Question

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      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 a relatively      life, yet are essentially unhappy. while people who have suffered a great deal but     remain happy.

         The first      is gratitude. All happy people are      . 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      that happiness is a byproduct of something else. The most obvious      are those pursuit that give our lives purpose — anything     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       a spiritual faith, or a philosophy, 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 with happiness itself, this is     your decision to make.

1.A、different                    B、missing                           C、short                         D、broken

2.A、nothing                       B、none                               C、all                               D、anything

3.A、determined                    B、predicted        C、assumed          D、imagined

4.A、completely                    B、naturally                    C、hopefully          D、really

5.A、tile                               B、brick                          C、ceiling               D、house

6.A、look on                       B、focus on                         C、count on                   D、rely on

7.A、peaceful                     B、difficult                     C、easy                            D、ordinary

8.A、certainly               B、merely                   C、hardly              D、generally

9.A、secret                             B、factor                         C、rule                             D、key

10.A、wealthy                    B、grateful                          C、proud              D、generous

11.A、upset                            B、quarrel                            C、complain                  D、depress

12.A、admitting                           B、assuming                        C、proving                      D、realizing

13.A、sources                    B、results                            C、answers                    D、goals

14.A、among                          B、from                                 C、through           D、for

15.A、probable                           B、possible                         C、likely                D、capable

16.A、value                            B、destination            C、survival                     D、existence

17.A、need                                  B、lack                                 C、demand                    D、expect

18.A、involve                     B、include                           C、absorb                      D、mean

19.A、worst                            B、best                                  C、positive                     D、negative

20.A、absolutely                    B、totally                     C、exactly                      D、largely

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：

【文章大意】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.B考查形容词词义辨析。此处different不同的；missing     缺失的；short短的；broken破碎的。毁坏幸福最有效的方法是观察事情而且专注于那些小的污点。就像看铺瓦的天花板，只注意缺（missing）瓦的地方。

2.C考查代词的用法。此处nothing什么都没有；none一个没有；all一切；anything任何事情。曾经我听到一位秃顶的人说：每当我走进房间，我所看到的（all）是头发。

3.A考查动词词义辨析。此处determined决定；predicted预测；assumed假设；imagined想象。一旦你决定（determined）你缺失的瓦片是什么，探索能否得到它将真的使你很幸福。

4.D考查副词词义辨析。此处completely彻底地；naturally自然地；hopefully有希望地；really真正地。一旦你决定你缺失的瓦片是什么，探索能否得到它将真的（really）使你很幸福。

5.A考查名词词义辨析。此处tile瓦片；brick砖；ceiling天花板；house房子。找到一个瓦片，用不同的瓦片替换它，或忘记它。根据前文的语境可知，此处指瓦片。故选A。

6.B考查动词短语的用法。此处look on看待；focus on集中精力于；count on信赖；rely on依靠。集中精力（focus on）关注你生活中没有缺失的瓦片。

7.C考查形容词词义辨析。此处peaceful平和的；difficult困难的；easy简单的；ordinary普通的。我们都认识一些人，他们过着相对安逸的生活却根本不快乐。

8.D考查副词词义辨析。此处certainly当然；merely     仅仅；hardly    几乎不；generally一般地。当人们遭受很多痛苦的时候却一般情况下仍然保持幸福。

9.A考查名词词义辨析。此处secret秘密；factor因素；rule规则；key钥匙。根据后文的The second secret is可知此处选A。第一个秘密是态度。

10.B考查形容词词义辨析。此处wealthy富有的；grateful    感恩的；proud骄傲的；generous慷慨的。根据后文的Ungrateful people cannot be happy.可知此处选B。所有幸福的人都感恩。

11.C考查动词词义辨析。此处upset使……难过；quarrel       争吵；complain抱怨；depress郁闷。根据后文的complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.可知此处选C。不幸福使人们抱怨，抱怨使人们不幸福。

12.D考查动词词义辨析。此处admitting承认；assuming假如；proving证明；realizing意识到。第二个秘密是幸福是某东西的副产品。

13.A考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处sources来源，出处；results结果；answers       答案；goals目标。最明显的来源是那些给我们的生活目的追求。

14.B考查介词的用法。此处among在……中间；from从……；through通过……；for为了。从研究昆虫到打棒球等都是给我们带来幸福的事情。

15.C考查形容词词义辨析。此处probable可能；possible     也许；likely可能，常用be likely to结构；capable有能力的。你越有激情，你可能（be likely to）体验的幸福就越多。

16.D考查名词词义辨析。此处value价值；destination目的；survival生存；existence存在。超越我们自己的永久的信仰和我们的存在有更大的意义能帮助我们感到更加幸福。

17.A考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处need需要；lack缺乏；demand要求；expect期望。我们需要（need）精神信仰或者哲理。它应该包括这条真理：如果你选择在每种情况下找到积极的因素，你会是幸福的；如果你选择找到令人讨厌的东西，你会受到诅咒。

18.B考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处involve涉及；include包括；absorb吸收；mean意味着。它应该（include）包括这条真理：如果你选择在每种情况下找到积极的因素，你会是幸福的；如果你选择找到令人讨厌的东西，你会受到诅咒。

19.C考查形容词词义辨析。此处worst最坏；best最好；positive积极的；negative消极的。如果你选择在每种情况下找到积极的（positive）因素，你会是幸福的；如果你选择找到令人讨厌的东西，你会受到诅咒。

20.D考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。此处absolutely绝对地；totally完全地；exactly准确地；largely主要的。就幸福本身而言，幸福主要（largely）是你的选择。

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