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【题目】One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It's like looking at the tiled (铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 【1】

Once I heard a bald man said, "whenever I enter a room 【2】 I see is hair. " Once you've 【3】 what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will 【4】 make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different 【5】 , or forget about it and 【6】 the tiles in your life that are not missing.

We all know people who have a relatively 【7】 life, yet are essentially unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but 【8】 remain happy.

The first 【9】 is gratitude. All happy people are 【10】 Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to 【11】 , but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The second secret is 【12】 that happiness is a byproduct (副产品) of something else. The most obvious 【13】 are those pursuit (追求) that give our lives purpose—anything 【14】 studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are 【15】 to experience.

Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our 【16】 has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We 【17】 a spiritual faith, or a philosophy, it should 【18】 this truth: if you choose to find the 【19】 in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is 【20】 your decision to make.

A. different B. missing C. short D. broken

A. nothing B. none C. all D. anything

A. determined B. predicted C. assumed D. imagined

A. completely B. naturally C. hopefully D. really

A. tile B. brick C. ceiling D. house

A. look on B. focus on C. count on D. focus on

A. peaceful B. difficult C. easy D. ordinary

A. certainly B. merely C. hardly D. generally

A. secret B. factor C. rule D. key

A. wealthy B. grateful C. proud D. generous

A. upset B. quarrel C. complain D. depress

A. admitted B. assuming C. proving D. realizing

A. sources B. results C. answers D. goals

A. among B. from C. through D. for

A. probable B. possible C. likely D. capable

A. value B. destination C. survival D. existence

A. need B. lack C. demand D. expect

A. involve B. include C. absorb D. mean

A. worst B. best C. positive D. negative

A. absolutely B. totally C. exactly D. largely

Answer 1

【答案】【1】.B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】A

【10】B

【11】C

【12】D

【13】A

【14】B

【15】C

【16】D

【17】A

【18】B

【19】C

【20】D

【解析】【1】就像我们在看一个铺瓦的房顶时，总是会盯住缺少(missing)—片瓦的那块地方。根据第二段第二句话中... what your missing tile is, … 也可知此处应选 missing。

【2】—位秃头的先生曾经告诉我：“不管什么时候，只要我进入一个房间，我看见的全部(all)是头发。”通过上文内容可知，没有头发的人会更加在意头发，故选C项。

【3】一旦断定(determined)你所缺失的是哪一片瓦。predict“语言”；assume“假设”；imagine“假象”。故选C项。

【4】 想一想获得它是否真的会令你幸福。

【5】 然后你有三种选择：找到丢了的那块；用另一块不同的瓦片(tile)来代替……

【6】 或忘记它，去关注(focus on)你生命中没有缺失的那些瓦片。第一段的最后一句也是解题的暗示。

【7】 我们都认识这样一些人，他们过着相对轻松的(easy)生活，但却并不幸福。

【8】而另一些虽然经历了许多痛苦，却基本上(generally)都幸福地生活着。certainly“当然”；merely“仅仅”；hardly“几乎不”。故D项符合语境。

【9】 第一个秘诀(secret)是感激。由下段The second secret is… 可知。

【10】 所有幸福的人都心存感激(grateful)，由下句Ungrateful people cannot be happy 可知。

【11】 我们往往认为，不幸福会导致人牢骚满腹(complain)，而事实是，抱怨令人感到不幸福。由下文but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy 可知。

【12】 第二个秘诀就是要意识到(realizing)幸福是其他事情的副产品。

【13】 它最显而易见的源泉(sources)就是那些我们对生活目标的追求。

【14】 B 任何事情，从(from)研究昆虫到打棒球都行。

【15】 我们拥有的激情越多，我们就越有可能(likely)体验更多的幸福。be likely to do sth. “可能做某事”。

【16】 最后，相信有某种永恒的东西可以超越我们，而且我们的存在(existence)更具有超凡的意义，你就会更幸福。

【17】 我们需要(need)—个精神上的信仰，或者一套人生哲学。

【18】不管你的人生哲学是什么，它应该包含(include)这样一个真理。

【19】 如果你在所有的情况下都选择发现事情积极的(positive)—面，你就会幸福，如果你选择发现糟糕的一面，那你将厄运缠身。

【20】 就幸福本身而言，它很大程度上(largely)取决于你自身的决定。absolutely“绝对地”；totally “完全地”exactly“准确地”。故D符合语境。