Question

    I believe we can create our own happiness. I believe the real magic in the world is done by humans.

I was sitting in my ______ at a stoplight listening to the radio, thinking how happy and warm I was in it. It was ______ outside, and I thought, “Life is good."

Now, this was a long line. As I ______ , I noticed two people huddled (挤在一起) together at the bus stop. The couple seemed to be doing their best to keep ________To my eyes, they were unhappy and uncomfortable. They looked ________Their coats looked like they came from a bargain store.

But then I saw their ______.Yes, they were huddling, but they were also laughing. They seemed to be sharing a good ______, and suddenly, instead of pitying them, I envied them. I thought, "Huh, what's so funny?" They didn't notice the wind. They weren't looking at my car thinking, "I ______ I had that."

You know ______ a single moment feels like an hour? Well, in that moment, I realized I had ______ things were all bad for them, but they weren't. And I understood we all have the ______to make moments of ______ happen.

Now, maybe that's easy for me to say. I feel lucky to have a house with a roof and a wife who ______ me. I felt this ______ even when I was working at Long John Silver's. In the beginning, it didn’t seem like a promising job. But ______ I had a job. And frankly, it was ______. After two weeks, I knew all I needed to know, and it freed my mind. The job allowed me to ______ about what my life could become.

The first year I worked there, we got robbed. I thought I was going to die. But everything ______ out all right. A lot of people ______ life as a series of miserable tasks, but after that, I didn't.

I believe this is _____ all of us can do: Try to be happy within the context of the life we are actually living. Happiness is not a situation to be longed for or a convergence of luck. Through the power of our own minds, we can help ourselves.

1.A.store B.office C.house D.car

2.A.bright B.cold C.warm D.dark

3.A.walked B.returned C.complained D.waited

4.A.warm B.calm C.close D.active

5.A.innocent B.helpless C.poor D.strange

6.A.coats B.faces C.bags D.backs

7.A.joke B.speech C.offer D.idea

8.A.regret B.promise C.wish D.hope

9.A.when B.how C.why D.what

10.A.worried B.found C.admitted D.reckoned

11.A.power B.promise C.demand D.chance

12.A.excitement B.satisfaction C.happiness D.trouble

13.A.makes up for B.puts up with C.breaks up with D.keeps up with

14.A.way B.case C.point D.sense

15.A.at first B.at least C.in fact D.in brief

16.A.funny B.fine C.precious D.easy

17.A.come B.care C.bring D.dream

18.A.proved B.helped C.turned D.got

19.A.think B.look C.regard D.act

20.A.anything B.something C.everything D.nothing

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.D

18.C

19.C

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者通过讲述自己所见及自己所经历的事情，向我们展示出一个哲理：试着在现实生活中保持快乐。幸福不是一种渴望，也不是一种运气。通过我们自己思想的力量，我们可以帮助自己。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我坐在车里等红灯，听着收音机，想着我在里面是多么的快乐和温暖。A. store商店；B. office办公室；C. house房子；D. car 车。根据句意可知，我在等红灯，听着收音机，温暖而快乐，由此可推测出我是坐在车里。故选D。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：外面很冷，我想，“生活是美好的。”A. bright 明亮的；B. cold冷的；C. warm温暖的；D. dark 黑暗的。根据上文thinking how happy and warm I was in it. 及下文对那对夫妇的讲述可知，外面很冷。故选B。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这条线很长。在等车的时候，我注意到有两个人在公共汽车站挤作一团。walked步行；B. returned返回；C. complained抱怨；D. waited 等待。根据上文的Now, this was a long line. 可知，作者正在等待。故选D。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这对夫妇似乎在尽力保暖。A. warm暖和的；B. calm 冷静的；C. close 紧密的；D. active 活跃的。根据下文的Yes, they were huddling, but they were also laughing.可知，可知，他们在尽力保持暖和。故选A。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们看上去很穷。A. innocent无辜的；B. helpless 无助的；C. poor贫穷的；D. strange 奇怪的。根据下文的Their coats looked like they came from a bargain store.可知，他们很穷。故选C。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是那时，我看到了他们的脸。A. coats外套；B. faces脸；C. bags袋子；D. backs 后背。根据下文的but they were also laughing.可知，我看到了他们的脸。故选B。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们似乎在分享一个好听的笑话，突然之间，我非但没有同情他们，反而羡慕他们。A. joke 笑话；B. speech演讲；C. offer提议；D. idea 主意。根据上文Yes, they were huddling, but they were also laughing.及选项可知，他们应该是在分享笑话。故选A。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们不是看着我的车想着，“我希望我有那样的车。”A. regret遗憾；B. promise承诺；C. wish希望；D. hope 希望。根据上文语境可知，作者知道他们没有羡慕作者有车，引号内为虚拟语气，是指那对夫妇并没有希望有车。hope一般不用虚拟语气，故选C。

9.考查连词词义辨析。句意：你知道什么时候一个瞬间感觉就像一个小时?A. when当……时候；B. how 怎样；C. why 为什么；D. what 什么。这是个宾语从句，根据下文的Well, in that moment, I realized I had ___10___ things were all bad for them, but they weren't.可知，此处用when来引导。故选A。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在那一刻，我意识到我原猜想的一切对他们来说都很糟糕，但事实并非如此。A. worried担忧；B. found发现；C. admitted 承认；D. reckoned 猜想，料想。根据上文语境可知，作者原猜想那对夫妇可怜，不开心，但事实不是作者想的那样。故选D。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我明白我们都有能力让幸福的时刻发生。A. power力量，能力；B. promise 承诺；C. demand 要求；D. chance 机会。根据语境可知，此处是指我们有能力去幸福。故选A。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我明白我们都有能力让幸福的时刻发生。A. excitement兴奋；B. satisfaction 满足；C. happiness幸福；D. trouble麻烦。根据上文对那对夫妇的讲述可知，此处是指幸福的时刻。故选C。

13.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我感到很幸运，有一所有屋顶的房子，还有一个能容忍我的妻子。A. makes up for弥补；B. puts up with 忍受；C. breaks up with 分手；D. keeps up with 保持。根据上半句I feel lucky to并结合选项可知，此处是指能容忍作者的妻子。故选B。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我在Long John Silver工作的时候就有这种感觉。A. way方法，方式；B. case 情况；C. point要点；D. sense 感觉。根据下文作者对该工作的态度转变可知，此处是指作者之前就有这种感触。felt this way有过这种感觉。故选A。

15.考查介词短语辨析。句意：但至少我有工作。A. at first起先；B. at least至少；C. in fact 实际上；D. in brief 简言之。根据上文的In the beginning, it didn’t seem like a promising job. 可知，工作虽不是理想的，但至少有工作可做。故选B。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：坦率地说，这是很容易的。A. funny有趣的；B. fine好的；C. precious宝贵的；D. easy 容易的。根据下文的After two weeks, I knew all I needed to know, and it freed my mind. 可知，这是容易的。故选D。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这份工作让我梦想我的生活会变成什么样。A. come来；B. care关心；C. bring带来；D. dream 做梦。上文中作者对自己的工作不满意，但是当作者适应之后，使作者解放。结合本句句意可知，此处是指可以让作者梦想未来。故选D。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但结果一切都很好。A. proved 证实；B. helped帮助；C. turned转向；D. got 得到。根据上文The first year I worked there, we got robbed. I thought I was going to die. 可知，此处是指结果是好的。turn out结果是，故选C。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：许多人把生活看作是一系列痛苦的任务，但从那以后，我不再这样认为了。A. think认为；B. look看；C. regard认为；D. act 行动。regard... as把……当做，此处think后不能直接跟名词作宾语，所以排除A项。
故选C。

20.考查代词词义辨析。句意：我相信这是我们所有人都可以做到的:试着在我们实际生活的环境中保持快乐。A. anything 任何事情；B. something某些事情；C. everything一切事情；D. nothing 没有什么。根据句意可知，此处用something表泛指“一些事情”，
故选B。