完型填空。AwomanIknowstoodonthebathroomscales(浴室磅秤)aftertwoweeksofdietandhardexercisearoundthepark.Theneedlewas1stuckonthenumberwhereshehadstarted.Thisstruckhera
完型填空。 AwomanIknowstoodonthebathroomscales(浴室磅秤)aftertwoweeksofdietandhardexercise
aroundthepark.Theneedlewas 1 stuckonthenumberwhereshehadstarted.Thisstruckheras 2
ofhowthingshadbeengoinglately.Shewasdestined(注定)nevertobehappy.
Asshedressedfeelinghertightjeansshe 3 aten-poundnoteinherpocket.Thenhersisterphoned
witha 4 story.Whenshehurriedouttothecar-annoyedthatshehadtogetpetrol-shediscoveredherflat
matehadalready 5 thetankforher.Andthiswasawomanwhothoughtshe'd 6 behappy.
Everydayitseemswe're 7 withadviceabouthappiness.Thecruelmessageisthatthere'ssomething
we'resupposedtodotobe 8 (maketherightchoicesorhavetherightsetofbeliefsaboutourselves.)
Coupledwiththisisthe 9 thathappinessisapermanentcondition.Ifwearenotjoyfulallthetimewe
10 there'saproblem.
Yetwhatmostpeople 11 isnotapermanentstateofhappiness.Itissomethingmoreordinarya 12 of
whattheAmericanwriterHughPratheroncecalled"unsettledproblemambiguous 13 andvague(不明确的)
defeatswithfewmomentsofclearpeace."
Maybeyouwouldn'tsayyesterdaywasahappyday 14 youhadaquarrelwithyourboss.Butweren't
theremomentsofhappinessmomentsof 15 ?Nowthatyouthinkaboutit. 16 therealetterfromanold
friendorastrangerwhoaskedwhereyougotsuchagoodhaircut?Yourememberhavingabaddayyet
thosegoodmoments 17 .
Soinmyopinionhappinessisan 18 notacond