn)不開(kāi)心。

根據(jù)“I’ve also been trying to get fitter for four weeks now. I’ve started going to the gym. I’ve taken up karate lessons and I’ve changed my diet. I’ve even been going to bed earlier. But I’m not feeling any fitter.” 四周以來(lái)，我一直在努力變得更健康。我已經(jīng)開(kāi)始去健身房了。我上了空手道課，改變了飲食。我甚至更早就睡覺(jué)了，但是我感覺(jué)沒(méi)有什么改變。可知自己做了那么多而沒(méi)有變化而不高興。根據(jù)“But I’m not feeling any fitter”此句用到了比較級(jí)，故答案為unhappier。

【3】句意：當(dāng)我們想到自己時(shí)，我們使用大腦的一部分，當(dāng)我們想到別人時(shí)，我們使用另一部分。

根據(jù)“However, when we think about the ‘future us’, we use the part of the brain that we usually use to think about other people.” 然而，當(dāng)我們想到“未來(lái)的我們”時(shí)，我們使用大腦中通常用來(lái)思考別人的部分。根據(jù)句子中的“other people”，可推測(cè)出與空格中的詞是對(duì)應(yīng)詞，應(yīng)填“ourselves”。故答案為ourselves。

【4】句意：這就是為什么當(dāng)我們面臨困難時(shí)，我們并不總是容易做出明智的決定的原因。

根據(jù)“the brain sees the ‘future you’ as a different person to your ‘present you ’.” 大腦將“未來(lái)的你”視為與“現(xiàn)在的你”不同的人�？赏茰y(cè)，就因?yàn)檫@樣，我們并不總是容易做出明智的決定（make sensitive decision）的原因 。故答案為decisions。

【5】句意：那是因?yàn)�，作為日常生活�?dāng)中的一部分，十周是一定量的時(shí)間，需要我們的大腦改變和接受新行為的方式。

根據(jù)“Scientists have also found out that it takes around ten weeks to form a good habit.” 科學(xué)家還發(fā)現(xiàn)，形成一個(gè)好習(xí)慣需要大約十周的時(shí)間�？赏茰y(cè)：十周的時(shí)間是個(gè)考驗(yàn)，是我們改變和接受新行為的時(shí)間。故答案為accept。

【6】句意：很快打消你的好計(jì)劃是很容易的。

根據(jù)“The bad news is that ten weeks is a really long time.”壞消息是，十周真的很長(zhǎng)�？赏茰y(cè)到因?yàn)闀r(shí)間長(zhǎng)，不容易堅(jiān)持，我們的好計(jì)劃很快（soon）就被打消。故答案為soon。

【7】句意：也許我們想改變我們的方式，成為更好的人，但是我們的大腦不讓我們這樣做�；蛘哒f(shuō)，這只是一個(gè)借口嗎？根據(jù)課文可知，不是大腦，而是我們的習(xí)慣阻止我們改變，說(shuō)是大腦的原因，只是個(gè)借口。故答案為excuse。