Question

【題目】 Our feelings influence almost every decision we make. Instead of living a boring life, positive (積極的) feelings can help us a lot. The pity is that sometimes we become victims of feelings.

In one of my latest books, I compare people’s ability to controls (控制) on a media player. Just like the controls can help you enjoy wonderful songs, these methods will be choices for you to manage feelings successfully.

Pause.

Take time to stop and think before you speak or act. Of course, you may feel sorry if you like doing something without thinking-like sending an angry email or posting something bad on social media. If you feel your feelings getting out of control, pause. If possible, go for a short walk. Once you've calmed down, decide how you want to move forward.

Volume control

Have you ever noticed that when speaking with someone, your style or tone is a mirror (鏡子) of the person's you are speaking to? If you stay calm or quiet, they'll follow you. Shout or scream, and they'll do just like you. If a discussion starts to become worse, try to change it by softening your tone or lowering your voice.

Record

If you want to learn more about another person’s thoughts, recording, one way of careful listening, may help. You don't need to reply at once; you're listening to understand. Through careful listening, you often see things you didn’t see before and can even discover misunderstandings you didn’t know. Don't judge or offer advice before you know more about others and the topic.

閱讀以上信息, 用恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~完成下面的短文, 每空一詞。

Sometimes, our decisions are affected by our feelings. If you keep positive feelings, you can 【1】 living a boring life. Some methods can help you 【2】in controlling your feelings. First, doing without thinking may make you 【3】what you've said or done. It's wise of you to pause when your feelings become bad. Second, when speaking with someone, the other person usually offers you a reply in the 【4】 style or tone. So controlling volume is very important. What’s more, recording is one way of careful listening, with the 【5】 of learning more about another person's thoughts. Follow this way, you can judge or offer suggestions.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】avoid

【2】succeed

【3】regret

【4】calm / quiet

【5】help

【解析】

我們的感受幾乎能影響我們做的每一個(gè)決定，因此我們要學(xué)會(huì)控制自己的情感。文章中作者用我們控制媒體播放器就能欣賞美妙的歌曲為例，教我們一些管理自己情感的方法。

【1】根據(jù)短文第一段Instead of living a boring life, positive (積極的) feelings can help us a lot.可知，“積極的情感能幫助我們不過無聊的生活”，故這里應(yīng)填avoid，意為“避免”，后面常跟動(dòng)名詞作賓語。

【2】根據(jù)短文第二段最后一句話Just like the controls can help you enjoy wonderful songs, these methods will be choices for you to manage feelings successfully.可知，這些方法可以幫助我們成功地管理我們的情感。題目中這句話使用的句型是help sb. do sth.因此這里應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞succeed。

【3】根據(jù)短文第三段Of course, you may feel sorry if you like doing something without thinking可知，如果你不經(jīng)過思考就去做一些事，你可能會(huì)感到后悔的。題目中使用了句型make sb. do sth.，因此這里應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞regret，“后悔”。

【4】根據(jù)短文第四段If you stay calm or quiet, they'll follow you.可知，跟別人說話的時(shí)候，你說話的方式和音調(diào)要保持平靜，這樣對(duì)方也會(huì)跟隨你的音調(diào)。由此可知這里應(yīng)填calm或者quiet。

【5】根據(jù)短文最后一段If you want to learn more about another person’s thoughts, recording, one way of careful listening, may help可知，“如果你想更多地了解別人的想法，錄音，一種仔細(xì)聆聽的方法可能是有幫助的”，題目中考查了短語with the help of…在…的幫助下，故這里應(yīng)填help。