There are many understandable reasons why you might find it diffic ult to ask for help when you need it. Psychologists have been int erested in this 1 for decades, not least because people's widesp read 2 to ask for help has led to some high-profile failures.
Asking for help takes 3 . It involves communicating a need on your part- there's something you can't do. 4 , you're broad casting your own weaknesses, which can be 5 . You might wo rry about coming across as incompetent.You might have 6 a bout losing control of whatever it is you're asking for help with. 7 someone starts to help, perhaps they'll take over, or get credit for your earlier efforts. Yet another 8 that you might be worried about is being a nuisance or 9 the person you go to for h elp.
If you struggle with low self-esteem,you might find it especially difficult to 10 for help because you have the added worry of the other person 11 your request. You might see such refusals as implying something 12 about the status of your relationsh ip with them. To 13 these difficulties, try to remind yourself tha t everyone needs help sometimes. Nobody knows everything and can do everything all by themselves.And while you might 14 coming across as incompetent, there's actually research that sh ows that advice-seekers are 15 as more competent, not less.
Perhaps most encouraging of all is a paper from 2022 by res earchers at Stanford University that involved a mix of contrived help -seeking interactions and asking people to 16 times they'd so ught help in the past. The findings showed that help-seekers g enerally underestimate how 17 other people will be to help and how good it'll make the help-giver feel (for most people, having the chance to help someone is highly 18 ).
So, bear all this in mind the nexttime you need to ask for help. 19 , take care over who you ask and when you ask them. And if some one can't help right now, avoid taking it personally.They might just be too 20 , or they might not feel confident about their ability to help.
1. ______
空格的 this 回指上句中的问题 why you might find it difficult to ask for help when you need it，因此答案是 question（问 题）。
2. ______
空格中的词的含义与上句中 find it difficult 相呼 应，因此选 reluctance（犹豫）。
3. ______
结合下⽂，there's something you can't do（有 些事你做不到）、broadcasting your own weaknesses（暴露⾃⼰的弱点） 以及 coming across as incompetent（给⼈⽆能的印象），可以推知：向 他⼈求助需要 courage（勇⽓）。
4. ______
结合空格的上下句，它们的含义相似，都是 在说⾃⼰的“不⾜”，因此答案是 In other words（换⾔之）。
5. ______
结合空格的前⾯的内容，承认⾃⼰的“不⾜”， 必然是 uncomfortable（不舒服的）。
6. ______
结合空格的后⾯的内容（losing control of）， 由“失控”可以推知答案是 concerns（顾虑、担忧）。
7. ______
结合空格后⾯的内容：someone starts to help, perhaps they’ll take over, or get credit for your earlier efforts.（有⼈开始帮忙，也许他 们会接⼿，或者因为你之前的努⼒⽽得到表扬），这是⼀种假设的情况，因此答案是表条件的 once（⼀旦）。
8. ______
由空格前的 another 可知，空格的单词的含义在前⽂出 现过，再结合 that you might be worried about is being a nuisance or _____ the person you go to for help（你可能担⼼的是，给你寻求帮助的⼈带来麻烦或 ____），由于前⽂在分析“你不求助于别⼈”的原因，因此答案是 factor。
9.______
由空格前的 and 可知，空格的内容在含义上 与 nuisance 接近，因此答案是 inconveniencing （不⽅便）。
10. ______
根据前⽂出现过的 go to for help、Asking for help 可推知，本题答案是含义差不多的 reach out for help。
11. ______
由空格前的 added worry 可知，本题答案是 other person 拒绝（declining）your request。
12. ______
由空格前的 such refusals 可知，something “不好的” about the status of your relationship with them，因此答案是 negative（负⾯的）。
13. ______
由空格后的宾语是 these difficulties（困难）, 以及下⽂说的：try to remind yourself that everyone needs help sometimes.（试着提醒⾃⼰每个⼈都有需要帮助的时候。），可以知道，此 时答案是“克服”困难。
14. ______
由空格后的 coming across as incompetent（给⼈⽆能的 印象），可知答案是害怕担⼼（fear）。
15. ______
advice-seekers are _____ as more competent, not less.( 寻求建议的⼈被______更有能⼒，⽽不是更差。)，可知本题答案是： perceived （认为）。
16. ______
由空格所在句⼦ asking people to times they'd sought help in the past.（让⼈们______他们过去寻求帮 助的次数），可知答案是 recall（回忆）。
17. ______
由空格后的内容 how good it'll make the help-giver feel（这会让给予帮助的⼈感觉有多好）以及 and 可知，空格的 内容在含义是积极正⾯的，因此答案是 willing。
18. ______
由于空格所在句 for most people, having the chance to help someone is highly______（对⼤多数⼈来说，有机会帮助别⼈ 是⾮常____）的含义是积极正⾯的，因此答案是 rewarding。
19. ______
根据空格的前⾯bear all this以及空格后⾯ take care over 可知，此时作者在提出建议（都是祈使句），因此它们之间的逻辑关系是 并列，因此答案是 also。
20. ______
由 or 以及句⼦ they might not feel confident about their ability to help（他们可能对⾃⼰的帮助能⼒没有信⼼）可以知道，此时 They might just be too____是在解释为什么别⼈暂时没提供帮助，因此答案是 busy（太忙了）。