阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41~60各小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出一个最佳答案。
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) 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 people to becoming unhappy.
The second secret is that happiness is a byproduct of something else. The most obvious________are those pursuits 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.
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Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament (灯丝) for the light bulb. Whenworked satisfactorily, his assistant
, "All our work is in
. We have learned nothing."
Thomas Edison replied very , "Oh, we have come a long way and we have
a lot. We know that there are two thousand materials which we can't
to make a good light bulb."
"If you learn from your , then you are intelligent. But
you learn from someone's mistakes, then you are a genius." "Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines
daily and failure is nothing more than a small few
repeated daily."
Howthe above lines are! Success or failure takes root in our
. When we don't practise disciplines in life, we don't
enough confidence to attempt new and challenging tasks which are important and
in life. Our confidence
what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional
but only a few really realize their true potentials and forge (继续) ahead in life and the others just lead a (n)
life. Do you want to be exceptional?
is a fruit that everyone wants to eat but it is not found everywhere and no one can achieve it
serious efforts. Those who want to succeed will find a way, those who don't will find a (n)
!
A. neitherB. noneC. either D. any
A. screamedB. addedC. complained D. argued
A. vainB. doubt C. wonder D. use
A. unsatisfactorily B. unhappily
C. confidentlyD. surprisingly
A. sufferedB. learned C. earned D. paid
A. useB. produceC. search D. afford
A.experiencesB.experiments C.failuresD.mistakes
A. ifB. unlessC. though D. until
A. providedB. required C. accepted D. practised
A. disciplines B. errorsC. tasksD. lines
A. trueB. possible C. proper D. perfect
A. linesB. materials C. mindsD. lives
A. lackB. loseC. buildD. share
A. matterB. failC. function D. stress
A. results in B. depends on C. leaves out D. takes up
A. figuresB. appearances C. characters D. qualities
A. bitterB. easyC. hardD. average
A. ConfidenceB. Intelligence C. Success D. Failure
A. throughB. forC. toD. without
A. opportunity B. wayC. excuse D. explanation
Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her concert. She had been waiting for this for years and years. "Now it is here at last," she thought. "How beautiful her is."
The song made her to the days when she was Lauren's . As a young , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied in France, Italy and in the United States. "You can become a fin in the future, " her teachers told her. "But you must be to study hard and work for many years. There will be time for anything but music in your life." Dorothy was at that time and she was that music was all she wanted or needed to her life. For almost a year Dorothy of nothing else. Then she David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in . David asked her to be his Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved , too. She didn't know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, "If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can't do both." Thus her days were gone and would never return. Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her .
A．sorry B．successful C．first D．wonderful
A．dance B．moment C．show D．party
A．voice B．face C．dress D．life
A．think of B．bring back C．go back D．come back
A．age B．friend C．mother D．teacher
A．musician B．pop star C．lady D．girl
A．French B．music C．piano D．dance
A．actress B．student C．singer D．dancer
A．prepared B．learning C．driven D．waiting
A．some B．any C．no D．enough
A．eight B．eighteen C．eighty D．eighty-eight
A．lucky B．sure C．afraid D．fond
A．fill B．live C．lead D．take
A．heard B．knew C．talked D．thought
A．saw off B．learned from C．heard of D．met with
A．love B．feeling C．music D．touch
A．assistant B．teacher C．wife D．student
A．him B．engineering C．herself D．music
A．certainly B．possibly C．only D．mainly
A．thought B．hope C．purpose D．will
Childish Voice
When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time to teach a man everything. I didn't understand and wondered why had such a big influence
a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult. But now,
I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel
to express my own
on this saying. I know that I'm just a high school student with very
experiences. There are still many things
me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.
I once read this sentence: "To make this world a happy place to live, you'd better yourself and your heart, instead of the whole world." I was shocked. It made me think about life
. There are so many things around us that
our will. We can't force life
our wishes. The earth won't stop turning no matter whether we
it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves
the world. I think we should learn to accept
life gives us, no matter whether it's the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.
Deeply moved by the pop song Grandmother (by Jay Chou), I always try to every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see I don't catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more
that they slip by and leave you feeling
. I realize that I'm not just living
myself and that there are the others around me I should think of. They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it's just a little progress.
Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, be it positive or . It doesn't matter, I think. There is one
that should be obeyed and that's to make this world better.
A. man B. time C. thing D. parent
A. about B. with C. on D. in
A. before B. after C. as D. when
A. anxious B. worried C. tired D. glad
A. beliefs B. opinions C. confidences D. expressions
A. a few B. little C. few D. a little
A. waiting for B. sticking with
C. dealing with D. doing with
A. ask B. change C. exchange D. force
A. myself B. itself C. oneself D. themselves
A. go with B. go along C. go ahead D. go against
A. being followed B. to be followed
C. to be following D. to follow
A. receive B. accept C. refuse D. approve
A. fit B. suit C. beat D. match
A. what B. whatever C. which D. why
A. miss B. catch C. escape D. lose
A. probably B. likely C. possibly D. unlikely
A. regretful B. awful C. successful D. terrible
A. for B. by C. on D. with
A. wrong B. false C. negative D. true
A. point B. rule C. thing D. word
Take a Slow Walk
By Zero Wu
As an Indian saying goes, he who walks too fast needs to take a , waiting for his soul to catch up.
I am the one who walk too fast. Lost in life, with a fast-paced lifestyle, I hurried on with my journey until some day I began to learn to take a （3） walk.
I sometimes doubt myself what I insist on and give upon is totally different from of other people and whether I have no sense of fear about it. In my prelife, I must be a riding a horse galloping (驰骋) freely all over the world. in present life, I am a woman of iron will a man. With prelife's blood flowing inside, I can at any time carry my bag to take on my long-time adventure.
As a child, I always myself buried in books and naively (天真烂漫地) thought, cup of tea and book in hand, I was in a paradise, for I always bore in mind that " tea can intoxicate (使陶醉) me, why need I drink wine? Now that books can make the room sweet, why are flowers ?"
I am a person who has just begun to take a slow walk, my own stories as "fables" of a person who has the courage to take my free-willed journey （14） the massive land; who has been from any intense feelings along with worries; who has learnt to take a after getting deeply drunk; who will let go if the "bird" in heart has to fly away; who wishes to live in the afterlife as a tree described by Chen Danyan thoughts or pains; who long keeps smiles and inner peace, although crowded on the subway train.
I leave behind the speech that I have for lives around the lips at which overgrows wild grass. I might as well bury it in a small garden, or my emotion to it, dismissing the sweet of life to my ever-lastingly meaningful written words.
A．rest B．walk C．look D．seat
A．would B．used to C．ought to D．seemed to
A．fast B．quick C．slow D．obtuse
A．what B．which C．whether D．who
A．that B．it C．one D．other
A．traveler B．reporter C．worker D．warrior
A．Still B．Even C．So D．Though
A．more than B．not more than C．not worse than D．no worse than
A．sent B．drove C．kept D．made
A．Since B．When C．Before D．Until
A．planted B．needed C．managed D．grown
A．interpreting B．forming C．changing D．recording
A．took up B．held up C．picked up D．set up
A．across B．over C．inside D．through
A．lucky B．busy C．far D．free
A．walk B．step C．suck D．break
A．with B．without C．for D．along
A．collected B．gathered C．accumulated D．planed
A．give B．attach C．approach D．bring
A．decorate B．picture C．explain D．introduce
It was three in the afternoon and I was putting my baby to sleep when the phone rang. It was a little girl asking for the Gold-stein family. " __" I said，"you've got the wrong number. "
the phone didn't stop ringing. Each time it was the voice of a little girl. She was
one call after another, each time asking for the Gold stein family. My baby wouldn't stop crying. I started to lose my
. 1 left the phone
the hook for about an hour, certain that this would
her. But as soon as I put the phone back on the hook, she
！ I started to cry. After about the tenth call I told her that if she called one more time I would call the
. At 6： 30 pm, the phone rang for about the 25th time. I picked it up, but remained
. 1 could hear the same voice of a girl. What kind of
would allow her to do this all the afternoon! I
to speak to her mother. To ray
，she called her mother to the phone. I told the mother what her little girl had been doing to me all the
. The mother assured me that this was the
phone call her daughter had made that day. "My daughter's teacher gave all the girls in the class the phone number of their new teaching 30. The entire class of
girls was told to call the new assistant to find what time their class would be. The teacher must have given them the wrong number
"
Until about 9:00 pm, the phone rang from time to time. Each time, it was a little girl wanting to know what time the class was ！ Some girls, even after hearing they had the wrong
，would anyway ask if I knew the time ！ I would just
. It had turned into a joke now! I would
have thought that an entire class of girls, all with the same voice, was calling me ！
A. Stop B. SorryC. FineD. OK
A. Then B. SoC. ButD. And
A. making B. returningC. receiving D. sending
A. hope B. interestC. senseD. temper
A. at B. onC. offD. above
A. discourage B. frightenC. puzzleD. connect
A. arrived B. calledC. appeared D. returned
A. school B. directorC. neighbors D. police
A. angry B. calmC. silentD. serious
A. operators B. parentsC. teachers D. mothers
A. refused B. startedC. preferred D. demanded
A. surprise B. disappointment C. joyD. satisfaction
A. day B. nightC. afternoon D. morning
A. first B. lastC. secondD. easiest
A. plan B. assistantC. courseD. advisor
A. on purpose B. in advance
C. by mistake D. for the moment
A. still B. sureC. alwaysD. just
A. place B. informationC. addressD. number
A. cryB. laughC. complain D. wait
A. almostB. yetC. alreadyD. never