Question

A businessman sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from the wisest man. The boy walked through the desert for forty days     he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain where the Sage (圣人) lived.

When he     a room, he saw lots of strange views: businessmen coming and going, a small music group     sweet music, and all kinds of delicious dishes on a large table.

The Sage     everyone. The young man had to wait for two hours until it was his     .

       enough patience, the Sage listened to the boy, but he was too     to explain to him the secret of happiness.     he suggested that the boy would walk around his palace and come back in two hours.

    “However,” he added, handing the boy a teaspoon with two drops of oil in it, “while you walk,     this spoon and don’t let the oil spill.”

The boy began to walk around the palace,     keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At last he returned to the Sage.

“So,” asked the Sage, “did you notice anything amazing in my palace?”     , the boy said that he had seen nothing. He was only concentrating on the     .

    “OK. Now go back and see the wonders of my world,” said the Sage. Now more     , the boy took the spoon and walked again through the palace. Returning to the Sage, he exactly reported all     he had seen.

“But where is the oil?” asked the Sage. Looking down at the spoon, the boy realized that he had spilled it all.

“Well, the secret of happiness lies in looking at all the wonders of the world and never     the two drops of oil in the spoon,” the Sage said with a smile. They were both important. Then the boy realized what happiness was.

1.A. untilB. unlessC. afterD. while

2.A. saw B. leftC. enteredD. lived

3.A. hearingB. writingC. enjoyingD. playing

4.A. looked for  B. conversed withC. heard fromD. knew about

5.A. timeB. wayC. turnD. duty

6.A. ToB. ForC. InD. With

7.A. busyB. angryC. happyD. funny

8.A. Though    B. WhileC. BecauseD. Since

9.A. catchB. fetchC. grabD. take

10.A. neverB. nearlyC. alwaysD. sometimes

11.A. Interested  B. TerrifiedC. EmbarrassedD. Excited

12.A. spoonB. manC. castleD. palace

13.A. carefully  B. freelyC. luckilyD. difficultly

14.A. whatB. whichC. whoD. that

15.A. forgetting  B. mindingC. realizingD. considering

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述一个店主派儿子去从世界上最聪明的人那里了解快乐的秘密诀，而智者没有直接告诉他答案，而是让男孩做了两个任务，通过这两个任务，男孩了解到快乐的秘诀。

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【小题3考查动词与语境理解。】A. hearing听到；B. writing写；C. enjoying享受；D. playing弹奏，句意：一支小型乐队在演奏甜美的音乐，此题指“演奏”，所以选动词playing，故选D。

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12.；D. difficultly困难地，句意：现在放松多了，这个小孩拿着勺子又从宫殿走了一遍，根据句意及上下文此题选B。

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考点：人生百味类短文