It is not so much what happens to each of us that determines our quality of life, but rather our reaction to what happens. Though we may have no     36    in unexpected events that happen to us, we most certainly have choice in   37   we interpret what happens, and in what we choose to do about it. These choices make all the   38   in how we experience our world and very much determine our    39     of life.  

Neither does what we own    40    a major role in quality of life. One person with all the money and possessions in the world may have a   41   life, while another in the lowest income classes may    42   love their life. It is what we do with what we own that   43   our level of satisfaction and joy in life. It's not what you    44    or what happens to you in life that    45    , but rather what you do with it.  

Every    46    something is happening in our lives. And every moment we    47    or a judgment about what happens. By choosing to become more   48   of how we react to what happens, we can   49   towards what we really want in our lives.   50    following habitual, reactive patterns which   51   more of the same, we can recognize and  52   our old habits to move powerfully in the   53   of creating the life we really want. Yet to do this, we must first find the    54  to look at some of the disempowering, often unconscious   55   which get in the way and don't serve to increase our quality of life. But by continually reminding ourselves of our intention to be creators, we can transform our life.  

36．A．need                B．courage           C．choice             D．necessity

37．A．what               B．whether           C．that                 D．how

38．A．difference        B．troubles           C．decisions          D．measures

39．A．type                B．quality             C．amount            D．level

40．A．take                B．play                C．make               D．get

41．A．miserable         B．accessible         C．acceptable        D．adaptable 

42．A．practically              B．privately          C．absolutely        D．adequately

43．A．creates             B．investigates      C．affects             D．handles

44．A．lack                B．need                C．reserve            D．possess 

45．A．means             B．exists               C．works              D．matters  

46．A．time                B．period             C．date                 D．moment

47．A．make a mistake                                   B．make a discovery

    C．make a decision                            D．make a fortune

48．A．conscious         B．sensitive          C．reasonable        D．active  

49．A．alter                B．shift                C．differ                     D．distinguish

50．A．Other than              B．Rather than      C．As well as        D．According to

51．A．lead to             B．lie in               C．call for            D．appeal to/ equal to

52．A．transplant        B．transform         C．transport          D． transmit

53．A．edge                B．way                 C．direction          D．center

54．A．hope               B．interest            C．chance             D．courage

55．A．patterns           B．frames             C．landscape         D．examples

根据句子的上下文语境，给下划线的单词或词组选择恰当的英文解释。

1.To commemorate the baby’s birth they put her name on the bell.

2.What happens at births, weddings, and funerals in your country?

3.Over five hundred mourners came to his funeral.

4.The President of the Republic placed a wreath on the tomb.

5.Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, silence the pianos and with muffled drum, bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

A. cannot be heard clearly

B. to do something to show that you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past

C. something gradually decreases

D. to make a long low sound expressing pain or unhappiness.

E. a circle made from leaves or flowers that you put on a grave

F. a religious ceremony for burying or burning a dead person

G. someone who attends a funeral, especially a relative of the dead person

While reading, you'd better make a mark ___ you have any questions.

  A. on which       B. at where     C. the place where    D.where