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 36 _____ certain things could I finally be happy in my life. Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and 37 _____ would win the race. At other times I would 38 _____ like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous 39 _____ hoping to reach that banner a little faster. 40 _____ , I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it, the banner was never any 41 _____ I finally decided one day to 42 _____ and take a break. It was then that I saw my 43 _____ sitting beside me. It had been with me as I 44 _____ hard to support my family, as I played with my children and heard their 45 _____ and even when I was 46 _____ 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 47 _____ to see it. There is an old Chinese proverb that says, “Tension is what you think you should be. 48 _____ is who you are” Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the 49 _____ life we think we should have and 50 _____ the life we have now. Happiness will never be found under some banner far away. If will be found 51 _____ your own heart, soul and mind. It will be found when you 52 _____ 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 53 _____ with you everywhere you go. 54 _____ yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness you are 55 _____ there.
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:D
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:D
小题20:C
题目分析：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。
小题1: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
小题2: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
小题3: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
小题4: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
小题5:考查副词：I began to see that…”可知，作者逐渐开始意识到……故选B
小题6:考查形容词比较级。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
小题7:考查动词短语，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
小题8:考查名词：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。
小题9:考查动词，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。
小题10:考查名词：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。
小题11:考查形容词。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。
小题12:考查名词。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。
小题13:考查名词。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。
小题14:考查形容词。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
小题15:考查动词。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。
小题16:考查介词。根据下文给出的，heart，soul，mind可推断介词应该用in。故选D。
小题17:考查动词，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。
小题18:考查名词：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。
小题19:考查动词：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。
小题20:考查副词：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。
点评：文章反映的道理深刻，从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据上下文，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。