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For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner(横幅) across the finish line of a long race. I felt that only when I __1__ certain things could I finally be happy in my life. Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and __2__ would win the race. At other times I would __3__ like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous __4__ hoping to reach that banner a little faster. __5__， I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it, the banner was never any __6__. I finally decided one day to __7__ and take a break. It was then that I saw my __8__ sitting beside me.
It had been with me as I __9__ hard to support my family, as I played with my children and heard their __10__ and even when I was __11__ 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 __12__ to see it.
There is an old Chinese proverb that says, “Tension is what you think you should be. __13__ is who you are.” Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the __14__ life we think we should have and __15__ the life we have now. Happiness will never be found under some banner far away. It will be found __16__ your own heart, soul and mind. It will be found when you __17__ 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 __18__ with you everywhere you go. __19__ yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness you are __20__ 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.Unfortunately 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.colorful
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
答案：
【语篇解读】 本文为议论文。当我们满怀期待、行色匆匆地去追逐幸福时，幸福其实就在我们身边，只是毫不起眼罢了。
1.D 解析：作者在谈论自己最初对幸福的理解。他认为只有先成就了事业，才能最终获得自己想要的幸福。上句中的“...across the finish line of a long race”暗示本空答案为accomplish(完成，实现)。overcome战胜，克服;forget遗忘;miss思念，错过。
2.B 解析：本句中作者把自己比作乌龟。首先，C、D两项意思相近，同比排除;其次，根据英语叠词的修辞手段，不难看出A、B两项中，与slow意思相近的词是steady, slow and steady意思是“稳扎稳打的”。
3.A 解析：本句中作者把自己比作兔子。在通往幸福的道路上，作者有时表现得像(act like)一只急功近利的兔子。
4.C 解析：由下文hoping to reach that banner a little faster(希望更快到达那条横幅)提示可知这里指的是速度。
5.B 解析：在漫长的追求幸福的过程中，作者逐渐地(gradually)明白了一个道理。generally一般地，通常;unfortunately不幸的，遗憾地;firstly首先。
6.C 解析：作者渐渐明白，无论向着那条横幅跑多久，它都不会离你更近。
7.D 解析：根据下文的and take a break(休息一会儿)可判断出答案选D项。sit down坐下;settle in定居;start off动身;stop by顺路拜访。
8.A 解析：当作者停下追逐的脚步，坐下来休息时，他发现幸福原来就在身边。
9.D 解析：根据下文的to support my family(养家)可知，这里指努力工作。A：学习，研究;B：斗争，战斗;C：练习，锻炼。
10.A 解析：和孩子们一起玩耍，听到的自然是他们的欢笑声，而不是complaint(投诉)，story(故事)，breathing(呼吸)。
11.C 解析：根据下文的with my wife at my side looking after me(妻子陪在我身边照顾我)可判断，这里指作者生病的时候。
12.C 解析：幸福就在身边，发现它需要的是智慧(wisdom)，而非勇气(courage)、机会(chance)或力气(strength)。
13.B 解析：根据上文“你认为你应该的样子”以及下文“你本来的样子”可判断出，这两句话是相对而言的。tension(紧张)的反义词是relaxation(放松)。stress压力;failure失败;pain痛苦。
14.B 解析：人们不应该一味地去追求所谓的完美的生活，从而错过了身边的幸福。
15.A 解析：追求完美的生活不会带来幸福，幸福在当下，享受在当下。
16.D 解析：幸福在你的内心和灵魂里。
17.A 解析：幸福是一种内心的感受，所以只有当你意识到(realize)别人爱你正如你爱他们一样的时候，你才会发现幸福。
18.D 解析：无论走到哪里都要快乐。选项中只有D项与文章中心词happiness相符合。sorrow悲伤;responsibility责任;fortune命运。
19.D 解析：动词take可以表示“to go with sb. from one place to another, especially to guide or lead them带去，引领”，这里指将自己带离这场比赛。carry sth. out执行;make sth. out辨认清楚，填写;push sth. out大量生产。
20.C 解析：要明白在提到爱与幸福的时候，你就已经身处其中了。
