福建卷英语完形填空真题详解及翻译

12.2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(福建卷)

One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be 36 when you are not busy finding fault with it.

Several years ago I 37 a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always 38 by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and 39 was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really 40 person.

Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her 41 Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost 42 to deal with was that the day before the 43 , Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her 44 of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to 45 It wasn't until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became 46 her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to 47 everything so harshly (刻薄) . She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her 48 as well.

Perhaps most of us aren't as extreme at fault-finding, 49 when we're honest, we can be sharply 50 of the world. I'm not suggesting you 51 problems, or that you pretend things are 52 than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are— 53 most of the time, and especially when it's not a really big 54 .

Train yourself to "bite your tongue" , and with a little 55, you'll get really good at letting things go. And when you do, you'll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.

36. A. lonely B. great C. quiet D. uneasy

37. A. received B. answered C. expected D. rejected

38. A. threatened B. interrupted C. bothered I). spoiled

39. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing

40. A. caring B. boring C. interesting D. surprising

41. A. attitude B. plan C. measure D. explanation

42. A. urgent B. unnecessary C. certain D. impossible

43. A. occasion B. event C. accident D. adventure

44. A. memory B. notice C. evidence D. choice

45. A. hear B. contribute C. express D. admit

46. A. aware of B. afraid of C. curious about D. confused about

47. A. discuss B. realize C. judge D. settle

48. A. family B. life C. career D. education

49. A. so B. or C. but D. for

50. A. proud B. sure C. hopeful D. critical

51. A. face B. create C. solve D. ignore

52. A. rarer B. better C. stranger D. worse

53. A. at least B. at last C. by far D. so far

54. A. task B. deal C. result D. duty

55. A. practice B. speech C. rest D pity

【文章大意】本文是一篇叙议结合的文章。文章告诉我们，做一个吹毛求疵的人很容易，

但是人生如果不那么刻意找茬的话，也是挺好的。文章通过Kerry的经历告诉我们，在没

有什么大不了的时候，不要那么刻意地挑毛病，要学会忍住不说，这并不是让我们忽视问

题的存在，而是因为它们的存在不影响什么，太过于挑毛病，生活过得就会失去热情。[语

篇解读] 本文为夹叙夹议文，题材是生活态度。世界上最容易的事情之一是做一个挑错的

人，然而当你不去忙于挑错的时候，生活会变得很快乐。作者通过讲述发生在Kerry身上

的一个故事诠释了这一点。本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。Kerry本来是一个事事挑剔、苛刻的女

孩，但通过她最好的朋友遭遇了车祸这件事，她变得对一切不再那么刻薄了。这篇文章旨

在告诉我们：不要用一种挑剔的眼光去看世界，要心胸开阔一些。当我们养成这种习惯的

时候，就能重拾生活中的热情，而且心中会充满爱。

36．【考点】本题考查语篇理解中“措辞界定”。【答案】B【解析】上文中提及挑毛病很容

易，下文用however一词进行转折，告诉我们，不找毛病其实也挺好，故选great。36．B

由首段和后文作者讲述的故事寓意可知，当你不忙于挑错的时候．生活会变得令人愉快(great)。great使人快乐的；lonely孤独的，寂寞的；quiet安静的，平静的；uneasy不

安的，忧虑的。

37．【考点】本题考查语篇理解中“措辞界定”。【答案】A【解析】下文叙述信的内容，因

此此处理应是描述收到了一封信，故选received。37．A几年前，我收到(received)一封

十七岁的Kerry的来信。answer回复；expect期盼；reject拒绝。几年以前，我收到一个

来自17岁女孩kerry的信。

38．【考点】本题考查语篇理解中“措辞界定”。【答案】C【解析】上文提及她是个世界一

流的找茬者，后文提及人们总是做让她恼火的事情，因此此处理应是被一些事情弄得很恼

怒，bother此处表示“使恼怒”之意。38．C由下句的People were always doing things