填空题Directions: You are going to read a list of subheadings
and a text about what experts advise to do to keep a new year's resolution.
Choose the most suitable subheading from the list A-G for each numbered
paragraph. The first paragraph of the text is not numbered. There are two extra
subheadings which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.
A. Don't Try to Scare Yourself
Straight B. Get Better Friends C. Quit
Completely D. Focus on Your Achievements E.
Don't Kid Yourself F. Learn from Others G. Try
Being Mindful The Marist poll found that while 65% of people
who made a resolution in the New Year kept their promise for at least part of
the year, 35% never even made it out of the gate. Indeed, when you wake up on
the first day of a new year-or decade-resolutions to "cut back" and "moderate"
seem both an excellent idea and an impossibly hazy dream. But consider this: if
hard-core addicts can break bad habits, there's still hope for you. There's a
lot you can learn from people who have successfully moderated their habits to
help keep you off the resolution merry-go-round. 41.
______ "The most important thing is to be honest with
yourself," says Howard Josepher, a former heroin addict and president of
Exponents Inc.. "You need to know the difference between enjoying yourself and
self-medicating. It's not that self-medicating is necessarily bad-but you should
give yourself parameters. If you are adhering to them, O.K. If not, you need to
check yourself." Successful moderators decide in advance how much is "too
much"-and stick to their limit, no matter what. Have a cookie a day, if that's
what you've deemed acceptable. But if you "cheat" by having "just one more,"
know that you are only cheating yourself and aggravating the problem, experts
say. The point is to learn how to hold yourself accountable.
42. ______ "Theoretically, there are very good reasons to take
a break from a behavior, totally," says Reid Hester, director of research at
Behavior Therapy Associates, explaining that an initial period of complete
abstinence can make it easier for people to moderate behavior, by eliminating
the habitual, automatic aspect of the unwanted activity. Take a cue from the
self-help group Moderation Management (MIV), which advises problem drinkers to
abstain completely for a month before attempting moderate drinking. The best way
to stay on course is frequent self-monitoring; use as many behavior-modification
tools, support groups and programs as you can. 43.
______ "Between stimulus and response, there's a space, and in
that space is our power to choose our response, and in our response lies our
growth and freedom," says Alan Marlatt, director of the Addictive Behaviors
Research Center at the University of Washington, quoting author and Holocaust
survivor Victor Frankl. Marlatt says, "Mindfulness gets you into that space."
Being mindful may involve traditional meditation, in which you sit quietly and
observe your thoughts and breathing without judgment. But here, it is also used
to focus awareness on thoughts and feelings that lead to unwanted behavior.
Simply recognizing the triggers to relapse can help you choose not to give into
them. 44. ______ Research shows that in the
long term, the pleasure of victory is a better incentive than the pain of
defeat. "Punishment is a poor motivator," says Hester. "It sets people up for
failure. If all you do is punish yourself for failure, you won't stay motivated
to change for very long." Instead, reward yourself for sticking to your limits
and focus on the benefits of changing. 45. ______
Consciously and unconsciously, people tend to imitate those around them.
That's why the latest research shows that things like happiness, quitting
smoking and obesity can spread like a contagion through social networks. So,
surround yourself with friends who can also be role models. "Make sure that
people you hang out with are people who look and act the way you would like to.
Social imitation is the easiest form not only of flattery but of
self-improvement," says Stanton Peele, author of Seven Tools to Beat
Addiction.