When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’11 most certainly be right．”It made a deep on me．and since then, for the past 33 years，I have in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life， I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a ，I know I need to change something． Remembering that I’ll be soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death， only what is truly important About a year ago I was with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I with that diagnosis all day． ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now. 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 ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of ．It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to for the new．Right now the new is you, but someday not too 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 ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be 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 ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:A
题目分析：这是一篇苹果CEO乔布斯在斯坦福大学的演讲稿，主要内容是：乔布斯认为“记住你即将死去”是他一生中遇到的最重要箴言。
小题1:考查名词辨析：A. impression印象，B. curse诅咒，咒语，C. decision决定，D. joke玩笑，根据and since then, for the past 33 years，I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life，可知在我十七岁的时候，读到的这句话，给我们留下了深刻的印象。选A
小题2:考查动词辨析：A. seen 看见，B. looked看，C. found发现，D. 1ost失去，根据in the mirror every morning and asked myself，可知我每天早上在镜子中看到自己，并且问自己，选B
小题3:考查情态动词辨析：A. would将会，B. should应该，C. might可能，D. could能够，从那时开始,过了33年,我在每天早晨都会对着镜子问自己:“如果今天是我生命中的最后一天, 你会不会完成你今天想做的事情呢？这里用would表示虚拟语气，选A
小题4:考查名词辨析：A. hurry匆忙，B. 1ine线，列，C. moment时刻，D. row排，每当答案连续多日都是“不会”的时候，我知道我该做些改变了。in a row意为连续不断地。选D
小题5:考查形容词 ：A. successful成功的，B. rich富有的，C. dead死了的，D. frustrated挫败的，提醒自己我即将死去，是帮我做出人生中许多重大抉择的最重要的工具。选C
小题6:考查名词辨析：A. Apologies道歉，B. Fortune幸运，财产，C. Impressions印象，D. Choices选择，“记住你即将死去”是我一生中遇到的最重要箴言。它帮我指明了生命中重要的选择。故选D
小题7:考查动词辨析：A. Proving证明，B. Leaving离开，留下，C. Confirming证实，D. Telling告诉，我看到的是留下的真正重要的东西，故选B
小题8:考查动词辨析：A. Diagnosed诊断，B. Cured治愈， C. treated治疗， D. Found发现，大概一年以前, 我被诊断出癌症，故选C diagnose 诊断。选A
小题9:考查介词辨析：A. On在...上面，B. for为了，C. in 在...里面，D. At在...地方，in order妥当的，有序的。医生劝我回家，安排后事，这是医生让病人等死的婉言。选C
小题10:考查动词辨析：A. Met遇到，B. Got得到，C. Did做，D. 1ived生活，.live with接受或容忍某现象。此句意为诊断结果让我想了一整天。选D
小题11:考查副词辨析：A. However然而，B. But但是， C. Therefore因此，D. So所以，根据at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is curable with surgery，可知表示转折，选A
小题12:考查形容词辨析： A. Incurable不可治愈的，B. Curable可治愈的，C. Fatal致命的， D. Changeable可以改变的，从后句可知，作者患得是一种非常罕见的、可以用手术治愈的癌症，后来治好了选B
小题13:考查代词：A. Anyone任何人，B. Someone一些人，C. No one 没有人，D. Everyone每个人，根据Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there.可知没有人愿意死, 即使人们想上天堂, 人们也不会为了去那里而死，故选C
小题14:考查动词辨析：A. Want想要，B. Avoid避免，C. share 分享，共有，D. Escape逃离，.但是死亡是我们每个人共同的归宿，无人幸免。选C
小题15:考查名词辨析： A. Destination目的地，B. 1ife生活，C. Science科学，D. Disease疾病，结合下文It is life's change agent.可知因为死亡就是生命中最好的一个发明，选B
小题16:考查动词短语辨析：A. make up组成，化妆，编造，合好， B. make for 前往，有助于，C. make out辨认出， D. make way（for sb）让某人通过，给某人让路。此句意为死亡破旧立新，选D
小题17:考查形容词辨析：A. Distant遥远的，B. Short短的，C. Long长的，D. Away远，你们现在是新人，但是不久的将来，你们会慢慢变老.然后被清除掉。选C
小题18:考查动词辨析：A. 1imited有限的，B. Rare罕见的，C. Enough足够的，D. 1ost失去的，根据so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．可知你们的时间很有限, 所以不要将他们浪费在重复其他人的生活上，故选A
小题19:考查动词辨析：A. wasted 浪费，B. Cheated欺骗，C. Excited使兴奋，D. Trapped围困，根据which is living with the results of other people’s thinking可知不要被教条束缚,那意味着你和其他人思考的结果一起生活，选D
小题20:考查名词辨析：A. Voice声音，B. Love爱，C. Direction方向，D. Confusion困惑，根据And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart.可知不要被其他人喧嚣的观点掩盖你真正的内心的声音。还有最重要的是, 你要有勇气去听从你直觉和心灵的指示，故选A