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 I see is hair. " Once you've
what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will
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 a relatively life, yet are essentially unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but
remain happy.
The first is gratitude. All happy people are
Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to
, but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.
The second secret is that happiness is a byproduct (副产品) of something else. The most obvious
are those pursuit (追求) that give our lives purpose—anything
studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are
to experience.
Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We
a spiritual faith, or a philosophy, it should
this truth: 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 with happiness itself, this is
your decision to make.
A. different B. missing C. short D. broken
A. nothing B. none C. all D. anything
A. determined B. predicted C. assumed D. imagined
A. completely B. naturally C. hopefully D. really
A. tile B. brick C. ceiling D. house
A. look on B. focus on C. count on D. focus on
A. peaceful B. difficult C. easy D. ordinary
A. certainly B. merely C. hardly D. generally
A. secret B. factor C. rule D. key
A. wealthy B. grateful C. proud D. generous
A. upset B. quarrel C. complain D. depress
A. admitted B. assuming C. proving D. realizing
A. sources B. results C. answers D. goals
A. among B. from C. through D. for
A. probable B. possible C. likely D. capable
A. value B. destination C. survival D. existence
A. need B. lack C. demand D. expect
A. involve B. include C. absorb D. mean
A. worst B. best C. positive D. negative
A. absolutely B. totally C. exactly D. largely
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D中四个选项，选出最佳选项。
After 22 years of marriage, I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. I started dating another woman.
One day Peggy said to me, “Life is too ______, you need to spend time with the people you love. You probably won't believe me, but I know you love her and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, it will make us ________.'
The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to _______is my mother, a 72-year-old widow who has lived alone since my father _______20 years ago. Right after his death, I ___ 2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career. When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom. But with the _______of my job and three kids, I never got around to seeing her much _______family get-togethers and holidays.
Mom was _________ and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.
We didn't go anywhere _______, just a neighborhood place where we could talk. _______her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows, I had to read the menu for both of us.
“I used to be the _______ when you were little,” she said.
“Then it is time for you to relax and let me _________the favor,” I said.
We had a nice talk_______dinner, just catching up on each other's lives. We talked for so long that we _______ the movie.
“_______was your date?” my wife asked when I got home that evening.
'Nice...nicer than I thought it would be,' I said.
Mom and I get out for________a couple of times a month. Sometimes we take in a movie, but ________we talk. Through the talks ,I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War. I know how she met my father there, and know how they ________the difficult times. I can't get enough of these stories. They are _______ to me, a part of my history.
Peggy was right. Dating another woman has _______my marriage.
A．easy B．difficult C．short D．hard
A．closer B．longer C．happier D．easier
A．date B．please C．meet D．consult
A．passé out B．passed by C．passed down D．passed away
A．went B．drove C．moved D．removed
A．pressure B．development C．demand D．loss
A．beyond B．with C．during D．on
A．excited B．annoyed C．delighted D．surprised
A．ordinary B．fancy C．plain D．common
A．Since B．When C．if D．unless
A．worker B．waitress C．reader D．owner
A．award B．return C．turn D．answer
A．over B．with C．on D．across
A．forgot B．refused C．missed D．abandoned
A．What B．Who C．where D．How
A．talk B．movie C．walk D．dinner
A．finally B．merely C．mostly D．especially
A．went though B．got through C．looked through D．saw through
A．friendly B．kind C．loyal D．important
A．ruined B．damaged C．helped D．affected
完型填空 (共一篇, 20小题目, 满分30分)
阅读下列短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案
A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the________ that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make the ________ of his mental faculties(官能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of _________ anything new because of their age.
A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real _________ , because he feels that it _________ be useless, he won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for success, and he won’t work his hardest, even though he may_________ he is doing so. He is _________ likely to fail, and the failure will ________ belief in his incompetence(无能). Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had a (an) _________ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor ________ in maths. His teacher told his _________ he had no ability in maths in order that they would not ________ too much of him._________he too accepted _________ mistaken thinking of his ability, and he felt that it was useless to ________, and was very poor at maths, ________ as they expected.
One day he worked out a problem which _________ of the other students had been able to solve. Adler succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now ________ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at ________. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned early in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may _________ himself as well as others by his ability.
A．belief B．way C．fact D．condition
A．biggest B．most C．highest D．deepest
A．teaching B．learning C．accepting D．using
A．decision B．success C．effort D．trouble
A．would B．should C．must D．could
A．forget B．think C．guess D．understand
A．nevertheless B．moreover C．however D．therefore
A．lead to B．add to C．take to D．contribute to
A．experience B．example C．thought D．story
A．state B．mind C．start D．ending
A．classmates B．friends C．neighbors D．parents
A．blame B．expect C．get D．win
A．Virtually B．Totally C．Fortunately D．Especially
A．it B．her C．its D．their
A．manage B．succeed C．try D．act
A．only B．almost C．just D．nearly
A．none B．all C．many D．most
A．lived B．worked C．played D．graduated
A．1essons B．medicine C．subjects D．maths
A．encourage B．love C．astonish D．disappoint
The only thing that troubled me more than the pain in my back that morning was my worries about money. I’d been excited to visit my sister--Therese, but all I could think about was how I’d hurt my back and had to down my hours at work. Even with my savings, I wasn’t sure I’d have enough to cover the bills.
“Are you OK?” Therese asked.
“Yeah,” I said. “Just wish I could stop worrying about .”
“Why don’t we make Mom’s cake?” she said. “Mom to make this kind of cake for all of us. It will you up.”
It wasn’t easy being a single mom, raising eight of us kids with money, but that couldn’t bring Mom down. She got that spirit from our grandmother, who was never about the hardships(艰难，困苦). Also, Mom was good at use of food. She always found a way to include a special(特别的) treat on birthday or Christmas--a tasty cake with 43 eggs, milk or butter.
“ how we’d all run around the living room singing,‘eggless, milkless, butterless cake’?” Therese asked, laughing.
“Those were good times,” I said. We didn’t have money, we knew how to have together.
Thinking about the eight of us gathered around the kitchen table waiting for Mom to cut the cake my worries. Mom would make the cake extra for Christmas--a coin was put into the cake. “Whoever finds the in their cake can keep it and they won’t have to do housework for a week.”she would say.
My siblings﹙兄弟姐妹﹚and I are now separated from each other, but the cake still us.
“Cake’s done,” Therese said. I pulled it out of the oven(烤箱), then called everyone in. We gathered around the kitchen table, like old times.
“Feeling any ?” Therese asked.
“Yeah,” I said. I looked at the around the table, reminded once again that whatever hardships come my way I can do more than just get through them.
I can find in my life, even in a simple cake, and share it the ones I love.
A．break B．pass C．put D．cut
A．money B．business C．time D．health
A．used B．had C．got D．enjoyed
A．wake B．cheer C．bring D．pick
A．little B．extra C．good D．easy
A．faced B．upset C．surprised D．caught
A．getting B．having C．making D．finding
A．many B．some C．few D．no
A．Wonder B．Explain C．Remember D．Understand
A．and B．but C．if D．as
A．freedom B．performance C．fun D．dream
A．ended B．hid C．deepened D．kept
A．special B．round C．heavy D．large
A．candle B．prize C．butter D．secret
A．connects B．challenges C．treats D．interests
A．also B．somehow C．so D．just
A．faster B．closer C．younger D．better
A．plates B．guests C．faces D．chairs
A．limit B．joy C．respect D．luck
A．for B．at C．with D．to
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
There are many kinds of friends. Some are always you, but don’t understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only friends leave footprints.
I shall always recall(回忆) the autumn and the girl with the . I know she will always be my best friend.
It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves on the cool . In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, to the sound of them.
Autumn is a season and life is uninteresting. The free days always get me . But one day, the sound of a violin into my ears like a stream(小溪) flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was in playing her violin.
I had seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn’t know that I had been there for so long but my existence did not seem to disturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became . we didn’t know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believed she also loved me.
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly . To my astonishment(惊讶), the girl came over to me.
“You must like violin.” she said.
“Yes, And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
“I came here to see my grandmother, butt now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that me.” She said.
“In fact, it was your playing gave me a meaningful autumn.” I answered. “Let’s be friends.” The girl smiled, and so did I.
I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure(身影) of the girl. She is like a --so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful.
A．with B．for C．against D．to
A．young B．true C．new D．old
A．sound B．song C．play D．violin
A．shaking B．hanging C．falling D．floating
A．wind B．snow C．air D．rain
A．watching B．listening C．seeing D．hearing
A．lively B．lovely C．harvest D．lonely
A．up B．off C．down D．over
A．flowed B．grew C．entered D．ran
A．lost B．active C．busy D．interested
A．once B．never C．often D．usually
A．waiting B．stopping C．standing D．hearing
A．because B．if C．when D．but
A．interesting B．moving C．encouraging D．exciting
A．But B．However C．Even D．Though
A．stopped B．began C．gone D．changed
A．happy B．sad C．strange D．surprised
A．surprised B．excited C．encouraged D．interested
A．that B．which C．it D．who
A．song B．dream C．fire D．sister
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Everyone in the world experiences feelings of pressure or stress. No one can avoid stress completely, stress can be managed in healthy ways.
One way to manage stress is to BUILD your resistance（抵制）. Building resistance will increase your to live with（忍受） stress, and it will the effect of stress on your life.
One way to your mental resistance is to you are in another place. Some people call this “taking a mental holiday”.
A man named Tobias lives in the city of Harare, Zimbabwe. As a boy, he most of his time on the Praia de Macuti coast in Beira, Mozambique. Now, he works many long hours at his office and his job is .
Tobias reduces his stress by remembering the he had as a boy. He the blue water and the waves rolling onto the sand. This mental helps Tobias calm his mind.
Another way to manage stress in your life is to CHANGE ---- change the way you feel about a stressful .
Carmelita lives in Mexico City, Mexico. Traffic problems are very there. Traffic can usually stop a car for hours. Carmelita finds this very stressful. She gets very when she sits in traffic. Carmelita the way she feels by using that time in a new way. Carmelita loves stories. So, she listening to recorded books in her . By doing something she traffic delays will no longer be a stressful situation for her. , it can be a chance for her to listen to her favorite recorded books.
You can never all the stress and pressure of life. But stress management can help you reduce stress in healthy ways.
A．or B．for C．and D．but
A．physical B．mental C．old D．common
A．right B．ability C．memory D．trouble
A．slow B．stop C．reduce D．increase
A．strengthen B．defend C．choose D．follow
A．forget B．show C．imagine D．say
A．wasted B．spared C．spent D．missed
A．steady B．unusual C．excellent D．stressful
A．job B．fun C．attitude D．toy
A．looks for B．thinks of C．turns to D．looks after
A．journey B．test C．appetite D．chance
A．position B．process C．situation D．competition
A．common B．harmful C．strange D．different
A．quiet B．tired C．confused D．angry
A．clears B．changes C．develops D．finds
A．refuses B．avoids C．continues D．starts
A．office B．car C．room D．bookstore
A．enjoys B．remembers C．admires D．minds
A．Anyhow B．Therefore C．Instead D．Otherwise
A．reject B．improve C．remove D．meet
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