Part V Text Completion (20 minutes, 20 points)
Directions: In this part there are three short texts. For each text, you should first fill in the blank in the choices A, B, C (and D) with the best answer provided in the rectangle. Then, complete the text itself by filling in each of the blanks with the completed A, or B, or C (or D ). Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Text One
A. more like B. relationship C. willingness
A. to demonstrate your (56) ________ to alter your own actions
B. motivated to be in a (57) ________
C. to be (58) ________ their partner
Ever want to change something about your partner? Get him or her to eat better or work less? Exercise more? Stop nagging or yelling? Start with a mirror.
Your best chance of transforming someone else—and the dynamic in your relationship—is (59) ________, experts say.
The good news, this kind of change isn’t as hard as you think. Studies show that when a person is (60) ________ and wants it to work, he or she will readily change (61) ________. Often, they don’t even know they are adjusting their own behavior.
答案：CBAABC
Text Two
A. pictures B. aware C. caffeine
A. give your brain a bit of (62) ________
B. they memorized a series of (63) ________ significantly
C. be (64) ________ that there’s a sweet spot
If you’re trying to commit a set of items to memory, you may want to (65) ________. But how you time it matters, finds a new study out today in Nature Neuroscience. The researchers found that giving people caffeine after (66) ________ boosted their ability to remember the subtler details, compared to people who’d been given dummy pills. Before you down a six-shot Americano, though, (67) ________: A 200-milligram dose of caffeine—about the amount in a large cup of coffee—was the only one to do the trick.
答案：CABABC
Text Three
A. concerted effort B. elevate the topic C. muscle D. appreciation
A. feelings of (68) ________ can increase
B. parents’ instincts to (69) ________
C. works like a (70) ________
D. gain the most from a (71) ________
Giving thanks is no longer just holiday fare. A field of research on gratitude in kids is emerging, and early findings indicate (72) ________ are spot-on. Concrete benefits come to kids who literally count their blessings. Gratitude (73) ________. Take time to recognize good fortune, and (74) ________. Even more, those who are less grateful (75) ________. ‘Gratitude treatments are most effective in those least grateful,’ says Eastern Washington University psychology professor Philip Watkins.
答案：DBCABCAD
