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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C, D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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 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, gouging out (挖空) 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.

1.A. pointed to B. turned to C. referred to D. returned to

2.A. stood B. belonged C. lay D. laid

3.A. instead of B. apart from C. other than D. regardless of

4.A. house B. boat C. bridge D. school

5.A. set out B. set down C. set about D. set up

6.A. sat B. lay C. rowed D. got

7.A. hope B. sorrow C. curiosity D. joy

8.A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t

9.A. added B. thought C. declared D. assumed

10.A. Unless B. However C. Until D. Whenever

11.A. always B. never C. ever D. seldom

12.A. cautious B. endless C. hard D. simple

13.A. experience B. avoid C. enjoy D. deny

14.A. searching B. looking C. seeking D. improving

15.A. spiritual B. material C. new D. nice

16.A. therefore B. however C. furthermore D. moreover

17.A. body B. part C. soul D. head

18.A. praising B. blaming C. ending D. cursing

19.A. time B. method C. fact D. choice

20.A. promise B. wish C. request D. Require

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