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

— Did you know any French before you arrived in Washington?

— Never ______ it, actually.

A.had I learned   B. have I learned    

C. I learned         D. was I learning

---Do you think you can finish the project by five o’clock this afternoon?

---_______. I’ll be busy with my term paper all day.

A.Not a little    B. Not a chance   

C. Not a bit        D. Not to mention it

This hotel is the highest building in the city, from ______ top you can enjoy a good view of our city.

A. which             B. its

C. that      D. Whose

Knowing what colors look good _______ your skin is of great importance when you buy clothes.

A.beyond            B. within      

C. against      D. Over

— How’s your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful?

— It ______ be, but it is now heavily polluted.

A.will               B. would        

C. should        D. Must

In spite of his disappointment, he _______ a weak smile.

A. confirmedB. persuaded

C. cancelled      D. Managed

The Brazilian novel, the Alchemist is said into over twelve languages by the end of last year.

A. to be translatedB. being translated

C. to have been translatedD. having been translated

______ you are supposed to do ______ you don't like a thing is ______ it. Don't complain.

A. That; what; change                    B. When; that; to change

C. What; when;to change                  D. What; that; changing

When the young man was shown the evidence, he _______ and told everything he had done to the police.

A.broke up           B. broke away  

C. broke off    D. broke down