问题 完形填空
When studying in a middle school,I read a quote that went something like:“If you live each day as if it were your last,someday you’ll most certainly be right. ”It made a deep   36  on me, and since then, for the past 33 years,I have  37  in the mirror every morning and asked myself:“If today were the last day of my life,  3 8  I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a  39 ,I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I’ll be  40  soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big  41  in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death,  42  only what is truly important.
About a year ago I was  43  with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs   44  order,which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die. I  45  with that diagnosis all day.   46 ,at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is  47  with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
48  wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all  49  . No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be,because death is very likely the single best invention of  50  . It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to  51  for the new. Right now the new is you. But someday not too  52  from now,you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic,but it is quite true.
Your time is  53 ,so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife. Don’t be  54  by dogma(教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner  55  . And most importantly,have the courage to follow your heart.
小题1:
A.joke B.impressionC.curseD.decision
小题2:
A.1ost B.seenC.lookedD.found
小题3:
A.could B.wouldC.shouldD.might
小题4:
A.row B.hurryC.1ineD.moment
小题5:
A.frustratedB.successfulC.richD.dead
小题6:
A.choices B.apologiesC.fortuneD.impressions
小题7:
A.telling B.provingC.leavingD.confirming
小题8:
A.round B.diagnosedC.curedD.treated
小题9:
A.at B.onC.forD.in
小题10:
A.1ived B.metC.gotD.did
小题11:
A.So B.HoweverC.ButD.Therefore
小题12:
A.changeable B.incurableC.curableD.fatal
小题13:
A.Everyone B.AnyoneC.SomeoneD.No one
小题14:
A.escape B.wantC.avoidD.share
小题15:
A.disease B.destinationC.1ifeD.science
小题16:
A.make way B.make upC.make forD.make our
小题17:
A.away B.distantC.shortD.long
小题18:
A.1ost B.1imitedC.rareD.enough
小题19:
A.trapped B.wastedC.cheatedD.excited
小题20:
A.confusion B.voiceC.loveD.direction
答案

小题36:B

小题37:C

小题38:B

小题39:A

小题40:D

小题41:A

小题42:C

小题43:B

小题44:D

小题45:A

小题46:B

小题47:C

小题48:D

小题49:D

小题50:C

小题51:A

小题52:D

小题53:B

小题54:A

小题55:B

36. Make a deep impression on sb 给。。。留下深刻的印象。

37.look in the mirror 在镜子内看自己。

38.If today were the last day of my life,  3 8  I want to do what I am about to do today?” 虚拟句。 If 后用过去式, 主句用would +动词原形。所以选B

39.In a row 连续不断地

40.根据36 前的句子,可看出D “记住我将死这件事是一个非常重要的工具使我作出选择。”

41.所以这儿是make a choice 做选择

42.结果状语。 Leave “留下”这儿翻译成“留下非常重要的东西”

43.Be diagnosed with “被诊断出”这儿是被诊断出癌症。

44.“医生建议我回家,料理我的后事。”in order “按顺序”

45.Live with “和。。。生活在一起”/ 忍受。 这儿翻译为“我每天都忍受着这一诊断。”

46.表转折, but 是连词,得跟句子。 However 副词, 用逗号隔开。

47.“这是一种罕见的癌可以通过手术治疗。”所以用curable “可以治愈的”

48.“没有人想死。”所以选D

49.Share “分享”这儿翻译为“死亡是每个人的终点。”

50.death is very likely the single best invention of  50 “死亡是生命的最好的证明。”

51. It clears out the old to  51  for the new. Make way for “为。。。让路”“它清除老的, 为新的让路。”

52.But someday not too  52  from now,you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.

“某天居今也不是太长,你将慢慢变老然后被清除。”long “长的”

53.你的时间是有限的。 Limited “有限的”

54.trapped    “被困住的”这儿翻译为“别被教条所限制”

55.Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner  55  .“被让别人的观点淹没你内心的声音”voice“声音,呼声”

判断题
阅读理解

阅读理解。

     High-tech machines have made life easier for millions around the world. However, some people still

prefer low-tech ways of doing things. Here's an example of why this is happening. You can microwave

a frozen hamburger in 60 seconds. However, it won't taste as good as one you cook on the stove. And

if you're in that much of a hurry, you probably won't take time to toast the bun. High-tech cooking saves

time, but it doesn't make for better tasting meals.

    Most people get their news from high-tech sources like television or the Internet. This has many

advantages. For example, electronic news is more up to date than newspapers or magazines. It's also

more exciting to see live and videotaped news events than photographs. However, newspapers and

magazines have some important advantages. They give more background and details. They also let you

read the parts that are important to you and skip the rest.

    Other high-tech timesavers have similar disadvantages. For example, most people use the phone or

email to stay in touch with friends and family members who live in other places. But when you use the

Internet or the phone, you don't always think carefully about what you are saying, and sometimes you

forget the important things you want to communicate. Similarly, when you word process a homework

assignment instead of handwriting it, you can check your spelling electronically and put in fancy headings.

However, some students are so busy with the computer that they don't pay enough attention to the actual words they are writing.

1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The writer likes high-tech cooking.

B. Low-tech cooking produces better-tasting meals.

C. High-tech news programs always keep you reading what is important to you.

D. Handwritten homework is better than word-processed homework.

2. How does the writer feel about high-tech tools?

A. Better late than never.          

B. Easy come, easy go.

C. Every coin has two sides.        

D. Learn to walk before you run.

3. What is the main subject discussed in the text?

A. High-tech vs. low-tech.

B. Advantages vs. disadvantages.

C. Newspapers and magazines vs. television and the Internet.

D. Word-processing vs. handwriting.

4. How is the text organized?

A. Main idea - Argument - Explanation.

B. Opinion - Discussion - Description.

C. Topic - Comparison - Supporting examples.

D. Introduction - Supporting examples - Discussion.