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(2014•南京市、盐城市二模)
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 __1__ when you make gradual changes that give you time to __2__ negative patterns for positive ones.
on any given day, countless numbers of us get out of bed and__3__ to begin to change a given behavior “today”. whether it be exercising more, drinking less, managing time__4__ or some other change in a negative behavior, we start out with high __5__. in a short time, however, a vast majority of people fail and are soon doing __6__ it was they thought they shouldn't be doing.
after considerable research, some researchers believe that behavior changes usually do not __7__ if they start with the change itself. __8__， they believe that we must__9__ a series of “stages” to adequately prepare ourselves for that __10__ change. once you have analyzed all the factors that __11__ what you do, you must decide which behavior-change technique will work best for you.
according to the psychologist albert ellis, most __12__ problems and related behaviors arise from irrational(不理性的) statements that people make to__13__ when events in their lives are different from what they would like them to be. for example, suppose after doing __14__ 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，__15__ statements about what is really going on, you can increase the __16__ that positive behaviors will occur.
positive self-talk might be __17__ as follows: “i really didn't study enough for the exam. i just need to prepare for the next __18__.”
such self-talk will help you to recover quickly from__19__ and take positive steps to correct the situation. some other technique like purposefully __20__ 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.
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了“我们”自身养成的一些坏习惯不是一朝一夕就能改变的。想成功地改掉这些消极的行为就必须给“我们”一些时间用积极的行为来替代消极的行为。
1．a.declineb．remain
c．disappear d．improve
答案：d 考查动词辨析。根据下文中的“when you make gradual changes that give you ti
