【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]26-28 The new year always brings with the cultural tradition of new possibilities. (20)We see it as a chance for renewal. We begin to dream of new possible selves. We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now. For some of us, we roll at dreamy film in our heads just because it's the beginning of a new year. But we aren't serious about making changes. We just make some half-hearted resolution and it evaporates after a week or two. The experience makes us feel less successful and leads us to discount our ability to change in the future. (27)It's not the changes impossible but that it won't last unless our resolutions are supported with plans for implementation. We have to make our intentions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry us to our goal. Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets. But one night you just have to have a cookie. And you know there's a bag o{ your favorites in the cupboard. You want one, you eat two, you check the bag and find out you've just shot 132 calories. You say to yourself, "What the hell!" and polish off the whole bag. Then you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself. To protect your sense of self, you begin to discount the goal. You may think—"Well, dieting wasn't that important to me and I won't make it anyhow. "(28)So you abandon the goal and return to your bad habits. 26．What do people usually wish to do at the beginning of a new year? [听前猜测] 四个选项均为动词短语，结合主题分析，本题很可能考查人们做想什么。 [精解] 短文开头说到人们常把新年看作是新的开始，开始设计理想的自我，或是一个与现在不同的形象。由此可以断定人们把新年看作是一个改善自我的机会，故A)正确。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] How can people turn their new year's resolutions into reality? [听前猜测] 四个选项均为by引导的介词短语，由此可以推断本题考查做某事的方式。 [精解] 文中明确提到our resolutions are supported with...that will carry us to our goal，即“我们的决心应得到规划，付诸实施，我们必须制定详细的步骤来实现目标”，故答案D)。A)项为强干扰项，但此项没有阐明support的涵义。implementation表示“实施”。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] Why does the speaker mention the example of sweets and cookies? [听前猜测] 选项均为动词不定式，可推断本题考查做某事的目的。 [精解] 在讲完甜品和饼干这个例子后，本文末尾提到So you abandon the goal and return to your bad habits，阐明了例子的目的，故选择D)。