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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 .

Once I heard a bald man said, “Whenever I enter a room, all I see is hair.” Once you’ve what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different , or forget about it and the tiles in your life that are not missing.

We all know people who have had a relatively life, yet are essentially unhappy, while people who have suffered a great deal generally remain happy.

The first is gratitude. All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to , but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The second secret is awareness. We should that happiness is a byproduct (副产品) of something else. The most obvious are those pursuits ( 追求) that give our lives purpose---anything from studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are to experience.

Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We need a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy is, it should this truth: if you choose to find the in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As for happiness itself, this depends on your decision to make.

【1】A. different B. short C. missing D. broken

2A. imagined B. predicted C. assumed D. determined

3A. really B. naturally C. hopefully D. completely

4A. ceiling B. brick C. tile D. house

5A. go on B. focus on C. put on D. rely on

6A. easy B. difficult C. ordinary D. peaceful

7A. factor B. secret C. rule D. key

8A. upset B. quarrel C. depress D. complain

9A. realize B. decide C. prove D. suppose

【10A. answers B. results C. sources D. goals

【11A. curious B. satisfied C. tentative D. likely

【12A. value B. existence C. survival D. destination

【13A. include B. tell C. absorb D. mean

【14A. worst B. positive C. disgusting D. negative

【15A. absolutely B. totally C. largely D. exactly

【答案】

【1】C

2D

3A

4C

5B

6A

7B

8D

9A

【10C

【11D

【12B

【13A

【14B

15C

【解析】

试题分析:文章介绍了两个快乐的秘密,总之,如果你决心去发现每种情况的积极面(事实上都有),你就会得福;如果你决心去发现其消极面,你就会遭殃。快乐取决于你自己。

【1】C考查形容词:A. different不同 B. short 短的 C. missing错过,缺失,D. broken破的,根据上文可知此处一种比喻成:这就像看瓦房顶一样,注意力集中于那缺瓦的地方。选C

2D考查动词:A. imagined想象B. predicted预测C. assumed假设D. determined决定,从情理可知是指当你确定了你丢失的那片瓦是什么时,探究一下获得这片瓦是否真的会让你快乐,选D

3A考查副词:A. really真的B. naturally自然C. hopefully希望D. completely完全.,根据句意判断此处指探究一下获得这片瓦是否真的会让你快乐,选A

4C考查名词:A. ceiling 天花板B. brick砖C. tile 瓦D. house房子,从前面的句子:where one tile is.可知选C。

5B考查词组:A. go on继续B. focus on专注 C. put on穿上, D. rely on依赖。根据前句内容判断作者认为忘了它,把注意力集中在你生活中那些未丢失的瓦上。选B。

6A考查形容词:A. easy容易的B. difficult困难的C. ordinary普通的D. peaceful和平的,根据后句的对比可知此处指过着简单安逸生活的人们,选A

7B考查名词:A. factor因素B. secret秘密C. rule规则D. key关键,根据下段中secret判断选B。

8D考查动词:A. upset 使…难过B. quarrel 争吵C. complain抱怨D. depress压抑,从后面的句子:but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.可知是不快乐会导致人们抱怨,选D

9A考查动词:A. realize意识到B. decide决定,C. prove证明D. suppose猜想从语境判断作者认为要认识到快乐是别的事情的副产品,选A

【10C考查名词:A. answers回答 B. results结果C. sources来源. D. goals目标,从上下文判断此处指其最显而易见的来源是那些赋予我们生活以目的的追求选C

【11D考查形容词:A. curious好奇的,B. satisfied满意的,C. tentative试验的D. likely可能的,根据句意判断这里指一种可能性,句意:我们有更多的激情,就有可能体会更多的快乐,选D

【12B考查名词:A. value价值B. existence存在, C. survival 幸存D. destination 目的地。根据上下文判断此处指最终的目的,句意:最后,要相信有一种永恒的东西超越我们,我们的存在有着某种更广大的意义,选B

【13A考查动词:A. include 包括B. tell告诉, C. absorb吸收D. mean意味着,从语境可知作者认为不管你的哲学是什么,它应该包括这个自明之理选A

【14B考查形容词:A. worst最坏的B. positive 积极的C. disgusting 令人不安的,D. negative消极的,从上文判断作者认为如果你决心去发现每种情况的积极面(事实上都有),你就会得福;选B。

15C考查副词:A. absolutely绝对的B. totally完全地C. largely主要地,D. exactly确切地。根据上文内容可知作者认为在很大程度上取决于自己。选C

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