Question

【題目】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 (鋪瓦的) 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. easyspan> 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

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】B

【7】D

【8】C

【解析】

【1】考查形容詞辨析A. different 不同的；B. missing迷失的； C. short短的；D. broken 壞的； 這就象看著鋪瓦的屋頂，把注意力集中到?jīng)]有瓦的地方。根據(jù)上文提到集中到小的地方，故選B項。

【2】考查動詞辨析A. determined 決定；B. predicted預(yù)測；C. assumed 假定；D. imagined 想象；句意：你缺失的瓦片是什么，探索能否得到它將真的使你很幸福。

【3】考查名詞辨析A. tile瓦；B. brick磚； C. ceiling 天花板；D. house房子；句意：找到一個瓦片，用不同的瓦片替換它，或忘記它。根據(jù)前文的語境可知，此處指瓦片

【4】考查動詞短語。A. look on看待B. focus on集中注意力于；C. count on信賴；D. rely on信賴；句意：這有三個事情要做，得到它，用一塊瓦取代它或忘記它，集中注意力于你所擁有的，故選B項。

【5】考查形容詞辨析A. peaceful 和平的；B. difficult困難的；C. easy 容易的；D. ordinary普通的；他們過著相對安逸的生活卻根本不快樂。

【6】考查形容詞辨析A. wealthy富有的； B. grateful感激的；C. proud驕傲的；D. generous慷慨的；根據(jù)后文的Ungrateful people cannot be happy.可知此處選B。所有幸福的人都感恩。

【7】考查動詞辨析A. admitting承認；B. dividing分開；C. proving證明；D. realizing意識到；第二個秘密是幸福是某東西的副產(chǎn)品

【8】考查形容詞辨析A. worst最糟糕的；B. best最好的；C. positive積極的；D. negative否定的；如果你選擇在每種情況下找到積極的（positive）因素，你會是幸福的；如果你選擇找到令人討厭的東西，你會受到詛咒。