Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? My friend Stella is such an example. Every time we went to a restaurant, she would not take a bite until all the dishes we ___21___ were on the table. Then she would spend five minutes in ___22___ the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact ___23___ order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the ___24___ and click in the filter(滤镜)app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no ___25___ to really enjoy it—it all went cold. Actually Stella’s real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for days.
Many people care too much about others' opinions and try too hard to ___26___ others. They find it hard to be ___27___ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their ___28___life on social media. What they are trying to prove is ___29___ what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any ____30____ to reality, as they still _____31_____ the same old pattern of life.
If they really want an elegant life, they should put more ____32____ into achieving it ____33____ fabricating(伪造)it. Being more confident, ____34____ themselves and trying their best to be better are much more meaningful than ____35____ their life on social media.
21. A. ordered B. served C. offered D. prepared
22. A. cooking B. washing C. setting D. collecting
23. A. messy B. arranged C. casual D. missed
24. A. dishes B. restaurants C. tables D. pictures
25. A. chance B. choice C. excuse D. reason
26. A. comfort B. please C. inspire D. discourage
27. A. independent B. generous C. responsible D. confident
28. A. real B. secret C. peaceful D. healthy
29. A. rarely B. hardly C. exactly D. nearly
30. A. difficulty B. change C. guidance D. harm
31. A. question B. dislike C. doubt D. follow
32. A. effort B. ambitions C. feelings D. money
33. A. other than B. more than C. rather than D. less than
34. A. identifying B. accepting C. persuading D. amusing
35. A. simplifying B. ruining C. beautifying D. worsening
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章主要讲述了现在一些人在社交媒体上过度美化自己的生活，作者认为这是不自信、不敢接受自己造成的。如果他们想要优雅的生活，他们应该更加努力，而不是制造假象。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：每次我们去饭馆，知道我们点的菜都上桌了她才会开始吃。A. ordered点；B. served服务；C. offered提供；D. prepared准备。根据句意可知，此处是指作者一家点的菜被端上桌，故选A项。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后她会用五分钟以一种看起来随意实际是布置好的顺序来摆菜品。A. cooking烹饪；B. washing清洗；C. setting摆；D. collecting收集。根据下文的Then the most important part: taking pictures.可推测，她要把菜品摆好来拍照，故选C项。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. messy杂乱的；B. arranged布置好的；C. casual随意的；D. missed错过的。根据句意可知，此处应选择一个和random相反的词，故选B项。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：之后，她会选择一张照片，然后放进滤镜app。A. dishes菜；B. restaurants饭馆；C. tables桌子；D. pictures照片。根据上文的taking pictures可知此处用“照片”符合语境，picture是原词复现，故选D项。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：最后，食物看起来比事实上的美味10倍，但是我们没有享用的机会，因为食物已经冷了。A. chance机会；B. choice选择；C. excuse借口；D. reason原因。结合上下文可知，此处是指因为有人拍照，导致食物变凉，大家错过了享受美食的机会，故选A项。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：很多人过于在乎别人的观点，并且尽全力去取悦别人。A. comfort安慰；B. please使……高兴。C. inspire启发；D. discourage使丧气。根据上文的Many people care too much about others' opinions可知此处用“取悦别人”符合语境，故选B项。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们认为自信很困难、很难接受自己，因此他们害怕把自己真实的一面展现在社交媒体上。A. independent独立的；B. generous慷慨的；C. responsible负责的；D. confident自信的。根据下文thus they are afraid to show their 8 life on social media可知，他们觉得接受自己很困难，由此推测他们不自信，故选D项。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. real真正的；B. secret秘密的；C. peaceful和平的；D. healthy健康的。根据下文的what they lack in reality可知此处用“真实的自己”符合语境，real和reality是同根词，故选A项。
【29题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：他们尽力想要证明的，恰好是他们在现实生活中缺乏的。A. rarely稀少地；B. hardly几乎不；C. exactly确切地，恰好；D. nearly几乎。根据下文what they lack in reality可知，此处是指人们在社交媒体上展示的东西，恰好是自己所缺乏的东西，故选C项。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：但这不会给现实生活带来任何改变，因为他们依然遵循旧的生活模式。A. difficulty困难；B. change改变；C. guidance向导；D. harm伤害。根据下文的as they still ____11____ the same old pattern of life.可知他们的现实生活并没有改变，故选B项。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. question质问；B. dislike不喜欢；C. doubt怀疑；D. follow遵循。根据still和下文the same可推断，此处是指他们依然按原来的方式来生活，用“遵循”符合语境，故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果他们真的想要优雅的生活，他们应该付出更多的努力来实现它而不是捏造它。A. effort努力；B. ambitions抱负；C. feelings感情；D. money金钱。根据常识可知，想要美好的生活，就必须付出努力，故选A项。
【33题详解】
考查副词短语辨析。句意同上。A. other than除了；B. more than超过；C. rather than而非；D. less than少于。根据句意可知，上下文对比关系，故选C项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：自信，接受自己，尽最大努力变得更好，比在社交媒体上美化自己的生活更有意义。A. identifying识别；B. accepting接受；C. persuading说服；D. amusing使高兴。根据上文的They find it hard to be ___7___ and to accept themselves可知此处用“接受”符合语境，accept是原词复现，故选B项。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. simplifying简化；B. ruining摧毁；C. beautifying美化；D. worsening恶化。根据第一段的After that, she would choose one of the ___4___ and click in the filter app.可知，作者的朋友是在美化自己的生活，故此处用“美化”符合语境，故选C项。
【点睛】完成完形填空的方法之一是利用复现原则，包括原词复现、同义词复现和反义词复现，以本篇为例：
第4小题的答案picture和上文taking pictures.的picture是原词复现
第7小题的答案confident和下文Being more confident的confident是原词复现
第8小题的答案real和下文what they lack in reality.的reality是同根词复现
第14小题的答案accepting和上文to accept themselves的accept是原词复现
