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【題目】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 (鋪瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 【1】

Once I heard a bald man said, "whenever I enter a room 【2】 I see is hair. " Once you've 【3】 what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will 【4】 make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different 【5】 , or forget about it and 【6】 the tiles in your life that are not missing.

We all know people who have a relatively 【7】 life, yet are essentially unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but 【8】 remain happy.

The first 【9】 is gratitude. All happy people are 【10】 Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to 【11】 , but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The second secret is 【12】 that happiness is a byproduct (副產(chǎn)品) of something else. The most obvious 【13】 are those pursuit (追求) that give our lives purpose—anything 【14】 studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are 【15】 to experience.

Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our 【16】 has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We 【17】 a spiritual faith, or a philosophy, it should 【18】 this truth: if you choose to find the 【19】 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 【20】 your decision to make.

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

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

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

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

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

A. look on B. focus on C. count on D. focus on

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

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

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

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

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

A. admitted B. assuming C. proving D. realizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

【答案】【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】【1】就像我們?cè)诳匆粋�(gè)鋪瓦的房頂時(shí)，總是會(huì)盯住缺少(missing)—片瓦的那塊地方。根據(jù)第二段第二句話中... what your missing tile is, … 也可知此處應(yīng)選 missing。

【2】—位禿頭的先生曾經(jīng)告訴我：“不管什么時(shí)候，只要我進(jìn)入一個(gè)房間，我看見的全部(all)是頭發(fā)�！蓖ㄟ^(guò)上文內(nèi)容可知，沒(méi)有頭發(fā)的人會(huì)更加在意頭發(fā)，故選C項(xiàng)。

【3】一旦斷定(determined)你所缺失的是哪一片瓦。predict“語(yǔ)言”；assume“假設(shè)”；imagine“假象”。故選C項(xiàng)。

【4】 想一想獲得它是否真的會(huì)令你幸福。

【5】 然后你有三種選擇：找到丟了的那塊；用另一塊不同的瓦片(tile)來(lái)代替……

【6】 或忘記它，去關(guān)注(focus on)你生命中沒(méi)有缺失的那些瓦片。第一段的最后一句也是解題的暗示。

【7】 我們都認(rèn)識(shí)這樣一些人，他們過(guò)著相對(duì)輕松的(easy)生活，但卻并不幸福。

【8】而另一些雖然經(jīng)歷了許多痛苦，卻基本上(generally)都幸福地生活著。certainly“當(dāng)然”；merely“僅僅”；hardly“幾乎不”。故D項(xiàng)符合語(yǔ)境。

【9】 第一個(gè)秘訣(secret)是感激。由下段The second secret is… 可知。

【10】 所有幸福的人都心存感激(grateful)，由下句Ungrateful people cannot be happy 可知。

【11】 我們往往認(rèn)為，不幸福會(huì)導(dǎo)致人牢騷滿腹(complain)，而事實(shí)是，抱怨令人感到不幸福。由下文but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy 可知。

【12】 第二個(gè)秘訣就是要意識(shí)到(realizing)幸福是其他事情的副產(chǎn)品。

【13】 它最顯而易見的源泉(sources)就是那些我們對(duì)生活目標(biāo)的追求。

【14】 B 任何事情，從(from)研究昆蟲到打棒球都行。

【15】 我們擁有的激情越多，我們就越有可能(likely)體驗(yàn)更多的幸福。be likely to do sth. “可能做某事”。

【16】 最后，相信有某種永恒的東西可以超越我們，而且我們的存在(existence)更具有超凡的意義，你就會(huì)更幸福。

【17】 我們需要(need)—個(gè)精神上的信仰，或者一套人生哲學(xué)。

【18】不管你的人生哲學(xué)是什么，它應(yīng)該包含(include)這樣一個(gè)真理。

【19】 如果你在所有的情況下都選擇發(fā)現(xiàn)事情積極的(positive)—面，你就會(huì)幸福，如果你選擇發(fā)現(xiàn)糟糕的一面，那你將厄運(yùn)纏身。

【20】 就幸福本身而言，它很大程度上(largely)取決于你自身的決定。absolutely“絕對(duì)地”；totally “完全地”exactly“準(zhǔn)確地”。故D符合語(yǔ)境。