文档介绍：广东省揭阳一中 2013届高三10月月考
英语试题
第一部分:语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When we offer our best wishes to others, we say: “ May you be happy every day”. But there are always things that prevent people from feeling happy.
First, perhaps the biggest is ics. Some scientists say that some people are_1_____ happier than others. Besides, __2_____ life events as well as social and economic factors can also_3_____ in the way of happiness. Third, there’s__4_____ affecting your happiness, for diseases, if any, bring your trouble and pain.
Is it possible that people can find__5____ happiness with so many factors preventing them? Positive psychologists believe it’s __6____ for people to stay happy for long periods, although it cannot be lasting. Psychologists argue that day-to-day happiness __7____pleasures and gratifications(满足).
Pleasures are rich_8_____ that simply make us feel good---things like eating cakes or drinking wine. Gratifications are activities that we like to do and we give all we have to them. They’re often__9____, and we have to draw on personal skills and strengths to perform them. For some people, e with work. Doctors, for example, often e so_10_____ in an operation that hours pass without____11__ the time. For others, it may be_12_____ like gardening or stamp collecting.
To often, people choose pl