For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner (旗幟) across the finish line of a long race. I felt that only when I____certain things could I finally be happy in my life. Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and___would win the race. At other times I would____like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous ____hoping to reach that banner a little faster.____，I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it，the banner was never any____. I finally decided to____and take a break. It was then that I saw my____sitting beside me.

It had been with me as I____hard to support my family, as I played with my children and heard their____and even when I was ____with my wife at my side looking after me. It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner. I just didn’t have the____to see it.

There is an old Chinese proverb that says，“Tension is who you think you should be. ____is who you are.” Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the____life we think we should have and ____the life we have now. Happiness will never be found under some banner far away. It will be found____your own heart，soul and mind. It will be found when you___that others love you just as you do.

Don’t be a tortoise or a rabbit when it comes to your happiness. Be a playful puppy and carry your stick of____with you everywhere you go. ____yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness, you are____there.

1.A. forgot B. missed C. overcame D. accomplished

2.A. safe B. steady C. calm D. quiet

3.A. act B. run C. jump D. walk

4.A. place B. height C. speed D. time

5.A. Generally B. Gradually C. Fortunately D. Firstly

6.A. clearer B. lower C. closer D. smaller

7.A. settle in B. start off C. stop by D. sit down

8.A. happiness B. goal C. success D. friendship

9.A. studied B. fought C. exercised D. worked

10.A. laughter B. complaints C. stories D. breathing

11.A. lonely B. tired C. sick D. hungry

12.A. courage B. chance C. wisdom D. strength

13.A. Stress B. Relaxation C. Failure D. Pain

14.A. real B. perfect C. common D. ordinary

15.A. enjoy B. change C. improve D. create

16.A. from B. on C. over D. in

17.A. realize B. believe C. hope D. admit

18.A. sorrow B. responsibility C. fortune D. joy

19.A. Carry B. Make C. Push D. Take

20.A. never B. still C. already D. ever

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.B

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.D

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是夾敘夾議文。作者通過自身的經(jīng)歷詮釋了這樣一個道理：我們經(jīng)常認(rèn)為只有取得了某些成就，過上理想中完美的生活才會幸福。其實(shí)幸福就存在于我們不經(jīng)意間平凡而瑣碎的生活中，它早就已經(jīng)根植在你我身邊。

1.D考查動詞。A. forgot忘記 B. missed錯過C. overcame克服 D. accomplished完成；實(shí)現(xiàn)；根據(jù)學(xué)生已有的文化背景可知 “finish line of a long race.”，是人取得階段性的成功才能真正感覺到幸福，故選D。

2.B考查形容詞。A. safe安全的B. steady穩(wěn)定的C. calm平靜的D. quiet安靜的；根據(jù)學(xué)生已知的龜兔賽跑的故事背景可知。作者希望像烏龜那樣，靠沉穩(wěn)贏得最終的比賽，所以應(yīng)該選擇slow的同義詞，故選B。

3.A考查動詞。A. act行動； B. run經(jīng)營；奔跑C. jump跳躍D. walk走，步行；根據(jù)下文提到 “l(fā)ike a rabbit trying different side roads…可知，作者在其他時候，表現(xiàn)得像兔子一樣，總愿意抄近路到達(dá)終點(diǎn)，故選A。

4.C考查名詞。A. place 地方； B. height高度C. speed 速度，速率；D. time時間；時代；根據(jù)下文提到 “hoping to reach that banner a little faster.”可知，既然是想快點(diǎn)到達(dá)終點(diǎn)，肯定是以一種危險(xiǎn)的速度前行，故選C。

5.B考查副詞。A. Generally通常 B. Gradually逐步地C. Fortunately幸運(yùn)地D. Firstly首先。根據(jù)下文I began to see that…”可知，作者逐漸開始意識到……，故選B

6.C考查形容詞比較級。A. clearer更清楚的 B. lower下級的C. closer靠近的D. smaller更小的。根據(jù)下文 “I finally decided one day to take a break.”可知，那個目標(biāo)從來沒有離作者更近一些，故選C。

7.D考查動詞短語。A. settle in遷入B. start off出發(fā)，開始C. stop by順便訪問D. sit down坐下；由下文“and take a break…”可知，作者終于有一天決定坐下來休息，故選D。

8.A考查名詞。A. happiness幸福B. goal目標(biāo) C. success成功，成就 D. friendship友誼。根據(jù)下文“Happiness will never be found under some banner far away.”，可知，作者停下來休息時才發(fā)現(xiàn)，幸福就在身邊，故選A。

9.D考查動詞。A. studied學(xué)習(xí)B. fought戰(zhàn)斗C. exercised鍛煉；練習(xí) D. worked工作據(jù)下文“hard to support my family”可知，當(dāng)作者努力工作養(yǎng)家的時候，幸福在他身邊，故選D。

10.A考查名詞。A. laughter笑；笑聲B. complaints埋怨，抱怨C. stories故事D. breathing呼吸；從“I played with my children”可知“作者與孩子們一起玩，感到幸福，聽到的一定是快樂的笑聲，故選A。

11.C考查形容詞。A. lonely寂寞的B. tired疲倦的；C. sick惡心的 ；生病的D. hungry饑餓的根據(jù)下文“my wife at my side looking after me”可知，甚至當(dāng)作者生病，有妻子在身邊照顧他的時候，幸福在他身邊，故選C

12.C考查名詞。A. courage勇氣；膽量B. chance機(jī)會，際遇 C. wisdom智慧，才智D. strength力量；力氣；根據(jù)上文“as I raced towards that stupid banner”中的stupid 可推知，幸福一直在作者身邊，只是作者沒有智慧去發(fā)現(xiàn)這一點(diǎn)，故選C。

13.B考查名詞。A. Stress壓力；強(qiáng)調(diào)；B. Relaxation 放松；緩和 C. Failure失�。籇. Pain痛苦；根據(jù)上文“Tension is what you think you should be.”可推知，此處應(yīng)為與Tension相對的Relaxation, 故選B。

14.B考查形容詞。A. real 實(shí)際的；真實(shí)的B. perfect完美的C. common共同的；普通的D. ordinary普通的；平凡的；根據(jù)上下文的語意，可知作者以前總是追求自以為值得自己全力以赴爭取的某種生活，所以應(yīng)該是略帶貶義的自以為完美的生活。故選B。

15.A考查動詞。A. enjoy 欣賞，享受B. change改變；交換C. improve 改善，增進(jìn) D. create 創(chuàng)造，創(chuàng)作。根據(jù)上文可知，我們應(yīng)該停止自以為完美的生活的腳步，所以，我們應(yīng)該享受現(xiàn)在我們所擁有的生活。故選A。

16.D考查介詞。 A. from來自，從B. on關(guān)于；在……之上C. over 越過；在……之上； D. in 在里面的；根據(jù)下文給出的，heart，soul，mind可推斷介詞應(yīng)該用in。故選D。

17.A考查動詞。A. realize實(shí)現(xiàn)；認(rèn)識到B. believe信任；C. hope希望；期望D. admit承認(rèn)；準(zhǔn)許進(jìn)入；根據(jù)上文作者得到啟示：“當(dāng)你意識到別人愛你，你也愛著別人時，幸福就來臨了�！笨赏茢啻鸢笧锳。

18.D考查名詞。A. sorrow 悲傷；懊悔B. responsibility責(zé)任，職責(zé)； C. fortune財(cái)富；命運(yùn)； D. joy歡樂，快樂；根據(jù)上文“Be a playful puppy”可知，讓我們做一只快樂的愛玩耍的小狗，到處銜著你那根快樂的骨頭，故選D。

19.D考查動詞。A. Carry拿，扛；攜帶B. Make制造C. Push推動D. Take 拿，��；采��；根據(jù)文中多處提到的race，可知，我們應(yīng)該把自己從那個競賽中解脫出來，故選D。

20.考查副詞。A. never從未；決不B. still仍然；更C. already已經(jīng)，早已D. ever永遠(yuǎn)；曾經(jīng)從那個競賽中解脫出來，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)你已經(jīng)處于愛和幸福之中，故選C。

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