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【题目】As a listening child,I often heard【1】(old) people say:"What dreams I had!"and"If only I had my life to live over."I【2】(understand) that these men and women had missed the fullness of life somehow.

But I wasn't going to miss it,I decided at the age of fourteen.In a slightly【3】(use) copy book,I made a full list of what I wanted from life.I would be devoted to【4】(realize) them one by one.【5】,as years went by,I was middle aged and alone.My children had left to make their own full life somewhere.I,too,didn't realize even half the amount 【6】what I had planned.One rainy night,I went to the bookstore to get a paperback book to read【7】(me) to sleep on.I picked up an Emile Zola book,【8】reminded me of something I had read long ago: Zola had said,“To have a child,to plant a tree,to write a book.”That,he said,was a full life!A great stillness grew about me as I realized I had a child,I'd planted a tree,and in fact,I'd even written a book.

Eventually,I came to a clear【9】(conclude),and it is【10】university one: To live,to struggle,to be in love with life is fulfillment.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】other

【2】understood

【3】used

【4】realizing

【5】However

【6】of

【7】myself

【8】which

【9】conclusion

【10】a

【解析】这篇文章主要讲了人生的短暂，常常使我们心怀不安，时时惶惑，左右思量，唯恐虚度。人的一生该如何度过?怎样的生活才算是完满?很多人终其一生寻找答案，或茫然无措，或追悔莫及。可殊不知，也许，生活赐予我们的已足够完满，只是我们尚不自知；也许，完满的人生原本就很简单，不过是——活着，拼搏，热爱我们所拥有的这或喜或悲的生活……

【1】考查形容词。我经常听到年长的人说。Older年长的.

【2】考查时态。发生在过去的事情，用一般过去时，所以填understood。

【3】考查形容词。表示“一本二手书”，所以填used。

【4】考查固定用法。be devoted to doing专心于，致力于，是固定用法，填realizing。

【5】考查副词。然而随着时间的流失，我中年了并且感觉很孤独。填However。

【6】考查固定用法。the amount of……的数量，是固定用法，填of。

【7】考查反身代词。我去书店获得一本简装书，留着让自己阅读。所以填myself。

【8】考查定语从句。___8___reminded me of something I had read long ago是一个定语从句，关系词在从句中作主语，修饰先行词an Emile Zola book，指物，填which。

【9】考查固定短语。Come to a conclusion得出结论，是固定用法，填conclusion。

【10】考查冠词。泛指“一个普遍的理论”，且university的首字母发音是辅音，用不定冠词a。