Question

9．From losing weight to quitting smoking，each December people around the world make a New Year's resolution（決心）．But studies have shown that despite their best effort，most will fail．
Professor Peter Herman，a psychology lecturer at the University of Toronto says that the reasons why resolutions fail are clear．"They are not realistic in some or all of the following respects：people think that they can change themselves more quickly； they think that they can change much more than anyone else； or they think they can change everything more easily．"
Professor Herman suggests that the issue may be a cycle of failure and renewed effort．which he calls"the false-hope syndrome"（虛妄期盼綜合征）．The cycle begins with a difficult self-change task．such as overeating or smoking-common yet rarely successful changes．While people may make some initial progress in the task，eventually they fail to achieve their goal．Having failed，they interpret their failure to convince themselves that with a few adjustments they will succeed．Finally，they begin to embark on another attempt，and the cycle repeats．
In his paper on the topic，Professor Herman and his co-author，Janet Polivy，write，"People tend to make the same resolutions year after year，vowing on average l0 times to get rid of a particular vice （惡習）．"Obviously，every renewed vow represents a certain failure； otherwise，there would be no need for yet another attempt．Equally obviously，unsuccessful attempts do not decrease the chance of making future palls for self-change．Even those who are finally successful at sticking to their resolutions make the attempt five or six times on average before succeeding．
Expecting to make a breakthrough is not a good way，so Professor Herman says that the best way of sticking to your resolution is to expect the changes little by little rather than a major transformation．He told Mail Online，"Often this means scaling back （縮減） your resolution to something that is actually manageable．"

32．Why do most people fail in their New Year's resolutions according to Professor Herman？B
A．They doesn't do their best at all．
B．They make unrealistic resolutions．
C．They want to stay unchanged．
D．They change them frequently．
33．What does the underlined part"embark on"in Paragraph 3 probably mean？A
A．Undertake．B．Abandon．C．Welcome．D．Represent．
34．How can you achieve your New Year's resolutions in Professor Herman's opinion？C
A．Set a big resolution．
B．Make a breakthrough．
C．Expect gradual changes．
D．Believe in yourself．
35．What may be the best title for the text？D
A．Actions Speak Louder Than Words   
B．Think Twice Before You Do
C．A Bargain Is a Bargain     
D．Good Plan Is Half Done．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要講述了人們總是會在新年愿望的時候有過多的不切實際的奢求，專家告誡人們，合理的愿望和計劃就是成功的一半，做事要循序漸進．

解答 32．B 細節(jié)題．根據文章內容that the reasons why resolutions fail are clear．"They are not realistic in some or all of the following respects：人們在新年許下的愿望之所以不能成真是因為那些愿望都不現實，太過于理想化，結合選項，故選B
33．A 詞義猜測題．根據文章內容Having failed，they interpret their failure to convince themselves that with a few adjustments they will succeed．Finally，they begin to embark on another attempt，and the cycle repeats．他們失敗了，他們會說服他們自己說只要稍作調整，就會成功了．最后，他們又進行另一種嘗試，這樣，這個循環(huán)就一直下去了．結合選項，故選A
34．C 細節(jié)題．根據文章內容Professor Herman says that the best way of sticking to your resolution is to expect the changes little by little rather than a major transformation．由此可知，Professor Herman說最好的堅持愿望的辦法就是希望事情一點點的發(fā)生變化，而不是一次性的提太多奢望和要求．結合選項，故選C
35．D 主旨題．根據文章內容，主要講述了人們總是會在新年愿望的時候有過多的不切實際的奢求，專家告誡人們，合理的愿望和計劃就是成功的一半，做事要循序漸進．結合選項，故選D

點評 本文是一個科教類閱讀理解，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據．