单词识记：
continuefall increase growth
reduce
rise
advance
increasingly
narrow
switch
various
adjust
alike
similarity
strengthen
trend
enlarge
expand
abrupt
multiply
短语扫描：
fade out(声音、影像等)渐渐消失；淡出
go up(温度、价格等)增长
go wrong出毛病
out of control 失去控制
out of order次序颠倒；发生故障
slow down放慢速度
speed up(使)加快速度
take the place of 代替
replace...with/by 用……替换
grow into变成；发展成
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1．Nowadays we rely
(increase) on computers to help us.
2．
(variety) parts of his body were clearly visible.
3．We must
(strength) our unity in the face of powerful enemies.
4．He
(narrow) fails to win in the first round.
5．The students in our school
(rise) at six o’clock every day.
6．The car went
of control and ran into the side of a bus.
7．We slow
when we see people crossing the street.
8．Nothing in the world can take
place of persistence.
9．We’ve replaced the old adding machine
a computer.
10．He has grown
a young man of twentytwo.
Ⅰ.完形填空
One of the easiest things in the world is to become a faultfinder.However，life can be
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when you are not busy finding fault with it.
Several years ago I
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a letter from seventeenyearold Kerry，who described herself as a worldclass faultfinder，almost always
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by things.People were always doing things that annoyed her，and
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was ever good enough.She was highly selfcritical and also found fault with her friends.She became a really
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person.
Unfortunately，it took a horrible accident to change her
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.Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash.What made it almost
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to deal with was that the day before the
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，Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her
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of boyfriends，the way she was living，the way she related to her mother，and various other things she felt she needed to
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.It wasn’t until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became
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her habit of finding fault.Very quickly，she learned to appreciate life rather than to
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everything so harshly(刻薄)．She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her
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as well.
Perhaps most of us aren’t as extreme at faultfinding，
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when we’re honest，we can be sharply
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of the world.I’m not suggesting you
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problems，or that you pretend things are
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than they are，but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are—
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most of the time，and especially when it’s not a really big
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.
Train yourself to “bite your tongue”，and with a little
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，you’ll get really good at letting things go.And when you do，you’ll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.
1．A.lonely
B．great
C．quiet
D．uneasy
2．A.received
B．answered
C．expected
D．rejected
3．A.threatened
B．interrupted
C．bothered
D．spoiled
4．A.anything
B．everything
C．something
D．nothing
5．A.caring
B．boring
C．interesting
D．surprising
6．A.attitude
B．plan
C．measure
D．explanation
7．A.urgent
B．unnecessary
C．certain
D．impossible
8．A.occasion
B．event
C．accident
D．adventure
9．A.memory
B．notice
C．evidence
D．choice
10．A.hear
B．contribute
C．express
D．admit
11．A.aware of
B．afraid of
C．curious about
D．confused about
12．A.discuss
B．realize
C．judge
D．settle
13．A.family
B．life
C．career
D．education
14．A.so
B．or
C．but
D．for
15．A.proud
B．sure
C．hopeful
D．critical
16．A.face
B．create
C．solve
D．ignore
17．A.rarer
B．better
C．stranger
D．worse
18．A.at least
B．at last
C．by far
D．so far
19．A.task
B．deal
C．result
D．duty
20．A.practice
B．speech
C．rest
D．pity
Ⅱ.短文改错
I went shopping yesterday afternoon.It is seven o’clock when I was going home by bus.The bus was full of passengers，all of which kept silent.A mother with her little son was sitting nearby.All of sudden，the son cried loud.The mother tried to do what she could to make him stop crying.Thus，the son went on crying.After a long time，a man sitting next of the mother said angrily，“Why don’t you give the child what he wants it？”The mother answered quietly，“I would if I could，and what he wants is your hat.”Heard this，all the passenger burst into laughter.
加练半小时 英语答案精析
第56练 变化类
高考高频单词与短语识记排查
1．increasingly 2.Various 3.strengthen 4.narrowly
5．rises 6.out 7.down 8.the 9.with 10.into
知识运用与写作能力专练
Ⅰ.1.B [如果你不忙着找别人的毛病，生活会很精彩。]
2．A [几年前，我收到(received)了一封来自十七岁的Kerry的信。]
3．C [根据下文的“People were always doing things that annoyed her”(人们做的事总是惹她生气)可知选C项。threaten威胁；interrupt打断；bother烦恼，操心；spoil溺爱。]
4．D [在Kerry看来，人们总是做一些让她烦恼的事情，什么事都不够好。只有nothing可以表示此处Kerry作为一个超级挑剔者的特点。]
5．B [Kerry不仅挑剔自己，也总是找朋友的毛病，她真的变成了一个令人厌烦的(boring)人。]
6．A [不幸的是，改变她的态度(attitude)是以一场可怕的事故为代价的。]
7．D [事故发生的前一天，Kerry拜访了她的这个朋友并一直挑朋友的毛病。据此可知，这使得事情几乎无法应对。urgent紧急的；unnecessary不必要的；certain确定的；impossible不可能的。]
8．C [参见上题解析。]
9．D [Kerry拜访了她的朋友，不停地批评她朋友选择男朋友(的问题)、她的生活方式问题、她和她父母相处的问题以及各种各样她觉得她需要表达的问题。]
10．C [参见上题解析。]
11．A [直到她朋友受了重伤之后，她才意识到自己乱挑剔的习惯(可能会给别人带来严重的后果)。become aware of意识到；be afraid of害怕；be curious about好奇；be confused about困惑。]
12．C [从那之后，很快地，她开始学着欣赏生活而不是刻薄地去评判任何事。discuss讨论；realize意识到；judge判断，评判；settle解决。]
13．B [她能够把她的新的智慧也传递到她的生活中的其他部分。]
14．C [也许我们大部分人都不是很挑剔，但是诚实地说，我们可能会对这个世界十分的挑剔。此处表示转折关系。]
15．D [critical对应本文的线索词faultfinder。]
16．D [我不是建议你去忽略(ignore)这些问题，或者假装这些事比他们事实上好。]
17．B [参见上题解析。]
18．A [但是至少大部分时间要学会允许这些事情的存在。]
19．B [尤其当不是什么大事的时候。a big deal大事。]
20．A [训练自己“咬住自己的舌头”，少说话，多这样做，你就会真的学会放手了。practice练习，实践。]
Ⅱ.
I went shopping yesterday afternoon.It
seven o’clock when I was going home by bus.The bus was full of passengers，all of
kept silent.A mother with her little son was sitting nearby.All of
sudden，the son cried .The mother tried to do what she could to make him stop crying.，the son went on crying.After a long time，a man sitting next
the mother said angrily，“Why don’t you give the child what he wants it？”The mother answered quietly，“I would if I could， what he wants is your hat.” this，all the
burst into laughter.