Question

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

What on earth does happiness mean? I can’t give you its exact definition, but I’m sure if you love and help 1.        , you’ll get it.

I’ll never forget an old lady. She lives in 2.    small house alone. It is said that her husband and her son 3.   （die）in a road accident years ago. Her life is bitter, but she often helps others 4.    a smile. Whenever it snows, she is always the first to clean the paths. She looks after several children living nearby. I am one of them. I often remember the stories she told us and her kind smile. Perhaps she is unlucky, but I think she is a happy person. Her life is full of5.   （laugh）and love.

But I’m sad to see some people getting their happiness in bad ways. They talk 6.  （noisy）in cinemas and meeting rooms; they destroy trees to enjoy themselves and they laugh at others’ shortcomings. Perhaps they feel happy at that time,  7.  they will never get true happiness because they 8.   （lose）their personality already.

Now I know what happiness is.  9.  means kindness, love and unselfishness. Above all, I have come to understand that10.   （bring）happiness to others is getting ourselves happiness.

Answer

1.others

2.a

3.died

4.with

5.laughter

6.noisily

7.but

8.have lost

9.It

10.bringing

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过两个例子讨论了帮助别人可以使自己感到幸福，第一个例子是说一位孤独的老人常常帮助别人使自己很快乐；第二个例子是说那些常常毁坏公物，不尊重他人的人只得到一时的快乐而得不到真正的幸福。真正的幸福意味着善良，爱，无私。

1.此处是help的宾语，用others 其他人,句意是我确定如果你爱和帮助别人，你就会很幸福。

2.单数名词前用不定冠词a修饰，句意是她独自生活在一间小房子里。

3.由时间状语years ago可知是过去式，故用died.

4.with表示伴随，句意是她经常面带着微笑帮助别人。

5.laughter笑声，名词。句意是她的生活充满了笑声和爱。

6.副词修饰动词，故用noisily修饰talk。

7.前后句是转折关系故用but。句意是或许他们当时感到很幸福，但是他们将得不到真正的幸福。

8.描述过去事情对现在的影响要用现在完成时态，故用have lost.句意是他们得不到真正的幸福是因为他们已经失去了他们的人格。

9.it指代前面提到的happiness。

10.动名词作主语，句意是带给别人幸福就是我们自己幸福。

考点：考查语法和上下文的连贯性。