There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness, but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they ______ Socrates (苏格拉底) for advice on where happiness ______. But ____ giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a _______ first. The group of guys had to ______ the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, digging out the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then ______ together in it, singing with ______.
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We
______ be happier!” Socrates
______ , “That’s it!
_______ you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness
______ hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through
______ work and creativity.
We may have to
______ pain in our daily life and in the process of
________ happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in
______ things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long-term happiness,
________, comes from within our
_______ and spirit. So why not turn suffering into
______ life, and turn tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of
_______ , and I
________you all a life of happiness.
21. A.pointed to | B.turned to | C.referred to | D.returned to |
22. A.stood | B.belonged | C.lay | D.laid |
23. A.instead of | B.apart from | C.other than | D.regardless of |
24. A.house | B.boat | C.bridge | D.school |
25. A.set out | B.set down | C.set about | D.set up |
26. 27. A.hope | B.sorrow | C.curiosity | D.joy |
28. A.mustn’t | B.couldn’t | C.shouldn’t | D.needn’t |
29. A.added | B.thought | C.declared | D.assumed |
30. A.Unless | B.However | C.Until | D.Whenever |
31. A.always | B.never | C.ever | D.seldom |
32. A.cautious | B.endless | C.hard | D.simple |
33. A.experience | B.avoid | C.enjoy | D.deny |
34. A.searching | B.looking | C.seeking | D.improving |
35. A.spiritual | B.material | C.new | D.nice |
36. A.therefore | B.however | C.furthermore | D.moreover |
37. 38. A.praising | B.blaming | C.ending | D.cursing |
39. A.time | B.method | C.fact | D.choice |
40. A.promise | B.wish | C.request | D.require |