I recently overheard something that surprised me. I heard that people who win the lottery ( * * ) are__21_for about 3 weeks. And then they go back to their__22__state of being before they won the money.I__23__that they would have been happy for a much longer time. The reason for this is that__24__we try to change how we feel by using something outside of ourselves，like winning the lottery，or getting a new car or house，it never__25__.The resulting feelings of happiness are often fleeting (飞逝的)．We cannot__26__them for very long.In some way，it may be a good thing.It reminds us that happiness really does come from within and is__27__to us at any moment.True happiness has__28__to do with what is happening outside；it is an inside job.Happiness is a__29__. We can make the decision to be happy for one day，when we__30__in the morning，every morning.We can find something that brings us great __31__，like sitting outside in the garden under an old tree and__32__the birds sing，or watching the dog or cat play，and just__33__the moment.It is our__34__state and we need only allow it in.At any moment，we can__35__，take a deep breath，and remember who we really are，and why we came here，and that truly is to__36__joy and the aliveness of being. “Happiness is like a butterfly which，when run after，is always __37__our reach，but，if you will sit down___38__，may fall upon you，” said Nathaniel Hawthorne，an American novelist.So，today，no matter what is going on in your own__39__，stop and take a few moments to breathe deeply and just__40__to be happy，whatever that means to you.
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:B
作者从中彩谈起，讨论了我们在生活中如何才能获得幸福：选择幸福，你就会感到幸福。
小题1:C 考查形容词辨析。根据下文中的they would have been happy for a much longer time等信息可知，赢得 * * 应该是高兴的。
小题2:A考查形容词辨析。然后他们回到赢得 * * “之前的(previous)”状态。
小题3:D考查动词辨析。联系文章的意思可知，作者本来“认为(thought)”他们应该高兴更长的时间，然而情况并非如此。
小题4:B考查代词辨析。联系上下文的意思可知，这里指“任何时候(anytime)”我们想凭借外部事物来改变自己的感觉。
小题5:C考查动词辨析。根据下文中的The resulting feelings of happiness are often fleeting可知，显然这不“起作用(works)”。
小题6:A考查动词辨析。这种幸福感经常很快就消失了，因而无法长时间“拥有(keep)”它们。
小题7:A考查形容词辨析。它会提醒我们幸福确实来自我们的内心，并且在任何时候都是“可以得到的(available)”。
小题8:B考查形容词辨析。根据上下文的语境可知，真正的幸福和外部的因素“没有多少(little)”关系。
小题9:A考查名词辨析。综合上文的意思可知，幸福是自己的一种“选择(choice)”。
小题10:A考查短语辨析。根据for one day的语境可知，这里指早晨“醒来(wake up)”。
小题11:C考查名词辨析。我们可以发现选择高兴会给自己带来很多“快乐(pleasure)”。
小题12:C考查动词辨析。根据句意，听鸟叫声，故答案为listening to.
小题13:D考查动词辨析。根据文中选择幸福的语境可知，此处指“听(listening to)”小鸟唱歌、看猫狗嬉戏，“享受(enjoy)”这样的时刻。
小题14:A考查形容词辨析。根据上文的意思可知，这是一种“自然的(natural)”状态，我们要允许它的存在。
小题15:B考查动词辨析。根据句中的语境及最后一段的stop and take a few moments to breathe deeply可知，这里指我们可以停下来做深呼吸。
小题16:C考查动词辨析。那才是真正地“体验(experience)”快乐。
小题17:A考查介词辨析。 根据此处上下文的对比意义可知，我们越是追求幸福，越是“抓不住(beyond our reach)”它。
小题18:D考查副词辨析。如果你“安静地(quietly)”坐着，而不是刻意地去追求时，幸福也许就会降临到你身上。
小题19:C考查名词辨析。最后一句话升华总结：无论“生活(life)”中发生什么事情。
小题20:B考查动词辨析。联系文章意思及第三段的We can make the decision to be happy可知，这里指“下定决心(decide)”做到幸福快乐。
