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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

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