For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner (旗帜) 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】
试题分析：本文是夹叙夹议文。作者通过自身的经历诠释了这样一个道理：我们经常认为只有取得了某些成就，过上理想中完美的生活才会幸福。其实幸福就存在于我们不经意间平凡而琐碎的生活中，它早就已经根植在你我身边。
1.D考查动词。A. forgot忘记 B. missed错过C. overcame克服 D. accomplished完成；实现；根据学生已有的文化背景可知 “finish line of a long race.”，是人取得阶段性的成功才能真正感觉到幸福，故选D。
2.B考查形容词。A. safe安全的B. steady稳定的C. calm平静的D. quiet安静的；根据学生已知的龟兔赛跑的故事背景可知。作者希望像乌龟那样，靠沉稳赢得最终的比赛，所以应该选择slow的同义词，故选B。
3.A考查动词。A. act行动； B. run经营；奔跑C. jump跳跃D. walk走，步行；根据下文提到 “like a rabbit trying different side roads…可知，作者在其他时候，表现得像兔子一样，总愿意抄近路到达终点，故选A。
4.C考查名词。A. place 地方； B. height高度C. speed 速度，速率；D. time时间；时代；根据下文提到 “hoping to reach that banner a little faster.”可知，既然是想快点到达终点，肯定是以一种危险的速度前行，故选C。
5.B考查副词。A. Generally通常 B. Gradually逐步地C. Fortunately幸运地D. Firstly首先。根据下文I began to see that…”可知，作者逐渐开始意识到……，故选B
6.C考查形容词比较级。A. clearer更清楚的 B. lower下级的C. closer靠近的D. smaller更小的。根据下文 “I finally decided one day to take a break.”可知，那个目标从来没有离作者更近一些，故选C。
7.D考查动词短语。A. settle in迁入B. start off出发，开始C. stop by顺便访问D. sit down坐下；由下文“and take a break…”可知，作者终于有一天决定坐下来休息，故选D。
8.A考查名词。A. happiness幸福B. goal目标 C. success成功，成就 D. friendship友谊。根据下文“Happiness will never be found under some banner far away.”，可知，作者停下来休息时才发现，幸福就在身边，故选A。
9.D考查动词。A. studied学习B. fought战斗C. exercised锻炼；练习 D. worked工作据下文“hard to support my family”可知，当作者努力工作养家的时候，幸福在他身边，故选D。
10.A考查名词。A. laughter笑；笑声B. complaints埋怨，抱怨C. stories故事D. breathing呼吸；从“I played with my children”可知“作者与孩子们一起玩，感到幸福，听到的一定是快乐的笑声，故选A。
11.C考查形容词。A. lonely寂寞的B. tired疲倦的；C. sick恶心的 ；生病的D. hungry饥饿的根据下文“my wife at my side looking after me”可知，甚至当作者生病，有妻子在身边照顾他的时候，幸福在他身边，故选C
12.C考查名词。A. courage勇气；胆量B. chance机会，际遇 C. wisdom智慧，才智D. strength力量；力气；根据上文“as I raced towards that stupid banner”中的stupid 可推知，幸福一直在作者身边，只是作者没有智慧去发现这一点，故选C。
13.B考查名词。A. Stress压力；强调；B. Relaxation 放松；缓和 C. Failure失败；D. Pain痛苦；根据上文“Tension is what you think you should be.”可推知，此处应为与Tension相对的Relaxation, 故选B。
14.B考查形容词。A. real 实际的；真实的B. perfect完美的C. common共同的；普通的D. ordinary普通的；平凡的；根据上下文的语意，可知作者以前总是追求自以为值得自己全力以赴争取的某种生活，所以应该是略带贬义的自以为完美的生活。故选B。
15.A考查动词。A. enjoy 欣赏，享受B. change改变；交换C. improve 改善，增进 D. create 创造，创作。根据上文可知，我们应该停止自以为完美的生活的脚步，所以，我们应该享受现在我们所拥有的生活。故选A。
16.D考查介词。 A. from来自，从B. on关于；在……之上C. over 越过；在……之上； D. in 在里面的；根据下文给出的，heart，soul，mind可推断介词应该用in。故选D。
17.A考查动词。A. realize实现；认识到B. believe信任；C. hope希望；期望D. admit承认；准许进入；根据上文作者得到启示：“当你意识到别人爱你，你也爱着别人时，幸福就来临了。”可推断答案为A。
18.D考查名词。A. sorrow 悲伤；懊悔B. responsibility责任，职责； C. fortune财富；命运； D. joy欢乐，快乐；根据上文“Be a playful puppy”可知，让我们做一只快乐的爱玩耍的小狗，到处衔着你那根快乐的骨头，故选D。
19.D考查动词。A. Carry拿，扛；携带B. Make制造C. Push推动D. Take 拿，取；采取；根据文中多处提到的race，可知，我们应该把自己从那个竞赛中解脱出来，故选D。
20.考查副词。A. never从未；决不B. still仍然；更C. already已经，早已D. ever永远；曾经从那个竞赛中解脱出来，你就会发现你已经处于爱和幸福之中，故选C。
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