This is my third story. When I was 17,I read a quote that 1 something like,“If you live each day 2 it was your last,someday you'll most certainly be right.”Since then,for the past thirty?three years,I've looked 3 the mirror every morning and asked myself:“If today were the last day of my life,would I want to do what I am about to do today?”And whenever the answer has been“No”for too many days in a 4 ,I know I need to change something.

  About a year ago I was  5 with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable,and that I should  6 to live no longer than three to six months. They advised me to go home and get my 7 in order,which is doctors' code for“prepare to 8 ”. Later that evening when the doctors  9 the cells taken from my pancreas(胰腺)under a microscope,they started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is  10 with surgery. I had the surgery and,11 ,I'm fine now.

  This was the closest I've been to facing death,and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Death is the 12 we all share. No one has  13 escaped it. And that is 14 it should be,because death is very likely the single 15 invention of life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make  16 for the new. Your time is  17 ,so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma(信條)—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of  18 opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly,have the courage to  19 your heart and intuition(直覺). They 20 already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

(1)A. said     B. described  C. went     D. expressed

(2)A. unless    B. as if     C. even if    D. as long as

(3)A. in      B. at     C. through    D. On

(4)A. row     B. minute    C. sense    D. word

(5)A. connected  B. infected   C. affected  D. diagnosed

(6)A. want    B. dream    C. expect   D. imagine

(7)A. duties    B. businesses C. affairs   D. life

(8)A. work    B. start     C. talk    D. die

(9)A. looked   B. viewed   C. realized   D. noticed

(10)A. curable   B. possible    C. acceptable D. suitable

(11)A. carefully  B. thankfully   C. anxiously  D. hopefully

(12)A. possession B. destination  C. expectation D. position

(13)A. ever     B. even     C. never    D. still

(14)A. when    B. while     C. as      D. since

(15)A. better   B. worst     C. worse    D. best

(16)A. use    B. a difference  C. sense     D. way

(17)A. endless  B. repeated   C. countless   D. limited

(18)A. others'   B. others    C. anyone's    D. some others

(19)A. listen   B. follow     C. take      D. accept

(20)A. however B.whatever  C.somehow  D.Somewhat

【答案與解析】文章大意:歲月匆匆,人生短暫,人要為自己活著,而不是生活在別人的陰影下。九死一生的坎坷經(jīng)歷讓作者刻骨銘心。

1. 【答案】 C 

【解析】作者在十七歲時讀到一句引言,大概意思如下。此處的go表示“(故事、歌詞等)內(nèi)容是”。

2. 【答案】B 

【解析】如果你將每一天都當作你生命中的最后一天來度過的話……as if表示“好像;仿佛”。

3. 【答案】A 

【解析】三十三年來,作者每天早上都審視鏡子“中”的自己,并不斷地向自己發(fā)問。作者的焦點不是鏡子,而是鏡子中的自己,故B項不恰當。

4. 【答案】A 

【解析】每當一連多天答案都是否定時,作者知道自己需要做出改變了。in a row意為“連續(xù)”。in a sense意為“從某種意義上說”,不符合語境。

5. 【答案】D 

【解析】大約一年前,作者被“診斷”出患有癌癥,diagnose“診斷(疾病)”。

6. 【答案】 C 

【解析】上文提到醫(yī)生告訴作者這幾乎肯定是一種不治之癥,所以作者對自己生命期限的“期望”應(yīng)該是不多于三至六個月。

7. 【答案】C 

【解析】醫(yī)生們建議作者回家把自己的“事情”料理好。B項意為“商店,公司”,在文章中沒有信息支持。

8. 【答案】D 

【解析】醫(yī)生建議讓作者回家就是準備“死亡”。

9. 【答案】 B 

【解析】那天晚上稍晚的時候,當他們在顯微鏡下“觀察”從作者的胰腺中取出的細胞時,他們大叫了起來。view“觀看(尤指)仔細察看”。

10. 【答案】A 

【解析】他們得出的結(jié)果是這是一種罕見的胰腺癌,通過外科手術(shù)“可以治愈”。

11. 【答案】 B 

【解析】醫(yī)生本來判定作者必死無疑,結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)他患的是可能治療的癌癥,作者經(jīng)過手術(shù)后痊愈了,故非!案屑ぁ。

12. 【答案】 B 

【解析】死亡是我們共有的“終點”,任何人無法避免。

13. 【答案】A 

【解析】每個人最終都要死亡,沒有一個人“曾經(jīng)”逃脫過。

14. 【答案】C

【解析】 死亡是蕓蕓眾生的最終歸宿,這正是萬物應(yīng)該有的結(jié)局,此處as意為“正如”。

15. 【答案】D 

【解析】下文提到死亡是生命變革的促進者,屬于正常的新老更替,由此可推知死亡很可能是生命中“最好的”證明。

16. 【答案】 D 

【解析】死亡清除了陳舊的東西,為新生事物讓路。make way for 可意為“為……讓路”。

17. 【答案】D 

【解析】本句后半句提到不要把時間浪費在過別人的生活上面,由此可知你的時間是“有限的”。

18. 【答案】A 

【解析】不要讓“別人的”觀點淹沒你的心聲。

19. 【答案】B 

【解析】最重要的是,要有勇氣“跟隨”你的內(nèi)心和直覺。

20. 【答案】C

【解析】要相信自己的內(nèi)心和直覺,它們“不知怎么地”已經(jīng)知道了你真正想成為什么樣的人。其他的一切都是次要的。D項表示“有點兒,有幾分”,不符合語境。

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