题型：完形填空 题类：常考题 难易度：困难
河南省濮阳市2017-2018学年高一下学期英语期末升级考试试卷
I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! If not, no 1 to catch up, just join right now. Everyone says one of the most effective ways to deal with 2 emotions is to 3. If things are sad, try to find a 4 to laugh or joke. Easier said than done.
However, I had a chance to make a joke of it last night. My husband 5 the job of dealing with my 6 orthodontic（矫牙）treatment. He7 he'd make the 8 and take her to see the doctor.
On 9 flight to Kansas city for the holidays, my daughter lost her dental braces（牙套）. We looked everywhere on the plane but it was 10. We returned home 11 and my husband didn't call to make an appointment. Days went12. I 13 him periodically, but nothing happened.
Whenever I thought about this delay（延误）, I became extremely annoyed. Last night, I was 14 to turn on my anger at full volume（音量）. "This really matters. She is growing now. She'll only have to suffer, you 15 you'd do it," But then I thought about, "make a joke of it." So I went over and said 16, "honey, if you don't call the orthodontist's tomorrow, I'm going to be very angry. I'm not threatening, just giving you fair warning." And today he made the appointment. I'm not sure if making a joke of it was more effective（有效的）than getting angry, but I don't think it was less effective.
I used the same 17 on myself last weekend. Faced with a lot of dull tasks to do, I repeated to myself 18, "Oh well, this is the weekend of the dreaded（恐怖）tasks." And just making that little joke made it easier to handle those tasks.
Maybe, my jokes weren't funny at all. But just the attempt to take a 19 attitude made a huge 20. It's easy to say "make a joke of it", but it's hard to do when you're feeling angry or upset. Have you found a way to get yourself to make a joke?
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