点滴生活积累幸福

王琴芳

When Iwas a young man I had lots of ego (自負)and little empathy (同情心 ). I thought I knew every-thing.I 41 fame and success.lcan even rememberoncein college telling one of my friends : "If only everyone42 to me, they would all be happy." Ifinallyleft 43,ready to conquer the world. Little did I know the worldwas about to 44 me.

In the years followed,instead of 45 I found strug-gles and hardships in my life. I had trouble finding 46 .The jobs I did work at were either 47 or exhausting andnone of them paid well. When my wife and I had chil-dren,we were 48 to leam that not one but both of oursons had Autism (孤独症 ) and would need 49 the restof theirlives.l had no idea _50_this had happened to us.

However,with time 51,I began to change myself.My massive 52 was shrinking gradually and my empa-thy was beginning to grow. 53,I found moments ofloveand joy in my job. Playing and laughing with my sonsbrought me so much 54 . My boys taught me more aboutpeace ,kindness ,and unconditional 55 that I had neverlearned on my own. I began to share the lessons in mylife. I finally realized that my purpose in this world had56 to do with fame or success but everything to do withlovewhich 57 mylifeandlshould 58 itwithothers.

Always 59 that moments oflove become days oflove and days oflove become years of'love. You may notbe happy 100% of the time. 60,you will find joy andhappiness that no earthly (世俗的 ) success can evergive.

41. A. take advantage of

B. take no notice of

C. make contributions to

D. look forward to

42. A. listen

B. talk

C. agree

D. suggest

43. A. office

B. college

C. hometown

D. army

44. A. explore

B. conquer

C. embrace

D. greet

45. A. victory

B. graduation

C. unemployment

D. success

46.A.wealth

B.truth

C.work

D.love

47. A. satisfactory

B. complex

C. temporary

D. popular

48. A. embarrassed

B. depressed

C. amused

D. entertained

49. A. operating on

B. looking after

C. building up

D. going over

50.A.what B.how C.where D.why

51. A. going with

B. going up

C. going down

D. going by

52. A. ego

B. dream

C. confidence

D. respect

53. A. Afterall

B. Allin all

C. To my surprise

D.In addition

54. A. fame

B. dignity

C. happiness

D. understanding

55. A. friendship

B. concept

C. experience

D.love

56. A. nothing

B. something

C. anything

D. everything

57. A. put up

B.light up

C. make up

D. tum up

58. A. share

B. seize

C．spread

D．teach

59.A.prepare

B.promise

C．remember

D．reaLze

60．A．Thus

B．Besides

C．Yet

D．Anyhow

答案与解析

41．答案为D。根据前面语境可知作者自负，因此用look forward to表示“盼望”名声和成功。

42．答案为A。根据前面的语境可知，作者认为自己了不起，因此别人要是“听”我的，对方就会很幸福。

43．答案为B。根据前面的语境I can even remember once in col-lege可知答案。

44．答案为B。根据后面的语境可知，作者本想大学毕业后就要“征服”世界，可是世界却“征服”了作者，用conquer和后句呼应。

45．答案为D。根据第一段的语境look forward to fame and suc-cess可知，作者后来没有“成功”，生活得非常艰辛。

46．答案为C。根据下句的the jobs I did work at...可知，作者找工作四处碰壁。

47．答案为C。根据后面的exhausting以及noneof them paid well可知，作者找到的工作要么是暂时的，要么很辛苦，而且薪水也很低。

48．答案为B。根据句意可知，两个孩子都得了病，因此作者和妻子很难不“沮丧”。

49．答案为B。根据上文语境，两个孩子都有病，这意味着他们一生都需要“照顾”。

50．答案为D。这个时候，作者感叹“为什么”不幸的事情都发生在作者身上。

51．答案为D。根据语境可知，这里表示时间的“流逝”，用going by。

52．答案为A。根据文章的第一句话可知答案。

53．答案为C。根据上下文语境可知，作者慢慢地改变自己，发现了工作中的乐趣，因此很“吃惊”。

54．答案为C。根据语境可知，作者和自己的孩子在一起得到了很多快乐和“幸福”。

55．答案为D。根据前面的peace，kindness，andunconditional...以及后文中提到的love可知，是“无条件的爱”。

56．答案为A。根据文章开头提到的作者自负及后面的but everything to do with love可知，作者现在认为自己与成功没有任何联系，用短语have nothingto do with。

57．答案为B。这种爱能“照亮”我的生活，用light up。

58．答案为A。根据上文语境to share the lessonsin my life可知，作者与别人“分享”爱。

59．答案为C。根据语境可知，作者让人们“记住”moments oflove become days oflove and days of love become yearsof love。

60．答案为C。根据前后语境可知，作者想要表达的意思是“尽管你不可能所有时间都开心，但是你会得到任何世俗的成功都不能带来的快乐和幸福感”。

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英语一角

常见的花朵名称

1.American Beauty红蔷薇

1999年获得多项奥斯卡奖项的最佳故事片American,Beauty(《美国丽人》)，电影中出现了许多次红色的花朵，它们是生长在美国的一种蔷薇花，一年四季都开着大朵的紫红色花。American Beauty正是指“红蔷薇”。

2.baby's breath满天星

baby's breath字面的意思是“嬰儿的呼吸”，它也表示植物学中的满天星。满天星像婴儿的呼吸一样轻柔宁静，纵然很小，很不起眼，却也执着地散发着独特的香气。

3．daylily黄花菜

Lily是常见的英文名，也指百合花。daylily不是指“白天的百合花”，它的意思是萱草，即黄花菜。calla lily指马蹄莲，ginger lily指野姜花，keffir lily指君子兰，water lily指睡莲．荷花，lily-of-the-valley指铃兰花。