Question

【題目】 I know a Catherine who is smart, educated and interesting. But I avoid her because she never ____________ complaining (抱怨) ! 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 complaining about Catherine _______________ 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 honesty 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 if 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 _______________ 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.untilB.becauseC.unless

【6】A.chooseB.helpC.forget

【7】A.reasonsB.excusesC.questions

【8】A.busierB.longerC.worse

【9】A.give awayB.depend onC.think about

【10】A.againstB.towardC.through36.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

文章講述了無休止的抱怨會讓生活變得更糟，我們要遠離消極抱怨的人，以積極的態(tài)度面對生活。

【1】句意：因為她從不停止抱怨！

keeps保持；stops停止；enjoys享受；根據(jù)上文的“But I avoid her because she never”得知，她從來沒有停止抱怨，故選B。

【2】句意：她的世界充滿了“但是…”。

full of裝滿；far from遠離；famous for聞名；根據(jù)后文中多個“but”可知，看她的話中是充滿了“buts…”，故選A。

【3】句意：食物很好，但餐館的光線太強了。

noisy嘈雜的；strong強烈的；dirty臟的。由句意結(jié)合語境可知餐廳的燈光是強烈的。故選B。

【4】句意：她的抱怨悄悄地改變了我。

hardly幾乎不；suddenly突然地；silently靜靜地；根據(jù)前文得知，起初我喜歡和羨慕Catherine，而由于Catherine的抱怨，她的抱怨靜靜地改變了我。故選C。

【5】句意：我最好的朋友黛西一直在聽我抱怨凱瑟琳，直到她變得非常生氣。

until直到；because因為；unless除非；由句意可知我的好朋友Daisy在聽著我抱怨關于Catherine，直到她生氣，故選A。

【6】句意：后來，我真的忘了她。

choose選擇；help幫助；forget忘記；由上文中的“break up with her”與她斷絕關系，“I began to keep myself away from Catherine.”我開始讓自己遠離Catherine，可知之后我確實忘記了她，故選C。

【7】句意：這表明，那些找到理由為自己的生活感恩的人實際上更快樂。

reasons理由；excuses借口；questions問題；由前文“There’s been scientific research lately.”以及本句句意可知是發(fā)現(xiàn)原因，故選A。

【8】句意：太多的抱怨會讓你的生活更糟。

busier更忙碌的；longer更長的；worse更糟糕的；由前文的對比可知太多的抱怨真的會使你的生活更糟糕，故選C。

【9】句意：在那里他們以積極的方式思考自己的生活。

give away捐贈；depend on取決于，依靠；think about考慮；根據(jù)句意可知，他們以一種積極 的方式考慮生活。故選C。

【10】句意：你可以遠離困擾你的事情，去尋找讓你快樂的事情。

against靠，倚；toward向，朝，接近；through通過；由句意可知通過培養(yǎng)感激的態(tài)度，你能 夠遠離煩惱，接近快樂。故選 B。