Question

B

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, all I see is hair." Once you've __ __what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will completely 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 had a relatively __ __ life, yet are essentially unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but generally remain happy.

The first secret is gratitude. All happy people are __ _. Ungrateful people cannot be happy.The second is __ _that happiness is a byproduct of something else. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are likely to experience.Finally,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 for happiness itself, this largely depends on your decision to make.

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

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

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

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

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

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

7.A. admitting   B. dividing   C. proving   D. realizing

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

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.C

【解析】

1.考查形容词辨析A. different 不同的；B. missing迷失的； C. short短的；D. broken 坏的； 这就象看着铺瓦的屋顶，把注意力集中到没有瓦的地方。根据上文提到集中到小的地方，故选B项。

2.考查动词辨析A. determined 决定；B. predicted预测；C. assumed 假定；D. imagined 想象；句意：你缺失的瓦片是什么，探索能否得到它将真的使你很幸福。

3.考查名词辨析A. tile瓦；B. brick砖； C. ceiling 天花板；D. house房子；句意：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

4.考查动词短语。A. look on看待B. focus on集中注意力于；C. count on信赖；D. rely on信赖；句意：这有三个事情要做，得到它，用一块瓦取代它或忘记它，集中注意力于你所拥有的，故选B项。

5.考查形容词辨析A. peaceful 和平的；B. difficult困难的；C. easy 容易的；D. ordinary普通的；他们过着相对安逸的生活却根本不快乐。

6.考查形容词辨析A. wealthy富有的； B. grateful感激的；C. proud骄傲的；D. 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。

7.考查动词辨析A. admitting承认；B. dividing分开；C. proving证明；D. realizing意识到；第二个秘密是幸福是某东西的副产品

8.考查形容词辨析A. worst最糟糕的；B. best最好的；C. positive积极的；D. negative否定的；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。