Question

Many of our problems come from within our own minds. They are not caused by events,bad luck,or other people. We cause them through our own poor mental habits. 1       Stop jumping to conclusions. 2       First,they assume that they know what is going to happen,so they stop paying attention and act on their assumption instead. Human beings are lousy fortunetellers. 3       That makes the action wrong too. The second aspect of this habit is playing the mindreader and assuming you know why people do what they do or what they're thinking. Wrong again,big time. More relationships are destroyed by this particular kind of stupidity than by any other.

4       A huge proportion of those " oughts" and ^u shoulds" that you carry around are most likely needless. All they do for you is to make you feel nervous or guilty. What's the point? When you use these imaginary rules on yourself,you clog your mind with petty restrictions and childish orders. And when you try to impose them on others,you make yourself into a bully,a boring nag,or a selfrighteous bigot (顽固者) .

Don't hang on to the past. 5       The more you turn them over in your mind,the worse you'll feel and the bigger they'll look. Don't try to fight misery. Let go and move on. Do that and you've removed just about all its power to hurt you.

   A. Making conclusion demands us paying much careful consideration.

   B. Most of what they assume is wrong.

   C. Maybe the past means a lot to you.

   D. Here are 3  habits you should set aside right away to free yourself from the problems.

   E. Don't invent rules.

   F. This habit increases people's difficulties in two ways.

   G. Most of the anger,frustration,misery,and despair in this world come from people clinging to past hurts and problems.

1.                  2.                  3.                  4.          5.       

Answer 1

本文介绍人们面临的许多难题不是因为外界因素造成，而是人自身的不良心智习惯造成的，接着作者详细阐述人们需要改掉的三种主要不良心智习惯。

1. D上文作者提出人们面临的难题是由不良的心智习惯造成的，下文又分段介绍了三种需要摒弃的心智习惯。此处需要一个启下的总括句，故D项恰当。

2. F考查总分关系。下文有"first"、" the second aspect",内容又是讲这种不良心智问题给人们造成困境的两种途径，所以选F。

3. B前文讲"人类是差劲的占卜者"，后文讲"那造成你错误的行动"，所以可推断人类总是做错误的假设和推测，故选B.

4. E下句提到你给自己规定的那些所谓应该做的事情其实都是没有必要的；而且后面"When you use these imaginary rules on yourself,you clog your mind with petty restrictions and childish orders."一句中又提到了" rales "，所以推断应选E_c

5. G 上句提到"不要纠结于过去"，所以此处选G