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Although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic age, we knew about mushroom clouds. A huge crack (裂缝) spread across the library wall upstairs, sending teachers and __1__ screaming down the hall.
Had a new world war started? Palefaced, our young science teacher quickly__32__us for a fire drill. We huddled (卷缩) in little groups on the beach side of the school grounds and__3__the spreading cloud darken the bright spring sky.
Rumors flew every which way，__4__two hours would pass before we got the full story. One rumor we heard was that the Texas City Monsanto Chemical plant had__35__； children whose parents__6__there began to cry.
I__37__—that was where my father was working that day.
The school bell called us back inside, and we were dismissed (解散) to__8__our way home the best way we could. I'd walked a quarter of the threemile trip to my home__39__a car horn frightened me to__40__. My Uncle Barney__41__alongside me in his old Ford. The instant I saw him, I knew my father__42__. Otherwise, Papa would have__43__for me himself.
As if in slow motion from a great distance, Uncle Barney motioned for me to__44__. Numb with grief, I crawled into the back__45__. I barely took notice of the man sitting there, and didn't recognize him until he__46__me. When Papa put his strong arms around me, I forgot for a moment that Cherokees aren't supposed to__47__.
Many of my fellow students lost their__48__in the explosion. Tragedy would one day come to our__49__， as it inevitably (不可避免地) comes to all, but one day Texas City blew up, it miraculously (奇迹般地) passed us by. Because he lost his keys on that April morning, as he explained, my father lived for__50__32 years—we were to have a second lifetime forever.
1．A.headmaster
B．students
C．workers
D．books
A.organized
B．ordered
C．made
D．asked
A.heard
B．smelled
C．watched
D．felt
A.when
B．as
C．as if
D．although
A.blown up
B．been closed
C．been opened
D．been on fire
A.lived
B．worked
C．studied
D．visited
A.smiled
B．frightened
C．froze
D．worried
A.make
B．feel
C．push
D．find
A.when
B．while
C．as
D．for
A.decision
B．attention
C．feeling
D．expression
A.pulled up
B．pulled out
C．pulled in
D．pulled off
A.was there
B．was here
C．was gone
D．was alone
A.gone
B．come
C．left
D．stopped
A.get off
B．get over
C．get through
D．get in
A.seat
B．chair
C．stool
D．bag
A.looked at
B．helped
C．reached for
D．called on
A.cry
B．laugh
C．excite
D．shout
A.teachers
B．relatives
C．friends
D．parents
A.class
B．family
C．school
D．house
A.other
B．others
C．another
D．the other
1．B
2．A
3．C
4．D
5．A
6．B
7．C
8．D
9．A
10．B
11．A
12．C
13．B
14．D
15．A
16．C
17．A
18．D
19．B
20．C
【解析】文章主要讲述了作者的父亲在自己工作的工厂爆炸中幸存，作者能再次看见父亲真是令人高兴。
1．B 从上文的teachers可知，应该是学生，故B正确。
2．A organize组织；order命令；make让；ask请求；句意：老师很快组织我们进行消防演习。根据句意可知A正确。
3．C 从下文的the spreading cloud darken the bright spring sky可以看出，应该是观看，故C正确。
4．D 此处是让步状语从句。故萱although.
5．A 句意表示化工厂爆炸了，blow up爆炸符合题意。A正确。
6．B 从上文的the Texas City Monsanto Chemical plant had…下文的began to cry看出答案，故B正确。
7．C 那也是我父亲工作的地方。我呆住了，frighten恐吓，要接宾语。而这里用不及物动词。Freeze凝固，僵硬符合题意。C正确。
8．D 从上文的化工厂爆炸看，学生是找回家的恶露，make one’s way前进；feel one’s way摸索着前进；push one’s way挤出一条路；find one’s way找到一条路，故D正确。
9．A 句意：我在回家的路上走了四分之一，这是一辆轿车的喇叭声吓着我了，when正在这时；符合句意，A正确。
10．B 从上文的轿车喇叭吓着我看出答案。故B正确。
11．A 从下文的alongside me in his old Ford看出车停了下来，pull up停下来，符合句意，A正确。
12．C 从下文的otherwise, papa would have…for me himself,猜出父亲走了，不在了，故C正确。
13．B 结合上一题，要不父亲不会亲自来的。Come符合句意。B正确。
14．D 从上文叔叔把车停下来，让作者上车，get in上车，符合句意，D正确。
15．A 从I crawled into the back可知是车的后座。A正确。
16．C 句意：直到父亲伸手摸我，我才恩出他来。Reach for伸手去拿。
17．A 句意：Cherokee是不应该哭泣的。从前面的children whose parents…there began to cry看出答案。故A正确。
18．D 从上文的children whose parents…there began to cry看出是他们的父母，故D正确。
19．B 悲剧有一天也会降临到我的家庭，因为父亲也在那个工厂工作。故B正确。
20．C 父亲在一次免遭灾难，所以又过了32年，another再，又；符合句意，故C正确。
21．Unchangeable Love
One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting．I was expecting a quietof the splendid
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．
A young
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viewing the paintings ahead of me
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nonstop between themselves．I watched them a moment and
the lady was doing all the talking．I admired the man's
for putting up with her
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stream of words．
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by their noise, I moved on．
I met them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art．Each time I heard her con flow of words, I moved away
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．
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a
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when the couple approached the
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．Before they left, the man
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into his pocket and pulled out a white object．He
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it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the
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to get his wife's jacket．
"He's a
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man．" the clerk at the counter said．"Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age．During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn't change．
So, as before, he and his wife come in
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there is a new art show．"
"But what does he get out of the art?" I asked．"He can't see．"
"Can't see! You're
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．He sees a lot．More than you and I do," the clerk said．"His wife
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each painting so he can see it in his head．"
I learned something about patience,
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and love that day．I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without __54_ and the courage of a husband who would not
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blindness to change his life．And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, hand in hand．
A．
B．
C．
D．scenery
A．lady
B．couple
C．
D．clerk
A．chatted
B．argued
C．discussed
D．spoke
A．
B．
C．
D．
【小题5】A．knowledge
B．confidence
C．wisdom
D．patience
A．
B．
C. continuous
D．
【小题7】A．
B．Discouraged
C．Surprised
D．
【小题8】A．quickly
B．seriously
Canxiously
D．angrily
A．comment
B．decision
Cpurchase
D．list
A．entrance
B．exit
Cfront
D．queue
A．reached
B．held
Cput
D．turned
A．made
B．lengthened
C．brought
D．changed
A．shop
B．counter
C．hall
D．coatroom
A．brave
B．kind
C．rough
D．blind
A．wherever
B．whatever
C．whichever
D．whenever
A．silly
B．wrong
C．humorous
D．unique
A．describes
B．draws
C．shows
D．tells
A．curiosity
B．pride
C．enthusiasm
D．courage
A．expectation
B．support
C．sight
D．hesitation
A．get
B．hope
C．allow
D．stop
【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
【小题4】A
【小题5】D
【小题6】C
【小题7】D
【小题8】A
【小题9】C
【小题10】B
【小题11】A
【小题12】B
【小题13】D
【小题14】A
【小题15】D
【小题16】B
【小题17】A
【小题18】D
【小题19】C
【小题20】C
【解析】文章通过自己在艺术展上看见的一对夫妻，对于爱有了更深的理解。
【小题1】C 上下文串联。根据下文可知他们在欣赏油画。
【小题2】B 上下文串联。根据下文可知他们是一对夫妻。
【小题3】A 动词辨析。A聊天；B争论；C讨论；D说话。这里是指这对夫妻聊个不停。
【小题4】A 语法分析。这里要填的词与上面的watched是并列的，都使用过去式。
【小题5】D 名词辨析。根据下文可知我很佩服他的耐心，能听老婆不停的讲。
【小题6】C 形容词辨析。解析同上。
【小题7】D 词义辨析。A感兴趣；B使泄气；C使惊讶；D打扰。这里是指我根据自己被打扰了。
【小题8】A 副词辨析，这里是指我几次遇见他们都赶快离开了。
【小题9】C 名词辨析。A评论；B决定；C购物；D列表。根据上文的礼品店可知是在这里购物的。
【小题10】B 名词辨析。这里是指这对夫妻要来开了，走向出口。
【小题11】A 动词辨析。Reach伸手去拿；这里是指他伸手去拿一个白色的东西。
【小题12】B 动词辨析。Lengthen拉长；根据上下文可知是把那个白色的东西拉长，变成一根拐杖。
【小题13】D 上下文串联。根据下文的get his wife's jacket可知是到衣帽间帮老婆拿衣服的。
【小题14】A 形容词辨析。本题特别容易错选D。这里是指他虽然看不见了，但是仍然很勇敢。
【小题15】D 词义辨析。这里是指无论什么地方有艺术展，他喝他老婆都会去。
【小题16】B 形容词辨析。根据上下文可知他认为我的说法错了。
【小题17】A 动词辨析。A描述；B画；C展示；D告示；这里是指他老婆给他描述。
【小题18】D 名词辨析。根据下文可知我对于爱，勇气和耐心有了更多的理解。
【小题19】C 名词辨析。根据上下文可知他看不见了，失去了视力。
【小题20】C 动词辨析。这里是指他不允许让失明改变他的生活。
I always think my spoken English is so poor that I can’t communicate with
native English speakers well. So after going to the college, I take as
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English lessons as I can. 37
I am free, I go to English corners and
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English lessons and lectures. To my surprise, I can understand most of
39 of the professors who come from Canada, and the USA. However, I haven’t had more
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to talk to them in English.
Although I
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English articles out aloud every day, I am not sure if I can make myself
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by native English speakers. How I hope I can talk to
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English speakers for
a while. I went to the English
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as usual last night. Surprisingly, there were three foreigners sitting there. There , however, were several Chinese students around them, too. “I must not
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this chance,” I said to myself.
“Hi, nice to meet you.” I
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to one of them.
“Nice to meet you too.” He put out his hand. We
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hands, what a warm hand! Then I
48 myself to him. When I told him that I had
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English by myself for three years, he said that it was
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and my English was so good. His words gave me a lot of
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. At that time he hadn’t had dinner. He asked us if it was rude or
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to talk to us while he was eating (a)
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. We, said we didn’t
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that, only
if he was
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to talk to us. He smiled and began to eat his supper.
22．A．much B．many C．some D．most
A．As long as B．As much as C．As far as D．As soon as
A．learn B．make C．take D．hold
A．lectures B．ideas C．opinions D．suggestions
A．energy B．courage C．time D．chances
A．talk B．speak C．see D．read
A．recognized B．understood C．heard D．realized
A．many B．nice C．native D．local
A．corner B．wall C．house D．club
A．miss B．catch C．get D．pass
A． laughed B．cried C．shouted D．smiled
A．joined B．put C．waved D．shook
A．explained B．introduced C．said D．told
A．used B．wrote C．learnt D．taught
A．impossibleB．possible C．unacceptable D．unbelievable
37．A．encouragementB．surprise C.
responsibility D．glory
38．A．polite B．impolite C．friendly D．lovely
39．A．lunch B．breakfast C．meal D．rice
40．A．care B．like C．love D．enjoy
41．A．anxious B．likely C．willing D．able
【答案】
22．B
23．A
24．C
25．A
26．D
27．D
28．B
29．C
30．A
31．A
32．D
33．D
34．B
35．C
36．D
37．A
38．B
39．C
40．A
41．C
【解析】文章介绍了我为了学口语而与外国人进行的一次对话的小事件。
22．B 形容词辨析。根据下文的English lessons可知是可数名词复数，使用many.
23．A 连词辨析。这里是指只要我有空就去英语角或者去上英语课。
24．C 动词辨析。上课使用动词take.
25．A 名词辨析。这里是指那些来自国外的教授所做的演讲和报告。
26．D 名词辨析。A能量；B勇气；C时间；D机会。这里是指我没有太多的机会讲英语。
27．D 上下文串联。根据后面的article可知我能够阅读英语文章，故D正确。
28．B 动词辨析。这里是指让自己被理解。
29．C 形容词辨析。这里是指自己有机会和以英语为母语的人讲话。
30．A 上下文串联。根据下文可知我在去了英语角。
31．A 动词辨析。这里是指我千万不能错过这样的机会。
32．D 动词辨析。Ａ大笑；Ｂ哭；Ｃ喊叫；Ｄ微笑；这里是指微笑和别人打招呼。
33．D 动词辨析。根据上下文可知我和他握手了。Shake hands with sb与某人握手；
34．B 动词辨析。这里是指我进行了自我介绍。
35．C 动词辨析。这里是指我向他介绍了自己学英语学了3年。
36．D 形容词辨析。A不可能；B可能；C难以接受；D难以相信的。他认为这样是难以相信。
37．A 名词辨析。他的话给了我鼓励。
38．B 形容词辨析。他询问我，边说话，边吃东西在中国是不是很不礼貌。
39．C 名词辨析。解析同上。
40．Ａ动词辨析。我告诉他我不在意。
41．C 固定词组。结合句意可知be willing to do sth愿意做某事。
Miss Lovely began to work in our office last year. She thought she was 36 and hardly talked with us . Her house was a little far from our company and she had to go to work 37 every day.
Of course, she had to spend a lot of 38 on this, She decided to have her own car, and began to 39 how to drive two months ago . Now she was able to drive, but had to 40 a license before she could buy a car. It took her a week to 41 the traffic regulations. She was sure she would 42 the examinations.
It was finally time for her to take the examinations yesterday.
Miss Lovely didn’t come to work. We 43 she would drive her new car to our company this morning. But to our
44 she came here by taxi and didn’t tell anybody about it. None of us asked her the 45 but her face clearly showed she had 46 in the exams.
This afternoon one of our workmates told us 47 had happened to the girl when she was 48. Yesterday the chief examiner had asked her some questions, but she could answer only
a 49 .For example,“Would you run over a man or a dog if you see them both in the middle of the 50 ?”
“Of course
I’d run over the dog ,sir”, Miss Lovely answered without
51 .
“I’m sorry to tell you, Miss Lovely,”the examiner shook his
52 and said ,“you have to take the examination again!”
“I don’t think my answers were 53 ,sir”the girl said in a hurry.“I
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run over a man, you know!”
“Ｉagree with your 55, Miss Lovely,”the chief examiner said with a smile,“but why not brake（刹车）？”
42．A. old
B. foolish
C. clever
D. kind
43．A. by taxi
B. by train C. on foot
D. by plane
44．A. time
B. money
C. energy
D. room
45．A. teach
B. plan
C. operate
D. learn
46．A. find
B. apply for C. look for D. make
47．A. learn
B. forget
C. teach
D. break
48．A. take
B. prepare
C. explain
D. pass
49．A suggested
B. described C. thought
D. replied
50．A. surprise B. joy
C.
anger
D. pleasure
51．A. name
B. reason
C.
rule
D. notice
52．A. believed B. heard
C. found
D. failed
53．A. why
B. how
C. what
D. when
54．A. ill
B. alone
C. in
D. out
55．A. few
B. several
C. all
D. lot
56．A. room
B. playground C. hospital D. road
57．A. asking
B. thinking C. discussing D. advising
58．A. foot
B. nose
C. ears
D. head
59．A. wrong
B. correct
C. right
D. true
60．A. can
B. needn’t C. can’t
D. need
61．A. car
B. opinion
C. fact
D. purpose
【答案】
42．C
43．A
44．B
45．D
46．B
47．A
48．D
49．C
50．A
51．B
52．D
53．C
54．D
55．A
56．D
57．B
58．D
59．A
60．C
61．B
【解析】
42．C。由下文可知,此空应该填clever。Lovely认为自己很聪明,所以她很少跟别人说话。
A。她的住处离公司有点儿远,她每天都得坐出租车上班
B。每天坐出租车她当然要花很多钱。
D。她决定买车,所以她两个月前开始学开车。
B。她会开车了,她在买车前得申请领取驾照。
A。她用了一周的时间记住了交通规则。
D。她很有把握自己能通过考试。
C。我们以为Lovely今天早晨会开着自己的新车来公司上班。
A。但令我们惊奇的是,她坐出租车来上班。
B . 名词辨析。我们谁也没问她这其中的原因,但她的脸色清楚地表明她没有通过考试。
D。
53．C 语法分析。What在宾语句中作主语。
54．D。今天下午当Lovely不在场的时候,我们的一位同事跟我们讲了她所发生的事情。
A。主考官问Lovely几个问题,但她只能回答其中几个问题。
D。如果你发现路中间有一个人和一条狗,你是压人还是压狗?
B。without thinking意为"不假思索地"。
D。主考官摇摇头,表示对Lovely的回答不满意。
A 上下文串联。根据上下文可知不认为自己的答案是错误的。
60．C。Lovely对自己过于自信,认为自己的答案没错,急切地说:"我不能去压人吧!"
B。主考官同意Lovely的意见,但主考官微笑着说:"为什么不刹车呢?"
I recently overheard something that surprised me. I heard that people who win the lottery (彩票)
are__21_for about 3 weeks. And then they go back to their__22__state of being before they won the money.I__23__that they would have been happy for a much longer time.
The reason for this is that__24__we try to change how we feel by using something outside of ourselves，like winning the lottery，or getting a new car or house，it never__25__.The resulting feelings of happiness are often fleeting (飞逝的)．We cannot__26__them for very long.In some way，it may be a good thing.It reminds us that happiness really does come from within and is__27__to us at any moment.True happiness has__28__to do with what is happening outside；it is an inside job.Happiness is a__29__.
We can make the decision to be happy for one day，when we__30__in the morning，every morning.We can find something that brings us great __31__，like sitting outside in the garden under an old tree and__32__the birds sing，or watching the dog or cat play，and just__33__the moment.It is our__34__state and we need only allow it in.At any moment，we can__35__，take a deep breath，and remember who we really are，and why we came here，and that truly is to__36__joy and the aliveness of being.
“Happiness is like a butterfly which，when run after，is always __37__our reach，but，if you will sit down___38__，may fall upon you，”
said Nathaniel Hawthorne，an American novelist.So，today，no matter what is going on in your own__39__，stop and take a few moments to breathe deeply and just__40__to be happy，whatever that means to you.
A. clever
B．lucky
C．happy D．cautious
A. previous
B．unusual
C. constant
D．positive
A. concluded
B. suspected
C. promised
D．thought
A. anyhow
B．anytime
C. anywhere
D．anyway
A. changes B．forms
C. works
D．appears
A. keep
B．control
C．blame
D．guide
A. available
B．consistent
C. sensitive
D．similar
A. much
B．little
C．some
D．enough
A. choice
B．chance
C．result
D．reward
A. wake up B．look up
C．turn up
D．stand up
A. success
B．surprise
C．pleasure
D．worry
A. making
B．helping
C．listening to
D．calling on
A. waste
B．spend
C．save
D．enjoy
A. natural
B．common
C．accurate
D．special
A. stay
B．stop
C．leave
D．arrive
A. discover
B．present
C. experience
D．accept
A. beyond
B．within
C．through
D．against
A. noisily B．silently
C．carefully
D．quietly
A. mind
B．heart
C．life
D．body
A. pretend B．decide
C．agree
D．hesitate
【小题1】C
【小题2】A
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
【小题5】C
【小题6】A
【小题7】A
【小题8】B
【小题9】A
【小题10】A
【小题11】C
【小题12】C
【小题13】D
【小题14】A
【小题15】B
【小题16】C
【小题17】A
【小题18】D
【小题19】C
【小题20】B
【解析】作者从中彩谈起，讨论了我们在生活中如何才能获得幸福：选择幸福，你就会感到幸福。
根据下文中的they would have been happy for a much longer time等信息可知，赢得彩票应该是高兴的。
然后他们回到赢得彩票“之前的(previous)”状态。
联系文章的意思可知，作者本来“认为(thought)”他们应该高兴更长的时间，然而情况并非如此。
联系上下文的意思可知，这里指“任何时候(anytime)”我们想凭借外部事物来改变自己的感觉。
根据下文中的The resulting feelings of happiness are often fleeting可知，显然这不“起作用(works)”。
这种幸福感经常很快就消失了，因而无法长时间“拥有(keep)”它们。
它会提醒我们幸福确实来自我们的内心，并且在任何时候都是“可以得到的(available)”。
根据上下文的语境可知，真正的幸福和外部的因素“没有多少(little)”关系。
综合上文的意思可知，幸福是自己的一种“选择(choice)”。
根据for one day的语境可知，这里指早晨“醒来(wake up)”。
我们可以发现选择高兴会给自己带来很多“快乐(pleasure)”。
listening to.
【小题13】D考查动词辨析。根据文中选择幸福的语境可知，此处指“听(listening to)”小鸟唱歌、看猫狗嬉戏，“享受(enjoy)”这样的时刻。
根据上文的意思可知，这是一种“自然的(natural)”状态，我们要允许它的存在。
根据句中的语境及最后一段的stop and take a few moments to breathe deeply可知，这里指我们可以停下来做深呼吸。
那才是真正地“体验(experience)”快乐。
根据此处上下文的对比意义可知，我们越是追求幸福，越是“抓不住(beyond our reach)”它。
如果你“安静地(quietly)”坐着，而不是刻意地去追求时，幸福也许就会降临到你身上。
最后一句话升华总结：无论“生活(life)”中发生什么事情。
联系文章意思及第三段的We can make the decision to be happy可知，这里指“下定决心(decide)”做到幸福快乐。