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Life involves making decisions and changes. Decisions and changes involve making moves, getting 1 one position or spot in life to another. An effective move involves planning a route and 2 to it. Whenever you travel, you have the choice of several routes. Some routes of living are 3 and helpful. Others are negative, creating depression(沮丧) and despair. Knowing 4 to re-route yourself from negative outlooks, thoughts, or ideas is 5 for getting where you want to go in life. It is easy to think negatively about others or about 6 . If you allow these thoughts to continue unchecked, they develop into old habits of 7 . What should you do then? Well, you can say to yourself ”Stop!” and refuse to 8 or believe those negative things you are saying to yourself. By refusing to let a repeating negative thought lead you to frustration(灰心), anger or depression, you avoid 9 in a bad habit. Instead of continuing to be worn down by a track of negative and destructive thinking, you can consciously and 10 switch yourself or side–track yourself onto a path of more positive thinking. (197)
1. A. on B. in C. from D. at
2. A. to keep B. keeps C. keeping D. kept
3. A. popular B. possible C. positive D. powerful
4. A. what B. that C. whether D. how
5. A. classical B. necessary C. possible D. crucial
6. A. themselves B. yourselves C. himself D. myself
7. A. desire B. despair C. decision D. desperate
8 .A. receive B. accept C. admit D. acquire
9. A. being caught B. to be caught C. be caught D. catching
10. A. purposely B. purpose C. purposing D. purposed