I recently overheard something that surprised me. I heard that people who win the lottery (彩票) are__21_for about 3 weeks. And then they go back to their__22__state of being before they won the money.I__23__that they would have been happy for a much longer time.
The reason for this is that__24__we try to change how we feel by using something outside of ourselves，like winning the lottery，or getting a new car or house，it never__25__.The resulting feelings of happiness are often fleeting (飞逝的)．We cannot__26__them for very long.In some way，it may be a good thing.It reminds us that happiness really does come from within and is__27__to us at any moment.True happiness has__28__to do with what is happening outside；it is an inside job.Happiness is a__29__.
We can make the decision to be happy for one day，when we__30__in the morning，every morning.We can find something that brings us great __31__，like sitting outside in the garden under an old tree and__32__the birds sing，or watching the dog or cat play，and just__33__the moment.It is our__34__state and we need only allow it in.At any moment，we can__35__，take a deep breath，and remember who we really are，and why we came here，and that truly is to__36__joy and the aliveness of being.
“Happiness is like a butterfly which，when run after，is always __37__our reach，but，if you will sit down___38__，may fall upon you，” said Nathaniel Hawthorne，an American novelist.So，today，no matter what is going on in your own__39__，stop and take a few moments to breathe deeply and just__40__to be happy，whatever that means to you.
A．clever B．lucky C．happy D．cautious
A．previous B．unusual C．constant D．positive
A．concluded B．suspected C．promised D．thought
A．anyhow B．anytime C．anywhere D．anyway
A．changes B．forms C．works D．appears
A．keep B．control C．blame D．guide
A．available B．consistent C．sensitive D．similar
A．much B．little C．some D．enough
A．choice B．chance C．result D．reward
A．wake up B．look up C．turn up D．stand up
A．success B．surprise C．pleasure D．worry
A．making B．helping C．listening to D．calling on
A．waste B．spend C．save D．enjoy
A．natural B．common C．accurate D．special
A．stay B．stop C．leave D．arrive
A．discover B．present C．experience D．accept
A．beyond B．within C．through D．against
A．noisily B．silently C．carefully D．quietly
A．mind B．heart C．life D．body
A．pretend B．decide C．agree D．hesitate
The story happened years ago, when my daughter was still little.
I was driving across the country with my daughter to my husband to spend the weekend in his city. Since I intended to get to my destination before supper time, I drove for a long time without a stop. Then after driving for many miles, I became tired and needed to stop for a break to get .
I found a rest area. It was mostly deserted, in a quiet area of the highway. I parked the car and carried my into the restroom. When I came out I saw a middle-aged wandering around. Feeling about that, I asked the lady. What me was: they were waiting for us!
The lady told me that she and her husband wanted to see us safely back into our . She explained that sometimes rest areas could be a place for a young lady like me. She told me that she had a daughter almost my age, so they wanted to make sure that I got safely back on my way.
I was very touched by their . Being young, and probably naive(单纯的) to the potential(潜在的) of rest areas, it had never occurred to me that there was any possibility of something going wrong. I them for their kindness. My daughter and I continued our journey and our destination safely.
I never got their names but years have passed and their kindness is still not . Sometimes angels come in make-up and just because you can’t see their it doesn’t mean they aren’t angels.
A．fetch B．stop C．join D．save
A．slowly B．quickly C．safely D．quietly
A．excited B．bored C．interested D．refreshed
A．daughter B．luggage C．license D．purse
A．lady B．man C．couple D．angel
A．angry B．curious C．anxious D．terrible
A．surprised B．worried C．annoyed D．upset
A．restroom B．car C．area D．destination
A．quiet B．noisy C．dangerous D．safe
A．devotion B．honesty C．bravery D．consideration
A．stops B．dangers C．mistakes D．changes
A．forgave B．asked C．thanked D．blamed
A．reached B．left C．missed D．passed
A．seen B．forgotten C．deserted D．recognized
A．kindness B．safety C．faces D．wings
This past Thanksgiving Day the boss of the company I work for decided to serve a Thanksgiving meal for the poor. I couldn't this and decided that I wanted to ! I could deliver foods and send out my smile card.
I arrived at my around 11 and found a line of families waiting outside the doors. I wasn't sure I wanted to give my card to because there were so many people there I knew I wanted to give it to a mother.
I served table plates of turkey with all the fixings and slices of pumpkin pie for desert. Everyone was so happy and honestly seemed for what my co-workers and I were doing.
At my last there was an older lady with about eight kids. She looked tired, but that her children were . Smiling at her, I exchanged a few words her and knew that she was a foster mom(养母) and that she would have liked to cook at home she couldn't it because of the size of her family. She then thanked me for time with my family to serve hers.
She a smile and gave me a hug I gave my smile card to her.
At the end of the day I didn't think about how I gave up time with my to do this because I got so out of this special and unforgettable experience, made me so incredibly thankful for I have and I now realize it is important to give back, and not just on the holidays.
A．escape B．accept C．forget D．miss
A．ignore B．sign C．help D．take
A．factory B．company C．home D．farm
A．what B．when C．who D．where
A．but B．so C．and D．while
A．an amount of B．a number of C．the series of D．the number of
A．thankful B．regretful C．confused D．amused
A．round B．table C．turn D．desk
A．surprised B．upset C．happy D．curious
A．sitting B．singing C．laughing D．eating
A．with B．for C．about D．over
A．in case B．as though C．even if D．so that
A．pay B．think C．succeed D．afford
A．putting up B．giving up C．taking up D．making up
A．turned B．forced C．pretended D．broke
A．quickly B．suddenly C．carefully D．immediately
A．family B．friend C．boss D．co-workers
A．much B．little C．many D．few
A．as B．which C．what D．it
A．something B．somebody C．everything D．everybody
As far as I can remember, it was about five o’clock _____ he arrived here.
A．when B．before C．that D．since
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One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the _, the couple went to the front desk hoping to _ for the night.
“Could you _ give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The clerk, a _ man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and _ that there were three conventions(大会) in town.
“All of our _ are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a _ couple like you _ into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be _ to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite（套房）, but it will be good enough to make you _ for the night.”
The couple said no politely.
“Don’t _ me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build _ for you.” The three of them had a good _ .
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it _ he received a letter from the old man. It recalled(使回忆) that stormy night and contained a round-trip（双程的） _ to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and _ him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.
He then pointed to a great new _ there， a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to ___.”
“You must be _ ,” the young man said.
“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of _ was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Bolt became its first manager.
A．rain B．anger C．snow D．hunger
A．leave B．go C．stay D．look
A．surely B．possibly C．really D．freely
A．lazy B．bored C．nervous D．friendly
A．shouted B．explained C．believed D．agreed
A．hotels B．desks C．streets D．rooms
A．nice B．famous C．rich D．common
A．beyond B．off C．out D．under
A．kind B．glad C．good D．generous
A．enjoyable B．helpful C．grateful D．comfortable
A．worry about B．take care of C．make use of D．come up with
A．one B．it C．them D．those
A．sleep B．meal C．laugh D．walk
A．after B．before C．while D．when
A．ticket B．bill C．check D．questionnaire
A．made B．told C．treated D．led
A．building B．car C．bedroom D．place
A．live B．sell C．manage D．rent
A．lying B．joking C．dreaming D．cheating
A．whose B．which C．whom D．who
When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas-time I went to a post office to send a letter. To my ______ I found people queuing（排队） some paces away from the person at the savings deposit window.（储蓄存款窗口）
_____so? Each did his business _____ but the line never moved a step _____. I was very ____, so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on which was written “Thank you for your _____for other's privacy”—a polite _____to keep people away from nosing into other's _____ (money matters are regarded as privacy in Western countries). I was deeply impressed by the ____ and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so ____ at a distance that they seemed quite _____to the practice. The ____ thing happened at a public telephone box. _____ waiting for their turns always kept their distance—enough to be out of ____ . It's another typical example!
From then on I ___ to watch their ways of doing things, manners, treatment____ towards others. And I found the Germans always mindful of other's privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing(窘迫)situation. For instance, they never____ about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, _____would they comment on the others or jewelry others wore. Their laws_____ reading diaries or opening letters without permission. That shows ____matters are not allowed to be disturbed．
A．sorrow B．anger C．delight D．surprise
A．Why B．How C．What D．Where
A．in secret B．with care C．in turn D．on turns
A．slower B．nearer C．farther D．longer
A．curious B．angry C．Interested D．impatient
A．care B．respect C．help D．search
A．voice B．phrase C．warning D．sentence
A．pockets B．savings C．needs D．affairs
A．word B．sight C．people D．matters
A．honestly B．anxiously C．Nervously D．calmly
A．used B．familiar C．uncomfortable D．polite
A．interesting B．strange C．same D．different
A．They B．These C．Those D．That
A．sight B．hearing C．Touch D．question
A．went on B．took care C．paid attention D．took charge
A．moving B．shown C．facing D．offered
A．asked B．heard C．Worried D．learned
A．so B．nor C．not only D．if
A．appreciate B．stop C．Hate D．forbid
A．public B．personal C．Small D．Important
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