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三、阅读理解
17. When I was eleven years old ， God gave me a gift of happiness and I had a carefree childhood in France.
One day ， on my way home from school ， a truck ran over me and my legs were cut off. As I lay there
bleeding ， I suddenly realized that I might have to live the rest of my life without legs. How depressed I was at that moment! But then I realized that depression won’t get my legs back. So I decided not to waste my life feeling depressed. When my parents arrived at the hospital ， they stood there quietly ， looked so shocked and sad. I told
them ， “I’ve already accepted the fact. Now you also have to get used to this.”
Ever since then ， I often see my friends getting worried about little things ： The buses comes late ； they get bad grades on the tests and so on. But I just enjoy life. I was lucky to realize that it is a waste of energy to pay attention to what you have lost ， and that the key to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have. Sounds simple ， doesn’t it? So why are many people unhappy? People often think happiness is based on what they achieve. “My whole life would improve if I had a new car.” But when they get the car and what happens? For a whole week they are walking on air. Then they go right back to be unhappy.
Happiness is not a happenin