When I was eleven years old, God gave me a gift of happiness. One day, on my way home from school, a truck ran over me and cut off my      1   . As I lay there bleeding, I realized that I might have to live the rest of my life     2    legs. How depressing（令人沮喪的）!      3     then I realized that depression won’t get my legs back. So I decided not to      4    my life feeling depressed. When my parents arrived at the     5  , they were shocked and sad. I told them, “I’ve already    6     the fact. Now you also have to get used to this.”
Ever since then, I often see my friends getting     7     about little things: their bus comes late; they get a bad grade on a test. But I just   8    life.
I was lucky to realize that it is a waste of energy to focus on what you have     9   , and that the key to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? So      10 are many people unhappy?
People often think happiness is based on what you     11  . “My whole life would improve if I had a new car.” But when you get the    12    and what happens? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being     13   .
Happiness is not a happening; it’s a state of     14  . You can have whatever there is in the world  and  still  be  uncomfortable.  Or  you  can  have  relatively     15   and  feel  full  of  joy. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating and consciously taking pleasure in what you already have.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)rmsB．legsC．feetD．fingers
小題2:
A．withoutB．byC．onD．with
小題3:
A．SoB．OrC．ButD．Once
小題4:
A．spareB．devoteC．influenceD．waste
小題5:
A．hotelB．hospitalC．stationD．school
小題6:
A．believedB．a(chǎn)cceptedC．refusedD．received
小題7:
A．worriedB．guiltyC．excitedD．curious
小題8:
A．hateB．enjoyC．saveD．dislike
小題9:
A．struggledB．supportedC．lostD．completed
小題10:
A．howB．whyC．whenD．whether
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)chieveB．promiseC．donateD．a(chǎn)dmire
小題12:
A．carB．lifeC．jobD．grade
小題13:
A．wiseB．sillyC．friendlyD．unhappy
小題14:
A．painB．a(chǎn)ppearanceC．a(chǎn)ngerD．mind
小題15:
A．muchB．manyC．littleD．a(chǎn)ll

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:B
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:B
小題11:A
小題12:A
小題13:D
小題14:D
小題15:C
短文屬于議論文。作者根據(jù)自己的切身體會(huì)，詮釋了幸福的含義：幸福不在于失去或者得到什么，而在于珍惜你所擁有的。
小題1:根據(jù)下一句“”可知車禍中撞了腿。
小題2:根據(jù)上下文，這里應(yīng)該是想像沒有腿的日子。
小題3:前后作者的心情有明顯的轉(zhuǎn)折，使用but。
小題4:作者已經(jīng)意識(shí)到面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)，所以她不再浪費(fèi)生命。
小題5:腿受傷時(shí)間不長(zhǎng)，仍舊在醫(yī)院。
小題6:這里是接受現(xiàn)實(shí)的意思。
小題7:后面列舉的兩件事（車晚點(diǎn)和沒考好）是讓人心煩的事，故用worried。
小題8:因?yàn)榫淝坝衎ut，意思有所轉(zhuǎn)折，選擇表示心情好的詞。
小題9:與and后面的“takepleasureinwhatyouhave”相對(duì)應(yīng)，這里指不再擁有的東西。
小題10:后面一段說明了原因，因此這里選擇why。
小題11:根據(jù)后面的“whenyougetthe”可知，這里強(qiáng)調(diào)的是“達(dá)到，贏得”。
小題12:跟據(jù)上句的“if Ihadanewcar”可知。
小題13:這里指的是心情：不快樂。
小題14:根據(jù)上下文可知 ：幸福不是發(fā)生什么，而是心里的狀態(tài)。
小題15:跟上句對(duì)應(yīng)，相對(duì)來說，不擁有什么，也充滿快樂。
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