Oneoftheeasiestthingsintheworldistobecomeafault-finder．However，lifecanbe（36）___whenyouarenotbusyfindingfaultwithit．SeveralyearsagoI（37）___aletterfromseventeen-year-oldKerry，whodescribedherselfasawor
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 D．spoiled
39．A．anything B．everything C．something
