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I had a habit of skipping to the last page of a book. I just wanted to see how it ended   _____ I was still in the middle of it. This habit _____  first my mom, then my friends, and _____ even my own daughter. Often my _____ wouldn’t be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were   _____ as well. Then one day my daughter told me in anger, “Dad, please just read a book one _____ at a time like everyone else!”

At times I didn’t   _____  this bad habit to just reading books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and _____ out what to do months or even years from now   _____ enjoying each day at present. Although I knew that the _____  of my life wasn’t done yet and that I had many pages   _____to go, I still couldn’t control my burning desire to write the _____of it halfway through. Time and time again, I would _____jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it happened. Life, _____ doesn’t work like that. It loves to _____  us, and you never know what new problems, changes, or opportunities each new day will _____  .

Recently when I found myself living in the   _____ again, I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to “live one day at a time”. When I heard those words, I _____  , turned the book of my life to the _____ page, and thanked God for today.

Each of us has to   _____ the book of life line by line, moment by moment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.

1.A. since          B. for              C. while           D. because

2.A. confused       B. annoyed           C. delighted        D. embarrassed

3.A. usually      B. obviously        C. accidentally     D. finally

4.A. impatience     B.misunderstanding   C. disappointment   D. disagreement

5.A. saying         B. reading           C. doing            D. watching

6.A. page          B. copy              C. chapter          D. edition

7.A. contribute     B. devote           C. apply            D. limit

8.A. try            B. figure            C. let              D. turn

9.A. on the part of B. other than        C. instead of      D. on the basis of

10.A. book          B. river             C. picture          D. play

11.A. forgotten   B. left              C. kept            D. regretted

12.A. feelings      B. beginning       C. ending          D. comments

13.A. consciously   B. strangely       C. foolishly        D. critically

14.A. otherwise     B. moreover         C. therefore        D. however

15.A. surprise      B. cheat             C. satisfy          D. frighten

16.A. make         B. bring             C. take            D. award

17.A. present       B. future            C. memory           D. dream

18.A. cheered       B. cried            C. lost             D. smiled

19.A. exciting      B. hopeful          C. favorite        D. right

20.A. write         B. review           C. explain          D. translate

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文作者喜欢在读书读到一半时就先看故事的结局，后来发展到其他事也这样没耐烦。这让家人和朋友们都很不高兴，女儿认为书应该从头到尾去读，正如人生一样一个过好当下。

1.C 考查连词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. since自从，因为；B. for因为；C. while而；当……的时候；D. because 因为。 结合后文可知，本句的意思是：当一本书读到一半时，我就想要知道结局是怎么样的。故选C。

2.B 考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. confused使困惑；B. annoyed使恼怒；C. delighted使高兴；D. embarrassed使尴尬。根据下文“Then one day my daughter told me in anger”可知，我的这个坏习惯激怒了(annoyed)很多人。 故选B。

3.D 考查副词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. usually通常；B. obviously明显；C. accidentally偶然；D. finally最后。根据上文提到“first...then...”可知，最后(finally)惹恼了自己的女儿。故选D。

4.A 考查名词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. impatience没耐心；B.misunderstanding误解；C. disappointment失望；D. disagreement不同意。我的习惯不仅仅是我自己读的书，对他人读的书也是很急于知道故事的结局。故选A。

5.B 考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. saying说；B. reading读；C. doing 做；D. watching看。这里根据上下文可知，应该是读书，读书用动词read。故选B。

6.A 考查名词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. page页码；B. copy 本；C. chapter章；D. edition版。根据最后一段中的“Each of us has to _ __ the book of life line by line”可知，女儿希望父亲看书时能像别人一样一页一页地看。故选A。

7.D考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. contribute贡献于；B. devote奉献于；C. apply申请，应用；D. limit限制。根据下句的“I also tried to skip ahead in my own life”可知，我的坏习惯不仅仅是仅限于看书方面，也体现在他的生活上。故选D。

8. B 考查动词短语的辨析和对语境的理解。A. try out (采用前)严密试验；筛矿；量(金属的)纯度; B. figure out弄懂，搞清楚; C. let out 泄露； D. turn out 结果。我总是想要看到未来几个月甚至几年以后的事，而没有享受现在的生活。 故选B。

9.C 考查介词短语的辨析和对语境的理解。A. on the part of就……而言；B. other than除了，不同于；C. instead of代替，而不是；D. on the basis of根据。我总是想要看到未来几个月甚至几年以后的事，而不是享受现在的生活。 故选C。

10.A 考查名词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. book书；B. river河流；C. picture图片；D. play剧。根据空后的“that I had many pages to go”可知，这里作者把生活看作一本书。故选A。

11.B 考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. forgotten忘记；B. left离开，剩下；C. kept保持；D. regretted遗憾。人生这本书还有很多可以看的。故选B。

12.C 考查名词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. feelings感觉；B. beginning开端；C. ending结局；D. comments评价。根据前文可知，我在看书时总喜欢看到一半就想知道结尾，而对于自己人生的这本书，虽然还没有写完，但我已迫不及待地想要写出结局。故选C。

13.C 考查副词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. consciously自觉地；B. strangely 奇怪地；C. foolishly愚蠢地；D. critically批评性地。根据下文“Life， ，doesn't work like that.”可推知，我总是在每一个潜在的问题还没发生时就尝试解决它，所以这是愚蠢的。故选C。

14.D 考查副词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. otherwise否则；B. moreover而且；C. therefore因此；D. however但是。然而人生并不像我们预设的那样去过。故选D。

15.A 考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. surprise使人惊讶；B. cheat欺骗；C. satisfy使人满意；D. frighten吓唬。从下文中的“you never know what new problems，changes or opportunities each new day will ”可知，生活总是有新问题，机遇或者机会使我们感到很惊讶。故选A。

16.B 考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. make使得；B. bring带来；C. take带走；D. award授予。生活中的每个新的一天总会给我们带来(bring)不同的问题、改变和机会。故选B。

17.B 考查名词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. present现在；B. future未来；C. memory记忆； D. dream梦想。根据上文，我在生活中总是想要搞清楚未来几个月甚至几年的事情，即生活在“未来”，由此可知选B。

18.D 考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. cheered欢呼；B. cried哭；C. lost失去；D. smiled 微笑。 我明白了生活要一天天地过，所以我笑了。故选D。

19.D 考查形容词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. exciting令人激动的；B. hopeful充满希望的；C. favorite最喜欢的；D. right对的。当内心的声音提醒我要过好每一天时，我把人生的这本书翻回到正确的(right)那一页。 故选D。

20.A 考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. write写；B. review回顾；C. explain 解释；D. translate翻译。根据上文中的“to write the of it halfway through”可知选A。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。