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   1 on me, and since then, for the past 33 years，I have  2  in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life，  3  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．

    Remembering that I’ll be   5  soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big 6 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death，  7 only what is truly important.

    About a year ago I was  8  with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs  9  order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I  10 with that diagnosis all day．  11  ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is  12  with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now.

     13  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  14  ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of   15 ．It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to   16   for the new．Right now the new is you．But someday not too  17   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  18 ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be  19  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   20  ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart.

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

2.A. looked      B. seen        C. found            D. 1ost

3.A. might          B. should       C. would            D. could

4.A. hurry       B. 1ine       C. row              D. moment

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

6.A. choices      B. fortune     C. impressions     D. apologies

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

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

9.A. on           B. for         C. at              D. in

10.A. met         B. 1ived       C. did             D. got

11.A. But            B. However     C. Therefore        D. So

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

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

14.A. want        B. avoid       C. escape              D. share

15.A. destination    B. science   C. 1ife               D. disease

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

17.A. distant       B. long         C. short                D. away   

18.A. enough        B. rare         C. limited          D. 1ost

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

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

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文的主要内容是：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. 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。故选D。

2. 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，故选A。

3.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？故选C。

4. 根据I know I need to change something．故选C。

5. 根据下文内容in the face of death，故选B.

6.“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A。

7.我看到的是留下的真正重要的东西，故选 C。

8.大概一年以前, 我被诊断出癌症，故选C diagnose 诊断。

9.根据which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．我的医生叫我回家, 然后整理好我的一切, ，故选 D。

10.我整天和那个诊断书一起生活。故选B。

11.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，故选B。

12.根据I had the surgery and I’m fine now，可知可以用手术治愈的癌症，故选C。

13.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  A。

14.根据No one has ever escaped it，可知但是死亡是我们每个人共同的终点。从来没有人能够逃脱它，故选D。

15.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，故选 C。

16.根据you will gradually become the old and be cleared away，可知它将旧的清除以便给新的让路，故选B。

17.根据you will gradually become the old and be cleared away，可知 但是从现在开始不久以后, 故选 B。

18.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C。

19.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，故选 D。

20.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B。

考点：这是一篇苹果CEO乔布斯在斯坦福大学的演讲稿