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　　A branch of psychology called neurolinguistic programming has made an interesting and useful discovery: You can change the way you imagine or remember things without changing what you imagine, and it will change your feelings. For example, if a visual memory makes you sad whenever you think about it, you can make that mental picture smaller and dimmer, and when you do, the memory won't make you as sad. Since you haven't changed the content of the memory, you haven't lost any information. You've simply made it less painful.

　　When you visually remember a pleasant memory, you can make the picture more colorful and the memory will give you even more intense good feelings. You can make your pictures of the future brighter, wider, deeper, or you can bring the images closer. Changes like these will make you feel different-even when you leave the content of the picture the same.

　　These are general guidelines. You'll need to experiment for yourself to find out what will work for a particular image. For a few people, making an exciting picture brighter makes the feelings less intense. And for some kinds of pictures, increasing the brightness would cause the feelings to become less intense-for example, a romantic memory.

　　What is true for visual images also applies to the way you talk to yourself. For example, if you have trouble motivating yourself, try changing the tone of voice you use when you speak to yourself. Some people order themselves around. The voice they use to talk to themselves is harsh and commanding. Listening to yourself being bossy(专横的) can have the same effect as listening to someone else being bossy: It can make you want to rebel. Change your tone to friendly or seductive(诱人的), and you might feel more motivated. When you tell yourself, "I can do it," fill your internal voice with enthusiasm and back it up with inspiring music. The possibilities are in fact endless.

　　The important thing to understand is that the way you code(编排) your inner world has an impact, and you have quite a bit of control over that coding. You can change it deliberately. When you do, it will change your feelings, which will change your actions, which will change the world around you.

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　　1. Which is the best title of the passage?

　　A. You Can Change the World around You!

　　B. Be Merry.

　　C. You Can Change People's Attitude towards You.

　　D. Talk to Yourself in a Friendly Way!

　　2. The underlined word deliberately can be replaced by________.

　　A. by changeB. on purpose

　　C. difficultly D. easily

　　3. We can infer that if we make a sad mental picture bigger and brighter, we can become ________.

　　A. happier B. sadder

　　C. calmerD. wiser

　　4. What does the underlined sentence "Some people order themselves around." suggest?

　　A. Some people order a lot of food.

　　B. Some people order others to follow their instructions.

　　C. Some people are very hard on themselves.

　　D. Some people are very strict with themselves.

　　(B)

　　Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. Her father was a wealthy English banker. After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she went to a private girls school. While vacationing with her mother in Holland, Hitler's army suddenly took over the town. It was here that she fell on hard times during the Nazi occupation. After the liberation, Audrey went to a ballet school in London on a scholarship and later began a modeling career. As a model, she was graceful and, it seemed, she had found her niche(位置) in life-until the film producers came calling. After being spotted modeling by a producer, she was signed up for a bit part in the European film Nederlands in 7 lessons in 1948. Later, she headed to America to try her luck there.

　　Audrey gained immediate prominence in the US with her role in Roman Holiday in 1953. This film turned out to be a big success as she won an Oscar as Best Actress. This gained her enormous popularity and more plum roles. Roman Holiday was followed by another similarly wonderful performance in the 1957 classic Funny Face (1957). In 1959, she received yet another nomination(提名) for her role in Nun's Story. Audrey reached the top of her career when she played Holly Golightly in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961. For this she received another nomination. One of Audrey's most radiant(辉煌的) roles was in the fine production of My Fair Lady in 1964. Her co-star Rex Harrison once was asked to identify his favorite leading lady. Without hesitation, he replied, "Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady".

　　By the end of the sixties, after her divorce from actor Mel Ferrer, Audrey decided to retire while she was on top. Later she married Dr. Andrea Dotti. In 1988, Audrey became a special ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF fund helping children in Latin America and Africa, a position she retained until 1993. She was named to People's magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Audrey Hepburn died on January 20, 1993 in Switzerland. She had made a total of 31 high quality movies.

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　　5. Where did Audrey Hepburn become famous?

　　A. England.B. America.

　　C. Switzerland.D. Belgium.

　　6. We can infer that Audrey Hepburn was ________.

　　A. a learned woman

　　B. satisfied with her marriage

　　C. a woman with sympathy

　　D. very popular as a model

　　7. Choose the right order about the life of Audrey Hepburn.

　　a. Audrey began a modeling career.

　　b. Audrey went to London with her mother.

　　c. Audrey became popular in the film Roman Holiday.

　　d. Audrey became a special ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF fund.

　　e. Hitler's army suddenly took over the town.

　　f. Audrey married Dr. Andrea Dotti.

　　A. a, b, c, d, e, f B. b, e, a, c, f, d

　　C. c, a, b, f, e, dD. b, e, f, c, a, d

　　8. The underlined word spotted can be replaced by________.

　　A. seenB. shot

　　C. small markD. dropped

　　key: (A)本文为说明文，短文主要介绍了一个心理学上的编码改变效应理论：一个人通过改变大脑中的心理图像和说话的方式(改变心理图示编码)，可以改变自己的心情，从而改变自己的行为。

　　1.A.主旨大意题。短文主要介绍了一个心理学上的编码改变效应理论。主体句为本文最后一句When you do it will change your feelings, which will change your actions, which will change the world around you.故A最佳。

　　2.B. 词义猜测题。从文中我们知道这种心理编码改变的过程实际上是人的一种有意识的，主动的过程。文中又说you have quite a bit of control over that coding.对这种编排一个人有很大的控制权，所以可以推断，deliverately意思为"有意地，故意地"。

　　3.B. 推理题。根据文中第一段第3句话可知，当人想起一件不愉快的事的时候，视觉记忆会使你难过。那么你可以把这个不愉快的心理图像变小变暗，你就不会感到那么难过了。据此可以反向推理，如果我们把这个不愉快的心理图像变大变亮，结果当然是使人越来越难过。

　　4.C. 推断题。order原意是"命令"的意思，根据其后面一句话The voice they use to talk to themselves is harsh and commanding.可知，order themselves around在这里含有"对自己很苛刻"之意。

　　(B)本文是人物传记介绍了"奥斯卡"电影奖获得者奥黛丽o赫本不平凡的一生。

　　5.B. 细节题。根据第二段第1句可以看出，奥黛丽o赫本是在美国成名的。

　　6.C.推测题。根据最后一段第3句话可知，奥黛丽o赫本退休以后，她被任命为联合国儿童基金会特使，铺拉丁美洲和非洲救助贫困的孩子。据此可以断定她是一个很有爱心和同情心的人。

　　7.B.细节理解题。此题要求对所述事件进行排序。可用首位定位法。第一个事件是Audrey went to London with her mother.，最后一个事件是Audrey became a special ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF fund。顾可排除A和C，再仔细比较可知B为最佳答案。

　　8.A. 词义猜测题。从语境中我们可以了解到奥黛丽o赫本正在进行模特表演时被一个制片商看中从而进入电影界的。所以我们可以看出，spot作动词，是"察出，看出，认出"等意思。

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