Question

There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.

So they 36 Socrates for advice on where happiness 37 . But 38 giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a 39 first. The group of guys had to 40 the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then 41 together in it, singing with 42 .

Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We 43 be happier!” Socrates 44 , “That’s it! 45 you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”

From the story I got to know that happiness 46 hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through 47 work and creativity.

We may have to 48 pain in our daily life and in the process of 49 happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in 50 things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our 51 and spirit. So why not turn suffering into 52 life, and 53 tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.

So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of 54 , and I 55 you all a life of happiness.

1. A. pointed toB. referred toC. turned toD. kept to

2. A. layB. belongedC. stoodD. laid

3. A. apart fromB. instead ofC. other thanD. for fear of

4. A. house B. boatC. bridgeD. school

5. A. set about B. set downC. set outD. set up

6. A. sat B. stoodC. gotD. rowed

7. A. joyB. sorrowC. curiosityD. hope

8. A. mustn’t B. shouldn’tC. couldn’tD. needn’t

9. A. declared B. thoughtC. addedD. assumed

10. A. Unless B. WheneverC. UntilD. However

11. A. never B. alwaysC. everD. seldom

12. A. cautiousB. endlessC. hardD. effective

13. A. experienceB. avoidC. enjoyD. deny

14. A. searchingB. seekingC. hopingD. improving

15. A. spiritual B. niceC. newD. material

16.A. body B. partC. soulD. head

17. A. blaming B. praisingC. endingD. cursing

18.A. turn B. put C. divideD. draw

19.A. time B. energyC. factD. choice

20.A. wish B. promise C. bringD. Require

 

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1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是几个年轻人在Socrates 的指引下，追求幸福并明白幸福的真谛。

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