江苏省南京市秦淮区2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：完形填空

江苏省南京市秦淮区 2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 完形填空 2023年江苏省南京市秦淮区中考一模英语试卷 二、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I used to think the whole purpose of life was looking for happiness. What truly makes people happy? What I discovered changed my life. Looking for happiness may make people stressed and.16.Even though life is getting better by nearly every standard, more people feel hopeless, sad and alone. According to the research, what causes this is not a lack(缺乏) of happiness but a lack of having .17inlife. Many psychologists(心理学家) think of happiness as feeling comfortable or good in the moment. Meaning, though, is deeper. The famous psychologist Marin Seligman says meaning comes from belonging (归属感),achieving something beyond yourself and 18 from the best inside you. Belonging, purpose, transcendence(超越),telling stories—these are the four parts of meaning. We need to build them inside our families and organizations to help people19an excellent person. But living a meaningful life takes work. There's a long way to go. As each day goes by, we're creating our lives,20to our story. I remember a powerful experience I had with my father. Several months after I graduated from college, my dad had a21heart attack. He survived, and when I asked him what was going through his mind as he faced death, he said all he could think about was needing to live,22he could be there for my brother and me, and this gave him the courage to fight for life. When doctors were giving him anoperation,hedidn'tfeelafraid.23,he repeated our names. He wanted our names to be the last words he spoke on earth if he died. My dad lives a common, but a good life. Lying there facing death, he hada24to live: love. His sense of belonging inside his family, his purpose as a dad, his unusual thinking, repeating our names—these are why he survived. That's the story he tells himself. That's the25of meaning. Happiness comes and goes. But whether life is good or bad, having