— My computer _______ start, no matter how hard I try.

— It might have crashed.

A. won’t    B. shouldn’t       C. mustn’t D. wouldn’t

Our company is going on very well. _______ dozens of local women, we produce handmade goods with unique designs that sell well overseas.

A. To employ     B. Being employed C. Employed         D. Employing

Many restaurant menus include the origins of a dish, _______ it is prepared, what the main ingredients are, and which farms the ingredients come from.

A. when    B. how       C. what      D. which

It was several minutes _______ we realized what was happening~our dog was trapped in a newly-dug tunnel.

A. since     B. before  C. until      D. while

I was once ashamed to admit my weakness, but now I have no such feeling and I _______        myself much discomfort.

A. bring     B. offer     C. save      D. promise

At sixty, Maugham decided to withdraw from the theater and wrote The Summer Up, in which he tried to review what he _______ from his life and literature.

A. had learned  B. has learned   C. was learning D. would learn

Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty, _______ countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow.

A. which   B. when    C. where   D. what

One of the characteristics that make me different from many people is my adaptability—I'm _______ and comfortable in new or unusual situations.

A. acceptable    B. respectable  C. reliable D. flexible

— The scarf is nice, but the price is a little bit high.

— _______, but if you want good quality, you have to pay more.

A. No wonder   B. No doubt       C. No offence    D. No problem

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        when you make gradual changes that give you time to        negative patterns for positive ones.

On any given day, countless numbers of us get out of bed and        to begin to change a given behavior “today.” Whether it be exercising more, drinking less, managing time        or some other change in a negative behavior, we start out with high       . In a short time, however, a vast majority of people fail and are soon doing        it was they thought they shouldn't be doing.

 After considerable research, some researchers believe that behavior changes usually do not        if they start with the change itself.       , they believe that we must        a series of “stages” to adequately prepare ourselves for that        change. Once you have analyzed all the factors that        what you do, you must decide which behavior-change technique will work best for you.

According to the psychologist Albert Ellis, most        problems and related behaviors arise from irrational (不理性的) statements that people make to        when events in their lives are different from what they would like them to be. For example, suppose alter doing        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,        statements about what is really going on, you can increase the        that positive behaviors will occur.

 Positive self-talk might be        as follows: “I really didn’t study enough for the exam. I just need to prepare for the next       .”

 Such self-talk will help you to recover quickly from        and take positive steps to correct the situation. Some other technique like purposefully        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.

1.A. decline       B. remain  C. disappear      D. improve

2.A. substituteB. cancel     C. find       D. ignore

3.A. refuse        B. determine     C. hesitate         D. advocate

4.A. more B. better   C. worse   D. less

5.A. values         B. requirements        C. expectations D. levels

6.A. whicheverB. however         C. wherever      D. whatever

7.A. succeed     B. fail         C. exist      D. fade

8.A. NeverthelessB. Otherwise C. Instead D. Moreover

9.A. look throughB. break through    C. go through    D. pull through

10.A. initial        B. temporary     C. instant  D. eventual

11.A. involve     B. influence       C. explain D. adjust

12.A. emotionalB. physical         C. technical       D. professional

13.A. all    B. others   C. someone       D. themselves

14.A. poorly      B. carefully        C. completely    D. slowly

15.A. positive    B. ridiculous      C. negative        D. explicit

16.A. danger     B. awareness     C. amount D. probability

17.A. written     B. phrased         C. listed     D. captioned

18.A. research  B. test        C. talk        D. problem

19.A. tirednessB. habits     C. disappointment     D. burdens

20.A. recalling  B. starting C. blocking         D. holding