There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they go

There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they Socrates for advice on where happiness . But giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a first. The group of guys had to the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then together in it, singing with .
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We be happier!” Socrates , “That’s it! you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through work and creativity.
We may have to pain in our daily life and in the process of happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our and spirit. So why not turn suffering into life, and tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of , and I you all a life of happiness.
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(答案→)D 解析：幸福是什么呢？一群寻求幸福未果的年轻人去找苏格拉底问询建议，苏格拉底没有回答他们，相反却让他们去造船，他们辛辛苦苦地把船造好后，然后无比开心地去试水，此时苏格拉底告诉他们这就是幸福。其实幸福是一种心态，人们可以去选择幸福。【小题1】动词短语辨析。A. 导致；B. 坚持；C. 保持；D. 转向。根据上下文可知他们遇到困难了前去找人求助，turn to sb for advice“转向某人求助”，所以选D。【小题2】动词辨析。A. 握住；B. 躺，位于，在于；C.站；D.产卵。根据情理可知他们找不到幸福，于是去问苏格拉底幸福在哪里，其他选项不合语境。【小题3】介词短语辨析。A. 分离；B. 比其他；C. 代替，相反；D. 以免。从转折词But可以判断苏格拉底没告诉他们答案，而是让他们去干活，所以选C。【小题4】名词辨析。A. 船；B. 房间；C.桥；D. 医院。根据下文They launched the canoe into a river,可知苏格拉底让他们造的是一艘小船，选A。【小题5】动词短语辨析。A. 记下；B. 开始做；C. 启程；D. 设立。根据词义搭配可知此处指他们不得不开始干活 ，答案选B。【小题6】动词辨析。A. 跑；B. 站；C. 划船；D. 使得。根据前句They launched the canoe into a river,可以判断他们坐到船里去划船，选C。【小题7】名词辨析。A. 悲伤 ；B. 欢乐；C. 失望；D. 希望。根据空前词singing可以判断他们是开心地唱歌，选B。【小题8】动词辨析。 A. 禁止；B. 应该；C. 不必；D. 不能。根据上文可知他们非常开心，所以此处是否定词和比较级连用来表示最高级的意思，句意：我们再开心不过了。【小题9】动词辨析。 A.阐明，解释；B. 说；C. 宣布；D. 加，补充说。由语境可知那些人说完后，苏格拉底又接着说，所以是补充说，选D。【小题10】连词辨析。A. 无论何时；B. 除非；C. 为止；D. 然而。根据前后两个句子的关系可知此处指时间，句意：当你们忙着追求一个目标而注意不到有痛苦，困苦存在的时候，幸福就会出现。【小题11】副词辨析。A. 从不；B. 总是；C. 曾经；D. 几乎不。根据情理可知作者认为幸福总是隐藏在每个小事的背后，答案选B。【小题12】形容词辨析。 A. 小心的；仔细的B.有限的；C.艰苦的；D. 有效的。从上述故事可知人们只有在经历困苦之后，才会有收获的喜悦和快乐，所以选C。【小题13】动词辨析。A.经历；B. 避免；逃脱；C. 欣赏；D. 延误。文中讲述的故事是苏格拉底告诉人们要在经历了艰难困苦之后才会体会到幸福，所以选A。【小题14】动词辨析。 A. 寻找；追寻；B. 搜索，寻找；C. 创新；D. 提高。根据文章首句There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness以及故事内容可知作者指的是在寻找幸福的过程中，search sth/sb意思是“搜查某地或搜身”，所以答案选A。【小题15】形容词辨析。A.精神的；B. 好的；C.新鲜的；D. 物质的。根据后面列举的事物可知这是物质追求，所以选D。【小题16】名词辨析。A.身体；B. 大脑；C. 灵魂，心灵；D. 心脏。从however判断此处指与前面所提到的物质追求是相反的，而且由and也可断定此空和spirit是同类的名词，所以选C。【小题17】动词辨析。 A. 责备；B.赞扬；C.批评；D. 指控。根据下文 tears into the light in your heart可知此处强调转变心态，把消极情绪变为积极情绪，选项中praising是褒义词，所以选B。【小题18】动词辨析。 A. 转变；B.放；C. 分离；D.画。根据前句why not turn suffering into 52 life可以判断此处填turn，选A。【小题19】名词辨析。A.时间；B. 能量；C. 事实；D. 选择。根据上文内容可知幸福是一种心态，人们可以选择去感受快乐，感激生活，所以答案选D。【小题20】动词辨析。A. 许诺；B. 希望，祝愿；C. 拿；D.要求。根据上文内容可知此处指作者的一种祝愿，句意 ：幸福是一种心态，是一件可以选择的事情，祝福你们所有的人幸福一生。

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