One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It’s like looking at the tiled (铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 1 . Once I heard a bald man said, “Whenever I enter a room, all I see is hair.” Once you’ve 2 what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will 3 make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different 4 , or forget about it and 5 the tiles in your life that are not missing. We all know people who have had a relatively 6 life, yet are essentially unhappy, while people who have suffered a great deal generally remain happy. The first 7 is gratitude. All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to 8 , but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy. The second secret is awareness. We should 9 that happiness is a byproduct (副产品) of something else. The most obvious 10 are those pursuits ( 追求) that give our lives purpose---anything from studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are 11 to experience. Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our 12 has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We need a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy is, it should 13 this truth: if you choose to find the 14 in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As for happiness itself, this 15 depends on your decision to make.
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:C
题目分析：文章介绍了两个快乐的秘密，总之，如果你决心去发现每种情况的积极面（事实上都有），你就会得福；如果你决心去发现其消极面，你就会遭殃。快乐取决于你自己。
小题1:考查形容词：A. different不同 B. short 短的 C. missing错过，缺失，D. broken破的，这就像看瓦房顶一样，注意力集中于那缺瓦的地方。选C
小题2:考查动词：A. imagined想象B. predicted预测C. assumed假设D. determined决定，当你确定了你丢失的那片瓦是什么时，探究一下获得这片瓦是否真的会让你快乐，选D
小题3:考查副词：A. really真的B. naturally自然C. hopefully希望Dcompletely完全.，探究一下获得这片瓦是否真的会让你快乐，选A
小题4:考查名词：A. ceiling 天花板B. brick砖C. tile 瓦D. house房子，从前面的句子：where one tile is.可知选C
小题5:考查词组：A.go on继续B. focus on专注 C.put on穿上， D. rely on依赖或者忘了它，把注意力集中在你生活中那些未丢失的瓦上。选B
小题6:考查形容词：A. easy容易的B. difficult困难的C. ordinary普通的D. peaceful和平的，我们都认识一些人，他们过着相对安逸的生活却根本不快乐。选A
小题7:考查名词：A. factor因素B. secret秘密C. rule规则D. key关键，第一大奥秘是感恩的心境。B
小题8:考查动词：A. upset 使…难过B. quarrel 争吵C. complain抱怨D. depress压抑，从后面的句子：but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.可知是不快乐会导致人们抱怨，选D
小题9:考查动词：A. realize意识到B. decide决定，C. prove证明D. suppose猜想，第二大奥秘是，要认识到快乐是别的事情的副产品，选A
小题10:考查名词：A. answers回答 B. results结果Csources来源. D. goals目标，其最显而易见的来源是那些赋予我们生活以目的的追求-选C
小题11:考查形容词：A. curious好奇的，B. satisfied满意的，C. tentative试验的D. likely可能的，我们有更多的激情，就有可能体会更多的快乐，选D
小题12:考查名词：A. value价值B. existence存在， C. survival 幸存D. destination 目的地最后，要相信有一种永恒的东西超越我们，我们的存在有着某种更广大的意义，选B
小题13:考查动词：A. include 包括B.tell告诉， C. absorb吸收D. mean意味着，不管你的哲学是什么，它应该包括这个自明之理：选A
小题14:考查形容词：A. worst最坏的B. positive 积极的C. disgusting 令人不安的，D. negative消极的，如果你决心去发现每种情况的积极面（事实上都有），你就会得福；选B
小题15: 考查副词：A. absolutely绝对的B. totally完全地C. Largely主要地，D. exactly确切地如对快乐本身一样，这主要取决于你自己。选C