题目内容：

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 (苏格拉底) 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, digging out 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, ________, comes from within our _______ and spirit. So why not turn suffering into ______ life, and turn tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we 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.

1.A. pointed to    B. turned to    C. referred to    D. returned to

2.A. stood    B. belonged    C. lay    D. laid

3.A. instead of    B. apart from    C. other than    D. regardless of

4.A. house    B. boat    C. bridge    D. school

5.A. set out    B. set down    C. set about    D. set up

6.A. sat    B. lay    C. rowed    D. got

7.A. hope    B. sorrow    C. curiosity    D. joy

8.A. mustn’t    B. couldn’t    C. shouldn’t    D. needn’t

9.A. added    B. thought    C. declared    D. assumed

10.A. Unless    B. However    C. Until    D. Whenever

11.A. always    B. never    C. ever    D. seldom

12.A. cautious    B. endless    C. hard    D. simple

13.A. experience    B. avoid    C. enjoy    D. deny

14.A. searching    B. looking    C. seeking    D. improving

15.A. spiritual    B. material    C. new    D. nice

16.A. therefore    B. however    C. furthermore    D. moreover

17.A. body    B. part    C. soul    D. head

18.A. praising    B. blaming    C. ending    D. cursing

19.A. time    B. method    C. fact    D. choice

20.A. promise    B. wish    C. request    D. require