Question

There’s a science to setting goals．Below，we share some research-backed tips to help you carry out successful goals．

Choose a goal that matters，not just easy win．

A meaningful goal—1.that truly inspires you to change—requires going deeper．Think about what you want in the coming year, then ask yourself 2. you want that．For example，if you walk to quit 3.(smoke), ask why do you want to quit? Then, if you want to quit for your health ask why do you want good health? Then，if your answer is to be alive long enough 4. (meet)your grandchildren，ask why do you want to meet your grandchildren?

Set up your goals positively．

How you describe your goal makes 5. big difference．Focusing on 6.you want to“bring into your life —not what you want to avoid—wi11 make you more likely to 7. (actual)pursue it.

Prepare for failure(in a good way)．

Moments of failure 8.(be)unavoidable，but most of us abandon the goal entirely when slight failures and setbacks start piling up．At the moment when you fail，often the first instinct(本能)is to push the goal away. It's so9.(comfort)to be in that condition of self-doubt or self-criticism and guilt．

Your task is not to avoid failures，10. to plan for them．Ask yourself, how am I likely to fail? For example，if you’re likely to choose unhealthy meals when you’re hungry, carry a light snack with you．

Answer 1

1.one

2.why

3.smoking

4.to meet

5.a

6.what

7. actually

8.are

9.uncomfortable

10.but

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了如何去建立一个目标，从三个方面进行了介绍：目标是重要却不能轻易完成的事；积极树立目标；有失败的准备。

1. meaningful goal— that truly inspires you to change—requires going deeper此句中正真的主语为goal，谓语动词为require，中间部分作goal的同位语，所以需填代词，而A meaningful goal为泛指，所以用one。故填one

2. you walk to quit (smoke), ask why do you want to quit?可知当你打算戒烟的话，就需要问自己为何想要戒，由此可知如果想要什么目标就必须问问自己为什么。故填why

3. doing；意为停止做什么，所以用smoke的现在分词形式。故填smoking

4. meet。考查enough的用法。当enough和形容词或名词连用后接动词时，动词形式常用不定式，来表示目的，your answer is to be alive long enough (meet)your grandchildren这句话理解为如果你想长寿到能够遇见孙子。故填to meet

5. a difference：有影响。How you describe your goal makes big difference这句话意为你怎么描述你的目标产生的巨大影响。

6. on you want to“bring into your life 这句话中on的后面缺少宾语，bring sth into：将..引进..，所以bring后面也缺少宾语，故这个空充当了两种成分，而what可以充当两种成分，此处意为什么事物。故填what

7. you more likely to (actual)pursue it.中actual的形式修饰动词pursue，只有副词可以修饰动词，故用其副词形式。故填actually

8. of failure (be)unavoidable意为失败的时刻是不可避免的，主语是moments，为可数名词复数形式，且时态为一般现在时。故填are。

9. so (comfort)to be in that condition of self-doubt or self-criticism and guilt.这个句子里由后面的自我怀疑或者自我批评和愧疚这个感觉可知是令人不舒服的，故用comfortable的反义词。故填uncomfortable

10. yourself, how am I likely to fail？可知问自己我怎么可能失败，由此可推知任务不是避免失败，而是去面对并解决他们，not..but..不是..而是..。故填but

考点：考查短文理解及语法知识