Question

Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day’s events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn’t accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?

　When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen….

At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.

Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful. I’m no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.

I don’t want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won’t have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I’ll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I don’t live to make memories—I just live, and the memories form themselves.

1. Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ______.

A. observing her school routine     B. expressing her satisfaction

C. impressing her classmates       D. preserving her history

2.What caused a change in the author’s understanding of keeping a diary?

A. A dull night on the journey.

B. The beauty of the great valley.

C. A striking quotation from a book

 D. Her concerns for future generations.

3.What does the author put in her diary now?

A. Notes and beautiful pictures.

B. Special thoughts and feelings.

C. Detailed accounts of daily activities.

D. Descriptions of unforgettable events.

4.The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ______.

A. to experience it             B. to live the present in the future

C. to make memories           D. to give accurate representations of it

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：本篇文章记录了一对经历相像的母女，她们都经历了女儿、母亲的阶段，又都是一个成功的作家。相同的天分，相同的感觉，成就了一对母女作家二重奏。

1.D细节理解题。从短文的第一段“I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper.” 可以得知答案：我记日记并不是真的需要表达感情，……只是永远把经历记在纸上。故D正确。

2.B细节理解题。从短文的第三段“At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.” 可以得知答案：当时，我明白了，我写的任何东西都配不上和代表我所经历的短暂的几秒钟山谷的神奇的美丽。故B正确。

3.B细节理解题。从短文的第四段“Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.” 可以得知答案：现在，我只有在需要记下一个特殊的想法和感情时才写在日记中。故B正确。

4.A推理判断题。由第五段的“I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.” 可得知答案：我意识到，生活会与我擦肩而过如果我盲目的活在照相机后面，紧张的保存现在以便未来重现它。故A正确。

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