Question

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, however, comes from within our       and spirit. So why not turn suffering into       life, and       tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and 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. referred to             C. turned to                D. kept to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18.A. turn                   B. put                           C. divide                      D. draw

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

20.A. wish                            B. promise                  C. bring                        D. require

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：幸福是什么呢？一群尋求幸福未果的年輕人去找蘇格拉底問詢建議，蘇格拉底沒有回答他們，相反卻讓他們去造船，他們辛辛苦苦地把船造好后，然后無比開心地去試水，此時蘇格拉底告訴他們這就是幸福。其實幸福是一種心態，人們可以去選擇幸福。

1.C 動詞短語辨析。A. 指向；B. 更喜歡；C.轉向；D. 保持。根據上下文可知他們遇到困難了前去找人求助，turn to sb for advice“轉向某人求助”，所以選C。

2.A動詞辨析。A. 躺，位于，在于；B. 屬于；C.站；D.產卵。根據情理可知他們找不到幸福，于是去問蘇格拉底幸福在哪里，其他選項不合語境。

3.B介詞短語辨析。A. 分離；B. 代替，相反；C. 比其他；D. 因害怕。從轉折詞But可以判斷蘇格拉底沒告訴他們答案，而是讓他們去干活，所以選B。

4.B名詞辨析。A. 房屋；B.船；C.橋；D. 學校。根據下文They launched the canoe into a river,可知蘇格拉底讓他們造的是一艘小船，選B。

5.A動詞短語辨析。A. 開始做；B. 記下；C. 啟程；D. 設立。根據詞義搭配可知此處指他們不得不開始干活 ，答案選A。

6.D動詞辨析。A. 坐；B. 站；C. 得到；D.劃船。根據前句They launched the canoe into a river,可以判斷他們坐到船里去劃船，選D。

7.A名詞辨析。A. 歡樂 ；B. 悲傷；C. 好奇心；D. 希望。根據空前詞singing可以判斷他們是開心地唱歌，選A。

8.C動詞辨析。 A. 禁止；B. 應該；C.不能；D. 不必。根據上文可知他們非常開心，所以此處是否定詞和比較級連用來表示最高級的意思，句意：我們再開心不過了。

9.C動詞辨析。 A.闡明 ；B. 認為；C.加，補充說；D. 假定。由語境可知那些人說完后，蘇格拉底又接著說，所以是補充說，選C。

10.B連詞辨析。A. 除非；B. 無論何時；C. 為止；D. 然而。根據前后兩個句子的關系可知此處指時間，句意：當你們忙著追求一個目標而注意不到有痛苦，困苦存在的時候，幸福就會出現。

11.B副詞辨析。A. 從不；B. 總是；C. 曾經；D. 幾乎不。根據情理可知作者認為幸�？偸请[藏在每個小事的背后，答案選B。

12.C形容詞辨析。 A. 小心的；B.沒完的；C.艱苦的；D. 有效的。從上述故事可知人們只有在經歷困苦之后，才會有收獲的喜悅和快樂，所以選C。

13.A動詞辨析。A.經歷；B. 避免；C. 享受；D. 否認。文中講述的故事是蘇格拉底告訴人們要在經歷了艱難困苦之后才會體會到幸福，所以選A。

14.B動詞辨析。 A. 搜索，尋找；B. 尋找；C. 希望；D. 提高。根據文章首句There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness以及故事內容可知作者指的是在尋找幸福的過程中，search st/sb意思是“搜查某地或搜身”，所以答案選B。

15.D形容詞辨析。A.精神的；B. 好的；C.新的；D. 物質的。根據后面列舉的事物可知這是物質追求，所以選D。

16.C名詞辨析。A.身體；B. 部分；C. 靈魂，心靈；D. 頭。從however判斷此處指與前面所提到的物質追求是相反的，而且由and也可斷定此空和spirit是同類的名詞，所以選C。

17.B動詞辨析。 A. 責備；B.贊揚；C.結束；D. 詛咒。根據下文__tears into the light in your heart可知此處強調轉變心態，把消極情緒變為積極情緒，選項中praising是褒義詞，所以選B。

18.A動詞辨析。 A. 轉變；B.放；C. 分離；D.畫。根據前句why not turn suffering into   52   life可以判斷此處填turn，選A。

19.D名詞辨析。A.時間；B. 能量；C. 事實；D. 選擇。根據上文內容可知幸福是一種心態，人們可以選擇去感受快樂，感激生活，所以答案選D。

20.A動詞辨析。A. 希望，祝愿；B. 許諾；C. 帶來；D.要求。根據上文內容可知此處指作者的一種祝愿，句意 ：幸福是一種心態，是一件可以選擇的事情，祝福你們所有的人幸福一生。

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