Happiness is what everyone looks for. 41 someone says that he is happy. However, 42 makes him happy may not work for others. And even 43 , someone may spend all his life looking for happiness, but in vain.
In the past, I tried my best to make myself happy. I thought if I could 44 get and do what I wanted to, I would be happy. Certainly, it was 45 , but I was disappointed. Though I could be happy at 46 , I couldn’t keep my happiness for a long time. Why?
One day, when I told a friend of mine what I 47 about happiness, he smiled and said only a few words “Happiness is not a 48 thing but a by-product ( 副产品). ”
I was surprised, but he was really 49 . Someone thinks money can 50 everything, but when he becomes a millionaire after his hard work, perhaps he will find that he has new 51 . And he has to go to church for 52 . Sometimes love can bring happiness, but at other times it 53 misunderstanding, tiredness and even quarrelling.
Happiness is only a by-product of all 54 of things you love to do. You can not 55 it in a straight way. That is, it is not a thing 56 in the material form but in your senses.
You should tell yourself, “I do not 57 whether I am happy or not. But I must love 58 ”. And one day you will 59 find happiness itself has quietly 60 .
41 | A. Maybe | B. Once | C. Then | D. And |
42 | A. who | B. what | C. it | D. this |
43 | A. more | B. now | C. so | D. worse |
44 | A. frequently | B. really | C. hardly | D. often |
45 | A. important | B. necessary | C. unnecessary | D. possible |
46 | A. present | B. all | C. times | D. last |
47 | A. did | B. thought | C. learned | D. discovered |
48 | A. single | B. simple | C. common | D. strange |
49 | A. lying | B. stupid | C. right | D. foolish |
50 | A. get | B. make | C. produce | D. bring |
51 | A. wishes | B. worries | C. demands | D. business |
52 | A. help | B. God | C. comfort | D. rest |
53 | A. suggests | B. happens | C. seems | D. causes |
54 | A. fields | B. types | C. kinds | D. forms |
55 | A. find | B. grasp | C. search | D. discover |
56 | A. coming | B. existing | C. floating | D. surrounding |
57 | A. mind | B. know | C. ask | D. wonder |
58 | A. life | B. family | C. happiness | D. health |
59 | A. hardly | B. suddenly | C. never | D. often |
60 | A. disappeared | B. missed | C. lost | D. arrived |
41- 60 ABDBA CBACD BCDCB BAABD
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 26 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 27 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 28 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 29 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there 30 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 31 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had 32 her. I was 33 and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread.Sometimes it 34 , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt 35 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen 36 , but it’s really there. Love is 37 .”
I listened carefully but I 38 her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly 39 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked 40 . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 41 on the country road.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t 42 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” 43 his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 44 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just 45 in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
26. A. keep fit | B. rise early | C. earn money | D. collect money |
27. A. magic | B. romantic | C. fantastic | D. attractive |
28. A. simple | B. easy | C. relaxing | D. luxurious(奢侈) |
29. A. the question | B. question | C. reach | D. control |
30. A. feeling | B. love | C. quarrel | D. smile |
31. A. raised | B. shook | C. lifted | D. bowed |
32. A. hurt | B. injured | C. wounded | D. harmed |
33. A. in great surprise | B. in a great embarrassment | ||
C. with delight | D. in great astonishment | ||
34. A. happens | B. comes about | C. appears | D. occurs |
35. A. warm and soft | B. hot and hard | ||
C. thin and cool | D. strong and durable (耐用的) | ||
36. A. somewhere and sometime | B. anywhere or anytime | ||
C. more or less | D. everyhere and everywhere | ||
37. A. inside | B. outside | C. faraway | D. nearby |
38. A. could believe | B. couldn’t understand | ||
C. wouldn’t recognize | D. might know | ||
39. A. got sick | B. got stuck | C. threw up | D. became disabled |
40. A. quite healthy | B. very pale | C. fairly red | D. much surprised |
41. A. jump high | B. go hurriedly | C. run fast | D. walk slowly |
42. A. think about | B. talk with | C. worry about | D. laugh at |
43. A. Reading | B. Listening | C. Speaking | D. Writing |
44. A. fresh roses | B. gold ring | C. sweet kisses | D. beautiful jewelry |
45. A. a thread | B. a needle | C. the cloth | D. the cotton |