"The days that make us happy make us wise." I first read this line by England’s poet John Masefield. It startled me. What did he mean Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that the (47) was true. But the confidence and certainty in his words (48) my attention. I could not forget it. Finally, I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a (49) observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, not hidden in anxiety or (50) , and without the blind spots caused by fear. Active happiness-not mere (51) -often comes suddenly, like an April shower. Then you (52) what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; bird songs are (53) ; the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable. Happiness is like a pair of eye glasses (54) your spiritual vision. Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts (55) in upon your emotional sorrow, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall falls. The long view is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world about you-people, thoughts, emotions, pressures-are now fitted into the larger (56) . Everything assumes a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of wisdom. A. satisfaction B. despair C. sweeter D. turned E. vague F. discover G. scene H) study I) keen J) opposite K) screen L) correcting M) drew N) expressing O) excitement