夹叙夹议文(二)
Test 1
(2013·吉林省长春市高中毕业班第二次调研测试)
For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner (旗帜) across the finish line of a long race.I felt that only when I__36__certain things could I finally be happy in my life.Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and__37__would win the race.At other times I would__38__like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous __39__hoping to reach that banner a little faster.__40__，I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it，the banner was never any__41__.I finally decided to__42__and take a break.It was then that I saw my__43__sitting beside me.
It had been with me as I__44__hard to support my family，as I played with my children and heard their__45__and even when I was __46__with my wife at my side looking after me.It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner.I just didn’t have the__47__to see it.
There is an old Chinese proverb that says，“Tension is who you think you should be.__48__is who you are.”Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the__49__life we think we should have and __50__the life we have now.Happiness will never be found under some banner far away.It will be found__51__your own heart，soul and mind.It will be found when you__52__that others love you just as you do.
