Question

【題目】 I know a Catherine who is smart, educated and interesting. But I avoid her because she never ______ complaining. For years, I fought against my feelings because I really like and admire her. But I’ve found I just can’t be her friend. Her world is ______“buts…”. “The trip would have been nice, but the drive was too long. The food was good, but the light of the restaurant was too ______. The hotel was too hot, the bed hurt her back and the room service was too slow.” Her complaints were ______ changing me.

Months ago, my best friend Daisy was listening to me ______ about Catherine until she just became really angry. “Either break up with her, or leave me alone.” She shouted at me, “I’m tired of listening to your complaining.” Her words surprised me, and I began to keep myself away from Catherine. Later, I did ______ her.

Now I try to remain happy and positive (積極的) about life, and find friends of the same. There’s been scientific research lately. It shows that people who find ______ to be thankful for their lives are actually happier, and I believe that is true. Endless complaining seems to control your life ______ you let it come into your brain. And too much complaining will actually make your life ______.

Some people take “gratitude (感激之情) walks” every day, where they think about their lives in a positive way. By developing a grateful attitude, you can be turned away from what’s troubling you, and ______ what makes you happy. Then you will have a beautiful life.

【1】A.keepsB.stopsC.enjoys

【2】A.full ofB.far fromC.famous for

【3】A.noisyB.strongC.dirty

【4】A.hardlyB.suddenlyC.silently

【5】A.thinkingB.worryingC.complaining

【6】A.chooseB.helpC.forget

【7】A.reasonsB.excusesC.questions

【8】A.ifB.unlessC.until

【9】A.betterB.longerC.worse

【10】A.againstB.towardsC.through

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】C

【6】C

【7】A

【8】A

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

文章講述了無(wú)休止的抱怨會(huì)讓生活變得更糟糕，我們要遠(yuǎn)離消極抱怨的人，帶著感恩的心，以積極的態(tài)度面對(duì)生活，你會(huì)更快樂(lè)。

【1】句意：但是我避開(kāi)她，因?yàn)樗龔牟煌Ｖ贡г埂?/span>

keeps保持；stops停止，避開(kāi)；enjoys欣賞；根據(jù)文中“…But I avoid her.”可知Catherine是一位聰明，有學(xué)問(wèn)又有趣的人但我避開(kāi)她，可以推出她從未停止抱怨。故選B。

【2】句意：她的世界總是充滿“但是……”。

full of充滿；far from遠(yuǎn)離；famous for因……而聞名。根據(jù)文中“she never stops complaining.”可知她是一個(gè)一直抱怨的人，結(jié)合后文“The trip would have been nice, but the drive was too long. The food was good, but…”可知這次旅行很好，但是開(kāi)車(chē)時(shí)間太長(zhǎng)了。食物很好，但是……,可知她的世界總是充滿了“但是”。故選A。

【3】句意：食物很好，但是餐廳的燈光太強(qiáng)了。

noisy吵鬧的；strong強(qiáng)壯的；dirty臟的。形容燈光用strong，表示光線太強(qiáng)。故選B。

【4】句意：她的抱怨默默地改變了我。

hardly幾乎不；suddenly突然地；silently安靜地。根據(jù)前文“…I really like and admire her.”可知起初我是喜歡和愛(ài)慕Catherine。根據(jù)“Her complaints were …changing me.”可知Catherine的抱怨正悄悄地改變了我，導(dǎo)致下文我做出了和她一樣的舉動(dòng)。故選C。

【5】句意：幾個(gè)月前，我最好的朋友Daisy正聽(tīng)我抱怨Catherine，直到她真的生氣了。

thinking認(rèn)為，想；worrying擔(dān)憂；complaining抱怨。根據(jù)文中“… I’m tired of listening to your complaining.”可知Daisy聽(tīng)膩了我的抱怨。所以我之前是和Daisy抱怨Catherine。故選C。

【6】句意：后來(lái)，我確實(shí)忘記了她。

choose選擇；help幫助；forget忘記。根據(jù)上文“break up with her”與她斷絕關(guān)系，“…I began to keep myself away from Catherine.”可知我開(kāi)始遠(yuǎn)離Catherine。到后來(lái)，確實(shí)忘記了Catherine。故選C。

【7】句意：這表明那些找到理由感謝自己生活的人實(shí)際上更快樂(lè)，并且我相信這是真的。

reasons理由；excuses借口；questions問(wèn)題。根據(jù)文中“There’s been scientific research lately.”及本句句意可知最近有科學(xué)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)原因。故選A。

【8】句意：如果你讓無(wú)休止的抱怨進(jìn)入你的生活，它似乎可以控制你的生活。

if如果；unless除非；until直到…。根據(jù)所給空的前后句意可知是條件關(guān)系。故選A。

【9】句意：太多的抱怨實(shí)際上將會(huì)讓你的生活變得更糟。

busier更忙；longer更長(zhǎng)；worse更糟。根據(jù)上文“Endless complaining seems to control your life if you let it come into your brain.”無(wú)休止的抱怨看起來(lái)會(huì)控制你的生活，可知太多的抱怨會(huì)讓生活更糟。故選C。

【10】句意：通過(guò)培養(yǎng)一種感恩態(tài)度，你會(huì)遠(yuǎn)離困擾并接近讓你快樂(lè)的事情。

against反對(duì)；towards朝，向，接近；through穿過(guò)，通過(guò)。根據(jù)上文“By developing a grateful attitude, you can be turned away from what’s troubling you.”可知通過(guò)培養(yǎng)一種感恩的態(tài)度，你就可以遠(yuǎn)離困擾。遠(yuǎn)離煩惱，就接近快樂(lè)了。故選B。

完形填空，先跳過(guò)空格通讀全文，了解文章大意，然后結(jié)合語(yǔ)境，語(yǔ)法，固定搭配等去定答案。例如小題2，通過(guò)瀏覽整篇文章，我們知道作者的朋友Catherine非常的有趣優(yōu)秀，旅行很不錯(cuò)但路程太長(zhǎng)了；食物美味，但餐廳的燈光太刺眼了；旅館很熱，但床傷了她的背，然而客房服務(wù)又太慢。這些都是Catherine的抱怨之語(yǔ)，所以她從沒(méi)停止抱怨，她的世界總是充滿“但是”。通過(guò)語(yǔ)境語(yǔ)意分析得知填“full of”，故選A。