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One day, 50 people were listening to a talk in a big room. The speaker was giving a talk on happiness. However, after a few hours, a lot of people lost 1 attention. Then the speaker came up with a(n) 2. He stopped his speech and asked all of the people to take 3 in a group activity.
The speaker 4 a balloon to each person in the room. And he asked each person to write his or her name on the balloon with a black marker. Then, he collected all of the 5 and took them to another room.
A few minutes later, the speaker let the 50 people 6 the room with balloons and told all of them to find the balloon 7 their name on it. Everyone rushed around, 8 their balloon here and there. People were bumping into and tripping up each other. But even after five minutes of searching, 9 could find their own balloon.
After seeing this, the speaker asked each person to collect a balloon and try to 10 the person whose name was written on it. Everyone started talking to each other and asking each other about their names. Within some 11, everyone had his or her own balloon.
"Can you see what 12?" the speaker said. "The balloons are 13 the happiness we want in our own lives. Everyone is 14 looking for their own happiness, not caring what happens to others. But sometimes the best 15 to find happiness is to help others. Help them find happiness and you can find your own. "
()1. A. your B. his C. their D. our
()2. A. job B. design C. trick D. idea
()3. A. care B. part C. front D. use
()4. A. made B. lent C. gave D. fed
()5. A. postcards B. balloons C. markers D. persons
()6. A. enter B. clean C. leave D. share
()7. A. about B. from C. with D. over
()8. A. thinking about B. dressing up C. trying on D. looking for
()9. A. anybody B. somebody C. everybody D. nobody
()10. A. save B. find C. watch D. answer
()11. A. minutes B. hours C. days D. weeks
()12. A. wondered B. happened C. complained D. followed
()13. A. behind B. for C. on D. like
()14. A. busy B. ready C. sure D. careful
()15. A. plan B. time C. way D. style

完形填空
一个演讲者正在发表有关幸福的演讲。数小时后,听众们的注意力都不太集中了,因此演讲者就停下来组织了一个找气球的小组活动。演讲者通过这个活动告诉听众们,找到幸福的最好方法就是帮助别人,帮助他们找到幸福,就能找到自己的幸福。
1. C 根据 after a few hours 可知,几个小时后,许多人失去了他们的注意力。此处句中的主语是 a lot of people,所以要用形容词性物主代词 their 来修饰名词 attention。
2. D 根据后句“He stopped his speech and asked all of the people to take ... in a group activity. ”可知,演讲者想出了一个主意来活跃气氛,从而提高听众们的注意力。
3. B 根据句意理解可知,演讲者让所有听众参加一个小组活动。take part in 意为“参加”。
4. C give sth. to sb. 意为“把某物给某人”。
5. B 根据前句中的 on the balloon 可知,他把所有写上名字的气球都收集起来,带到了另一个房间里。
6. A 根据上文中的 took them to another room 可知,演讲者把气球带到了另一个房间后,让听众们进入那个房间去寻找他们自己的气球。
7. C 此处用介词 with,意为“带有,具有”。
8. D 根据前文中的 find the balloon 可知,听众们跑来跑去,目的是寻找写有他们名字的气球。
9. D 根据前半句 But even after five minutes of searching 可知,虽然经过了5分钟的搜寻,但是根本没有人能够找到他们自己的气球。
10. B 大家都不能找到自己的气球,所以演讲者改变方式,让每个人都拿一个气球,然后根据气球上的名字,去找到那个人。
11. A 根据上文中的 even after five minutes of searching 可知,此处用分钟来计时符合文意。
12. B 根据后文中的 not caring what happens to others 可知,演讲者询问听众们是否能够看出刚才发生了什么。
13. D 句意:气球就像我们自己生活中所想要的幸福一样。根据“The balloons are ... own lives. ”可知,此处用介词 like,意为“像……一样”。
14. A 此处演讲者想要告诉听众们,那些忙于寻找自己的幸福而不关心别人的人,是很难找到自己的幸福的。
15. C 根据后面的 to find happiness is to help others 可知,帮助别人是找到幸福的最佳方式。