Question

Steve Jobs on life and death

When I was 17, I read a quote （引述） that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an   1  on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every   2  and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”  And whenever the    3  has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to   4  something.

Remembering that I’ll be   5  soon is the most important tool I’ve ever used to help me make the big   6  in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all   7  of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is   8  important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to   9 . You are already naked. There is no reason not to   10  your heart.

Your time is limited, so don’t   11  it living someone else’s life. Don’t be   12  by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the   13  to follow your beliefs and goals. They somehow already know what you really want to   14 . Everything else is   15 .

1.                A．expectation     B．impression      C．imagination    D．examination

 

2.                A．minute         B．night           C．day  D．week

 

3.                A．answer         B．solution         C．result    D．chance

 

4.                A．accept         B．hide           C．change   D．avoid

 

5.                A．famous         B．dead           C．old  D．forgotten

 

6.                A．decisions       B．contributions    C．differences    D．mistakes

 

7.                A．understanding   B．certainty        C．fear D．knowledge

 

8.                A．mostly         B．hardly          C．nearly    D．truly

 

9.                A．take           B．lose            C．give D．win

 

10.               A．break          B．catch          C．warm D．follow

 

11.               A．waste          B．imagine        C．spend D．risk

 

12.               A．confused       B．trapped        C．discouraged    D．hurt

 

13.               A．wisdom        B．idea           C．desire D．courage

 

14.               A．see            B．show          C．become   D．forget

 

15.               A．necessary       B．natural         C．secondary D．possible

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章引述了史蒂夫乔布斯的一次演讲，他在演讲对生命的意义和我们真正在乎的事情进行阐述。

1.A. expectation期望    B. impression印象       C. imagination想象      D. examination考试，句意，这样的一段话给我留下了很深的印象，故选B

2.根据句意，我每天都会在镜子里问我自己，every day 每天，故选C

3.A. answer答案     B. solution解决方法     C. result结果       D. chance机会，句意，如果我连续几天的答案都是“不”时，故选 A

4.A. accept接受         B. hide隐藏     C. change改变   D. avoid避免，句，我知道我要进行改变了，故选 C

5.A. famous 著名的      B. dead 死亡的      C. old老的      D. forgotten忘却的，根据前文，讲到人生中的最后一天，故此处应该是死亡，故选B

6.A. decisions决定         B. contributions贡献    C. differences不同      D. mistakes错误，根据句意，意识到我终有一天会死，是帮助我在生活中如何做重要决定的最主要的方法，故选A

7.A. understanding理解     B. certainty必然       C. fear恐惧         D. knowledge知识，句意：所有对于失败和尴尬的恐惧，故选C

8.A. mostly绝大多数地           B. hardly几乎不       C. nearly几乎          D. truly真正地，句意：这些东西都会在面临死亡时消失，只有真正重要的会留下，故选 D

9.根据句意，意识到你有一天会死，是最好的方法来避免你去想那些你所失去的事情时的苦楚，故选B

10.A. break打破        B. catch抓住        C. warm 温暖        D. follow跟随，句意：你没有理由不跟随你的心志，故选 D

11.A. waste浪费            B. imagine想象      C. spend花费            D. risk冒险，根据句意:不要浪费时间来活在别人的世界里，故选 A

12.A. confused感到困惑的          B. trapped陷入困境的        C. discouraged气馁的D. hurt痛苦的，句意：不要陷入教条的困境中，故选B

13.A. wisdom 智慧       B. idea想法         C. desire期望      D. courage勇气，句意：最重要的是，要有勇气来追随你的信念和目标，故选D

14.他们在某种程度上已经知道了你真正想要成为的人，故选C

15.A. necessary 有必要的       B. natural自然段        C. secondary次要的  D. possible 可能的，句意：别的任何东西都是次要的，故选C

考点：人生百味类议论文

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