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. 1.
   Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ______
   1. A.
      observing her school routine
   2. B.
      expressing her satisfaction
   3. C.
      impressing her classmates
   4. D.
      preserving her history
2. 2.
   What caused a change in the author’s understanding of keeping a diary?
   1. A.
      A dull night on the journey
   2. B.
      The beauty of the great valley
   3. C.
      A striking quotation from a book
   4. D.
      Her concerns for future generations
3. 3.
   What does the author put in her diary now?
   1. A.
      Notes and beautiful pictures
   2. B.
      Special thoughts and feelings
   3. C.
      Detailed accounts of daily activities
   4. D.
      Descriptions of unforgettable events
4. 4.
   The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is_____
   1. A.
      to experience it
   2. B.
      to live the present in the future
   3. C.
      to make memories
   4. D.
      to give accurate representations of it

Answer 1

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试题分析：文章大意：这是一篇说明文，介绍了作者的爱好就是记录下自己的经历，但作者后来感受到记录经历，不如享受现在。
1.细节题：根据文章的意思，特别是第一段最后两句： 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?关键词：a way of preserving the past“保护过去的一种方法。”选D。
2.细节题：根据文章第二段的描述：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. 可知，这样的景色太美了。可知是优美的景色改变了他对记日记的看法。选B。
3.细节题：根据文章第四段第一句：Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.可知作者是把特殊的情感和感觉放进日记中，选B。
4.细节题：根据文章的意思，特别是第四段最后一句：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.可知作者认为过有意义的生活就是要体验它。选A。
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