Question

    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’ll 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 life. 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.

1.A.statement B.impression C.decision D.joke

2.A.looked B.seen C.found D.lost

3.A.might B.should C.would D.could

4.A.row B.line C.moment D.hurry

5.A.successful B.dead C.rich D.frustrated

6.A.apology B.fortune C.choice D.impression

7.A.proving B.telling C.confirming D.leaving

8.A.cured B.diagnosed C.treated D.provided

9.A.in B.for C.on D.at

10.A.met B.got C.did D.lived

11.A.So B.But C.Therefore D.However

12.A.incurable B.uncomfortable C.curable D.changeable

13.A.Anyone B.No one C.Someone D.everyone

14.A.share B.avoid C.want D.escape

15.A.disease B.destination C.science D.life

16.A.make way B.make for C.make out D.make up

17.A.distant B.short C.long D.away

18.A.lost B.rare C.enough D.limited

19.A.wasted B.cheated C.trapped D.excited

20.A.love B.voice C.direction D.confusion

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇演讲稿。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。

1.考查名词辨析。句意：它给我留下了深刻的印象。A. statement说明，说法；B. impression印象；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…（从那时，过去的33年中，我每天早上都会照镜子问自己……）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。故选B。

2.考查动词辨析。句意：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, 我会不会完成我今天想做的事情呢？A. looked看；B. seen 看见；C. found发现；D. 1ost失去。根据句意，这句话强调的是照镜子这个动作，look in the mirror是一个固定搭配，意为“照镜子”，符合句意。故选A。

3.考查情态动词辨析。句意同上。A. might可能；B. should应该；C. would将会；D. could能够。由句中的If today were the last day of my life（如果今天是我生命中的最后一天）可知这句话应用虚拟语气，是与现在情况相反的假设，所以主句中应用would表示虚拟语气，故选C。

4.考查名词辨析。句意：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。A. row排；B. 1ine线，列；C. moment时刻；D. hurry匆忙。in a row意为“连续不断地”，符合句意。故选A。

5.考查形容词。句意：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，因为在死亡面前，几乎所有的东西都会化为虚无，只留下真正重要的东西。A. successful成功的；B. dead死了的；C. rich富有的，D. frustrated挫败的。空格处单词与第一段提到的名言名句中的 “If you live each day as if it were your last（如果你把每一天当成最后一天过）” 呼应，故选B。

6.考查名词辨析。句意同上。A. apology道歉；B. fortune幸运，财产；C. choice选择；D. impression印象。由句中的 “almost everything falls away in the face of death,___7___only what is truly important（在死亡面前，几乎所有的东西都会化为虚无，只留下真正重要的东西。）”可知，死亡能帮我们做出正确的选择。故选C

7.考查动词辨析。句意同上。A. proving证明；B. telling告诉；C. confirming证实；D. leaving离开，留下。由句中的 “almost everything falls away in the face of death（在死亡面前，几乎所有的东西都会化为虚无）可推知，留下的都是非常重要的东西。故选D

8.考查动词辨析。句意：大概一年以前, 我被诊断出癌。A. cured治愈；B. diagnosed诊断； C. treated治疗； D. provided提供。be diagnose with…意为 “被诊断出……” ，其后常与表示疾病的词连用。符合句意。故选B。

9.考查介词短语。句意：医生劝我回家，安排好事情，这是医生让病人等死的婉言。A. in 在……里面；B. for为了；C. on在……上面；D. at在……地方。in order（整齐， 井然有序）是一个固定搭配，符合句意。故选A。

10.考查动词辨析。句意：我一整天都无法接受那个诊断结果。A. met遇到，B. got得到，C. did做，D. lived生活。live with为固定搭配，意为接受或容忍某现象。符合句意。故选D。

11.考查副词辨析。句意：然而，最后一个专业的检测表明这种癌症是一种罕见的可通过手术治愈的癌症。A. So所以；B. But但是；C. Therefore因此；D. However然而。前文中提及医生让他回去安排后事，再由空格后的at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is curable with surgery（最后一个专业的检测表明这种癌症是一种罕见的可通过手术治愈的癌症）可知，前后是转折关系。故选D。

12.考查形容词辨析。句意同上。A. Incurable不可治愈的；B. uncomfortable不舒服的；C. curable可治愈的；D. changeable可以改变的。从后句I had the surgery and I’m fine now（我做了手术，现在好了）可知，作者患得癌症是可治愈的，后来治好了。故选C。

13.考查代词。句意：没有人想要死亡。A. Anyone任何人；B. No one 没有人；C. Someone一些人；D. Everyone每个人。根据Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there.（即使人们想上天堂，人们也不会为了去那里而死）可知没有人愿意死，故选B。

14.考查动词辨析。句意：但是死亡是我们每个人共同的归宿，无人幸免。A. share 分享，共有；B. avoid避免；C. want想要；D. escape逃离。由No one has ever escaped it.（没有人可以避免）可知，死亡是大家都要经历的，故选A。

15.考查名词辨析。句意：就应该是这样，因为死亡是最好的发明。它是生活的交易代理人。A. disease疾病；B. destination目的地；C. science科学；D. 1ife生活。结合下文It is life’s change agent（它是生活的交易代理人）可知，死亡就是生命中最好的一个发明，故选D。

16.考查动词短语辨析。句意：它清除旧的，给新的腾地方。A. make way（for sb）让某人通过，给某人让路；B. make for 前往，有助于；C. make out辨认出；D. make up组成，化妆，编造，合好。根据下句“Right now the new is you, but someday not too _____ from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.（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）”可知，死亡是为了给新的腾地方。故选A。

17.考查形容词辨析。句意同上。A. distant遥远的；B. short短的；C. long长的；D. away远。根据句意及常识，不久的将来，你们会慢慢变老，然后被清除掉。故选C。

18.考查动词辨析。句意：你们的时间很有限，所以不要将它们浪费在重复其他人的生活上。A. 1ost失去的；B. rare罕见的；C. enough足够的；D. 1imited有限的。根据so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife（不要将它们浪费在重复其他人的生活上）可知，时间是有限的。故选D。

19.考查动词辨析。句意：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。A. wasted 浪费；B. cheated欺骗；C. trapped围困；D. excited使兴奋。根据which is living with the results of other people’s thinking（那意味着你和其他人思考的结果一起生活）可知，作者认为不要被教条束缚。故选C。

20.考查名词辨析。句意：不要被其他人喧嚣的观点掩盖你真正的内心的声音。A. love爱；B. voice声音；C. direction方向；D. confusion困惑。根据And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart（还有最重要的是, 你要有勇气去听从你直觉和心灵的指示）可知，作者认为你不能掩盖你真正的内心的声音。故选B。