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  36 

    Once I heard a bald man said, “whenever I enter a room  37  I see is hair.” Once you’ve  38

what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will 39 make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different  40 , or forget about it and  41 the tiles in your life that are not missing.

    We all know people who have a relatively  42 life, yet are essentially unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but  43 remain happy.

    The first  44 is gratitude. All happy people are  45 . Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to  46 , but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

    The second secret is  47 that happiness is a byproduct (副產(chǎn)品) of something else. The most obvious  48 are those pursuit (追求) that give our lives purpose — anything  49 studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are  50 to experience.

    Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our  51 has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We 52 a spiritual faith, or a philosophy, it should 53 this truth: if you choose to find the  54 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 55 your decision to make.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36.B就像我們在看一個鋪瓦的房頂時,總是會盯住缺少(missing)一片瓦的那塊地方。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。

37.C一位禿頭的先生曾經(jīng)告訴我:“不管什么時候,只要我進(jìn)入一個房間,我看見的全部(all)的頭發(fā)!蓖ㄟ^上文內(nèi)容可知,沒有頭發(fā)的人會更加在意頭發(fā),故選C項(xiàng)。

38.A一旦斷定(determined)你所缺失的是哪一片瓦。predict“語言”;assume“假設(shè)”;imagine“假象”。故選C項(xiàng)。

39.D想一想獲得它是否真的會令你幸福。

40.A然后你有三種選擇:找到丟了的那塊;用另一快不同的瓦片(tile)來代替……

41.B或忘記它,去關(guān)注(focus on)你生命中沒有缺失的哪些瓦片。第一段的最后一句也是解題的暗示。

42.C我們都認(rèn)識這樣一些人,他們過著相對輕松的(easy)生活,但卻并不幸福。

43.D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)符合語境。

44.A第一個秘訣(secret)是感激。下段The second secret is…為暗示。

45.B所有幸福的人都心存感激(grateful),下句Ungrateful people cannot be happy為暗示。

46.C我們往往認(rèn)為,不幸福會導(dǎo)致人牢騷滿腹(complain),而是實(shí)是,抱怨令人感到不幸福。下文but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy 為暗示。

47.D第二個秘訣就是要意識到(realizing)幸福是其他食物的副產(chǎn)品。

48.A 它最顯而易見的源泉(sources)就是哪些給我們的生活以目標(biāo)的追求。

49.B任何事情,從(from)研究昆蟲到打棒球都行。

50.C我們擁有的激情越多,我們就越有可能(likely)經(jīng)歷更多的幸福be likely to do sth. “可能做某事”

51.D最后,如果你信仰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,你就會更幸福。

52.A我們需要(need)一個精神上的信仰,或者一套人生哲學(xué)。

53.B不管你的人生哲學(xué)是什么,它應(yīng)該包含(include)這樣一個真理。

54.C如果你在所有的情況下都選擇尋找事情積極的(positive)一面,你就會幸福,如果你選擇尋找糟糕的一面,那你將厄運(yùn)纏身。

55.D就幸福本身而言,它很大程度上(largely)取決于你自身的決定。Absolutely“絕對地”;totally“完全地”exactly“準(zhǔn)確地”。故D符合語境。


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