高中英語語法填空:短文題型能力練習 Test 2

高中英語語法填空:短文題型能力練習 Test 2

When I first read this line by England's Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without 　61　 (think) about it much, I had always assumed that the 　62　 was true. But his sober assurance was arresting. I could not forget it.

　63　 (final), I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom, and without the blind spots 　64　 (cause) by fear.

Active happiness－not mere satisfaction or contentment－often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. Then you discover what kind of wisdom 　65　 (accompany) it. The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter; the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable. Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses 　66　 (correct) our spiritual vision.

Nor are the insights of happiness limited to 　67　 is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned 　68　 upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.

The long vista is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world about you－people, thoughts, emotions, pressures－are now fitted into the larger scene. Everything assumes a 　69　 (fair) proportion. 　70　 here is the beginning of wisdom.