Question

【题目】 Our feelings influence almost every decision we make. Instead of living a boring life, positive (积极的) 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 (镜子) 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.

阅读以上信息, 用恰当的单词完成下面的短文, 每空一词。

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】

我们的感受几乎能影响我们做的每一个决定，因此我们要学会控制自己的情感。文章中作者用我们控制媒体播放器就能欣赏美妙的歌曲为例，教我们一些管理自己情感的方法。

【1】根据短文第一段Instead of living a boring life, positive (积极的) feelings can help us a lot.可知，“积极的情感能帮助我们不过无聊的生活”，故这里应填avoid，意为“避免”，后面常跟动名词作宾语。

【2】根据短文第二段最后一句话Just like the controls can help you enjoy wonderful songs, these methods will be choices for you to manage feelings successfully.可知，这些方法可以帮助我们成功地管理我们的情感。题目中这句话使用的句型是help sb. do sth.因此这里应填动词succeed。

【3】根据短文第三段Of course, you may feel sorry if you like doing something without thinking可知，如果你不经过思考就去做一些事，你可能会感到后悔的。题目中使用了句型make sb. do sth.，因此这里应填动词regret，“后悔”。

【4】根据短文第四段If you stay calm or quiet, they'll follow you.可知，跟别人说话的时候，你说话的方式和音调要保持平静，这样对方也会跟随你的音调。由此可知这里应填calm或者quiet。

【5】根据短文最后一段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别人的想法，录音，一种仔细聆听的方法可能是有帮助的”，题目中考查了短语with the help of…在…的帮助下，故这里应填help。