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 1. .

Once I heard a bald(秃头的) man said. “Whenever I enter a room,  2.  I see is hair." Once you've   3. what your missing tile is, explore whether getting 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 had a relatively  7.  life, yet are often 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(副产品) of something else. The most obvious 13. are those pursuits(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 of life. Whatever your 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40.               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.考查形容词：A. different不同  B. missing错过C. short 短的D. broken破的，这就像看瓦房顶一样，注意力集中于那缺瓦的地方。选B

2.考查代词：A. nothing没有什么B. none三者以上没有C. all 三者以上都D. anything任何东西，我所看到的都是头发。选C

3.考查动词：A. determined决定B. predicted预测C. assumed假设D. imagined想象，当你确定了你丢失的那片瓦是什么时，探究一下获得这片瓦是否真的会让你快乐，选A

4.考查副词：A. completely完全B. naturally自然C. hopefully希望D. really真的，探究一下获得这片瓦是否真的会让你快乐，选D

5.考查名词：A. tile 瓦B. brick砖C. ceiling 天花板D. house房子，从前面的句子：where one tile is 6. .可知选 A

7.考查词组：A. look on旁观B. focus on专注  C. count on依赖D. decide on决定，或者忘了它，把注意力集中在你生活中那些未丢失的瓦上。选B

8.考查形容词：A. peaceful和平的B. difficult困难的C. easy容易的D. 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。选C。

9.考查副词：A. certainly 当然B. merely 仅仅C. hardly几乎不D. generally一般来说，遭受很多痛苦的人，但一般来说保持快乐。选D

10.考查名词：A. secret秘密B. factor因素C. rule规则D. key关键，第一大奥秘是感恩的心境。选A

11.考查形容词：A. wealthy 富有的B. grateful感激的C. proud骄傲的D. generous大方的，所有快乐的人是有感恩之心的。选B

12.考查动词：A. upset 使…难过B. quarrel 争吵C. complain抱怨D. depress压抑，从后面的句子：but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.可知是不快乐会导致人们抱怨，选C

13.考查动词：A. admitted承认B. assuming假设C. proving证明D. realizing意识到，第二大奥秘是，要认识到快乐是别的事情的副产品，选D

14.考查名词：A. sources来源B. results结果C. answers回答D. goals目标，其最显而易见的来源是那些赋予我们生活以目的的追求-选A

15.考查介词：A. among 在…之间B. from 从C. through通过D. for为了，任何事情，从研究昆虫到打棒球。选B

16.考查形容词：A. probable可能B. possible可能  C. likely 可能，D. capable有能力，我们的激情越多，我们有可能体验的快乐就越多。只有likely可以用于主语是sb或sth的句型，选C

17.考查名词：A. value价值B. destination 目的地  C. survival 幸存D. existence存在，最后，要相信有一种永恒的东西超越我们，我们的存在有着某种更广大的意义，选D

18.考查动词：A. need需要B. lack缺少C. demand要求D. expect期望，我们需要一种精神信仰或者一种人生哲学。选A

19.考查动词：A. involve 涉及B. include 包括C. absorb吸收D. mean意味着，不管你的哲学是什么，它应该包括这个自明之理：选B

20.考查形容词：A. worst最坏的B. best最好的C. positive 积极的D. negative消极的，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；选C

21.考查副词：A. absolutely绝对的B. totally完全地C. exactly确切地D. Largely主要地，如对快乐本身一样，这主要取决于你自己。选D

考点：考查人生百味类短文