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【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

【1】 we know, there are three medalists in Olympic races: the gold, the silver, and the bronze (铜牌).

Imagine what it’s like to be the silver medalist. If you 【2】 (be) just one second faster, you could have won the gold! So close! You would keep comparing yourself to be the gold winner, full 【3】 envy.

Now imagine what it’s like to be the bronze medalist. One second 【4】 (slow), and you wouldn’t have won anything! Whoo-hoo! You would be thrilled that you were 【5】 (official) an Olympic medalist, and got to stand on the winner’s podium at all.

You can 【6】 compare up or compare down and your 【7】 (happy) depends on where you’re focusing. This is easy to understand, but hard to remember in everyday life. If you catch yourself 【8】 (bum) with envy of anger, think like the bronze medalist, not the silver. Change your focus.

For example, if you buy something that is “the best”, you may feel like a gold winner, but when the new “best” 【9】 (come) out next year, you’ll feel like the siver. Instead, if you look at what you buy as something “surprisingly good”, it will keep you in the bronze mindset. Since you’re not comparing it to best, you’ll feel no need 【10】 (keep) up with the newest thing.

【答案】

【1】As

【2】had been

【3】of

【4】slower

【5】officially

【6】either

【7】happiness

【8】burning

【9】comes

【10】to keep

【解析】

本文是一篇很有哲理的短文，通过分析奥运会金牌银牌铜牌获得者不同的心态变化，告诉我们要想获得幸福，就要调整自己关注的内容以及心态。

【1】考查定语从句。在定语从句中，关系代词as通常指代一句话的内容，放在从句的句首引导定语从句，意为“正如…”。句意：正如我们所知，奥运会有三名奖品获得者：金牌、银牌和铜牌。

【2】考查虚拟语气。根据主句部分的“you could have won the gold”可知本句是与过去事实相反的虚拟语气，所以从句中应该使用过去完成时，故“had been”为正确答案。句意：如果你只要再快1秒钟，你就会赢得金牌。

【3】考查固定搭配。形容词短语be full of充满….；正是因为亚军和冠军相差很小，所以亚军一直和冠军进行比较，心中充满了羡慕。

【4】考查上下文。根据后半句“you wouldn’t have won anything!”你什么也赢不到。可知如果第三名再慢一秒，他什么也赢不到了。所以使用比较级形式slower。

【5】考查副词。在英语中通常使用副词做状语修饰动词、形容词、副词或者谓语部分。本句中使用副词officially修饰谓语“were an Olympic medalist”。

【6】考查固定搭配。固定结构either…or…要么…要么…；你要么向上比较，要么向下比较，你的幸福取决于你关注的方面。

【7】考查名词。横线后面使用第三人称单数修饰depends，说明横线上应该使用名词作主语，形容词happy的名词为happiness。

【8】考查非谓语动词。本句中动词burn与catch的宾语yourself构成主动关系，且表示正在发生的事情，所以使用现在分词burning的形式。句意：如果你发现自己因为羡慕嫉妒而生气，想一想铜牌获得者而不是银牌获得者。

【9】考查时态。在时间状语从句和条件状语从句中，通常使用一般现在时代替将来时，主句中使用将来时。故本句中时间状语中，使用一般现在时comes。

【10】考查不定式。本句中不定式短语to keep up with the newest thing做定语修饰名词need。句意：你会感觉没有必要跟上最新事物。

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