Let’s say you love roller-skating.Just the thought of 26 on your roller.skates brings a smile to your face.You also know that roller-skating is excellent exercise.You have a 27 attitude toward it.
This description of roller-skating 28 the three components of an attitude：affect, cognition, and behavior.You love the activity;it's great fun.These feelings 29 the affective or emotional component;they are an important ingredient in attitudes.The knowledge we have about the object constitutes the cognitive component of an attitude.You understand the health 30 that the activity can bring.Finally,attitudes have a behavioral component.Our attitudes 31 us to go outside to enjoy roller—skating.
Now.we don’t want t01eave you with the 32 that these three components always work together 33.They don’t：sometimes they clash.For example, let’s say you love pizza(affective component);
however,you have high cholesterol and understand(knowledge component) that eating pizza may be bad for your health.Which behavior will your attitude result in, eating pizza or 34 it?The answer depends off which component happens to be stronger.If you are walking past a pizza restaurant at lunchtime.Your emotions and feelings probably will be stronger than your knowledge that pizza may not be the best food for your health.In that instance.you have pizza for lunch.If you are at home trying to decide where to go for dinner,however,the knowledge component may 35 , and you decide to go where you can eat a healthier meal.
A.avoiding I.positive
B.benefits J.prevail
C.highlight K.primarily
D.illustrates L.prompt
E.impression M.specifications
F.improves N.strapping
G.inquiring O.typical
H.perfectly
答案解析：
26. 空格前是介词of，空格后是on your roller-skates”，可知这里需要一个能与 on”搭配的动名词，表示穿上(轮滑鞋)”。所有动名词选项中，只有 N. strapping (用带子固定;系上) 符合， strap on”是固定搭配，意为系上”。所以选 N。
27. 根据上文 Just the thought of strapping on your roller-skates brings a smile to your face (一想到穿上轮滑鞋就让你微笑)”和下文 You love the activity (你热爱这项活动)”，可知作者对轮滑的态度是积极的、正面的。所以选 I. positive (积极的)。
28. 根据下文 This description of roller-skating...the three components of an attitude (这个关于轮滑的描述……态度的三个组成部分)”，可知空格处需要一个动词，表示这个描述的作用是阐明”或例证”了态度的三个组成部分。所以选 D. illustrates (阐明;例证)。
29. 空格前是feelings，空格后是the affetive or emotional component，可知此处要填入一个动词，根据后文they are an important ingredient in attitudes(它们是态度的重要组成部分)，可知这里要填一个表示“突出“的词，所以选C。
30. 根据空格前的 the health”和空格后的 that the activity can bring”，可知这里需要一个名词，与 health”搭配，表示这项活动能带来的健康益处”。所以选 B. benefits (益处)。
31. 根据空格所在句 Our attitudes...us to go outside... (我们的态度……我们到户外去……)”，可知这里需要一个动词，表示态度促使”或激励”我们去做某事。所以选 L. prompt (促使;激励)。
32. 根据固定搭配 leave you with the impression that... (给你留下……的印象)”，可知空格处应填入 E. impression (印象)。句意为：我们不想给你留下这三个组成部分总是协同工作的印象”。所以选 E。
33. 根据空格前的 work together”，可知这里需要一个副词来修饰 work together”，表示完美地”协同工作。所以选 H. perfectly (完美地)。
34. 根据空格前的 or”和上文提到的 eating pizza (吃披萨)”，可知这里需要一个与 eating”形成对比的选项，表示避免”吃披萨。所以选 A. avoiding (避免)。
35. 根据上文提到的情感成分和知识成分有时会冲突”，以及本句 If you are at home...the knowledge component may... (如果你在家……知识成分可能会……)”，可知在需要理性决策时，知识成分可能会占上风”或占优势”。所以选 J. prevail (占优势;占上风)。
