__1__ He had more money than he could ever spend，and he was admired and looked up to　 by his community.__2__ He wasn't happy.All his life he had been pursuing happiness and striving(奋斗)for happiness，but he had never been able to find it.

Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a special room that contained the secret of happiness.__3__ After many years of searching and countless hardships he arrived there.He was tired and penniless，but he knew that none of that mattered now because he had found the temple.He asked a wise，smiling monk(和尚)if he could enter the special room.The monk agreed and showed him the stairs leading to the room.__4__ He stared into the room with sunlight streaming through the window and saw what he had come so far to find.There hanging on the wall was the secret of happiness.The man gazed at his reflection in the mirror and laughed.

__5__ Happiness is a choice that we can make.Don't spend the rest of your life searching the world for happiness then.Just look in the mirror and laugh.Just let the happiness flow from your heart，mind，and soul until it fills your life and the lives of all those around you.

A．He immediately sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple.

B．The man found the secret of happiness at last.

C．But he knew that something was missing in his life.

D．He climbed them with legs shaking with expectation and slowly opened the door.

E．There once was a very wealthy and successful man.

F．It is time that we all realized that we were the secret of our own happiness.

G．It was difficult to find the temple in Nepal.

答案：1.E　2.C　3.A　4.D　5.F

15．To our great ________，Geoffrey's illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.

A．anxiety　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．relief

C．view　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．judgment

答案与解析：B　anxiety 焦虑；relief 放松，放心；view 观点；judgment 判断。由题干后半句可知选B项。to one's relief“令人如释重负的是”是固定短语。

14．-Is that 110？A thief is in my house.

-OK，help is ________.

A．in the way　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．in its way

C．on the way　　　 　　　　　　　　 D．by the way

答案：C

13．(2011·胶州诊断)________ Shanghai you see today is quite ________ different city from what it used to be.

A．The; /　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．/; the

C．The; a　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．/; a

答案：C

12．-I heard one of his ________ paintings was sold at a very high price.

-Yes，a wealthy man bought it for 100,000 dollars；anyway，he is world­famous.

A．valueless　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 B．precious

C．single　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．secret

答案与解析：B　precious“珍贵的”；valueless“无价值的”；single“单独的”；secret“秘密的”。

11．He's bad­tempered，selfish，and ________ an unpleasant man.

A．somehow　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B．altogether

C．otherwise　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D．anyway

答案与解析：B　题意：他脾气暴躁，人又自私，总而言之是一个让人讨厌的人。altogether“总而言之”。

10．We students，________ the future of our motherland，should devote all our ________ to our studies to make our dreams come true.

A．compared with; powers

B．comparing to; strengths

C．are compared to; energies

D．compared to; energies

答案与解析：D　从句子结构上看，第一个空用分词短语作后置定语，We students与compare存在逻辑上的被动关系，故用过去分词；第二空energies表示“精力”，而power与strength均无此意，故D项正确。

9．-How are you getting along ________？

-Very busy.I always work until　 ________ into the night.

A．late; lately　 　　　　　　　　　　　 B．latter; late

C．lately; late　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．later; later

答案与解析：C　lately相当于recently，意为“最近”；late/deep into the night意为“深夜”，为固定搭配。

8．His lecture was so long and ________ that many people felt ________ and left before it ended.

A．boring; boring　 　　　　　　　　　 B．bored; bored

C．boring; bored　　 　　　　　　　　 D．bored; boring

答案与解析：C　boring“无聊的”，常用于修饰物；bored“感到无聊的”，常用于修饰人。