题目内容
10.When I was 17,I read a quote that went something like:"If you live each day as if it was your last,someday you'll most certainly be right."It made a( n) (31)B on me,and since then,for the past 33years,I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself:‘‘If today were the(32)D day of my life,would I want to do what I am about to do today?"And whenever the answer has been"No"for too many days in a (33)A,I know I need to change something.About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer.The doctors told me this was almost (34)C a type of cancer that is incurable,and that I should (35)C to live no longer than three to six months.My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs(36)A,which is doctor's code for preparing to die.
I lived with that diagnosis all day.Later that evening I had a biopsy (活组织检查),it (37)B to be a very rare form of cancer that is (38)D with surgery.I had the surgery and I'm fine now.
No one wants to die.Even people who want to go to (39)C don't want to die to get there.And yet death is the (40)A we all share.No one has ever (41)B it.And that is as it should be,because (42)D is very likely the single best invention of Life.It is Life's change agent.It (43)C out the old to make way for the new.Right now the new is you,(44)A someday not too long from now,you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.Sorry to be so (45)C,but it is quite (46)D
Your (47)B is limited,so don't waste it( 48)C _ someone else's life.Don't let the noise of others'opinions drown out your own inner (49)A.And most important,have the courage to (50)A your heart and intuition (官觉)•
31.A.decision | B.impression | C.attraction | D.difference |
32.A.first | B.best | C.worst | D.last |
33.A.row | B.line | C.week | D.month |
34.A.thoroughly | B.desperately | C.certainly | D.naturally |
35.A.hope | B.wish | C.expect | D.desire |
36.A.in order | B.in place | C.in hospital | D.in time |
37.A.worked out | B.turned out | C.pointed out | D.found out |
38.A.terrible | B.acceptable | C.imaginable | D.curable |
39.A.hell | B.church | C.heaven | D.space |
40.A.destination | B.origin | C.fate | D.frustration |
41.A.expected | B.escaped | C.understood | D.tolerated |
42.A.Disease | B.Birth | C.Growth | D.Death |
43.A.sorts | B.carries | C.clears | D.picks |
44.A.but | B.and | C.or | D.so |
45.A.common | B.effective | C.dramatic | D.troublesome |
46.A.fantastic | B.desirable | C.common | D.true |
47.A.money | B.time | C.energy | D.chance |
48.A.disturbing | B.entering | C.living | D.enjoying |
49.A.voice | B.noise | C.sound | D.whisper |
50.A.follow | B.take | C.find | D.fight |
分析 作者17岁时,读到了一句话"记住你即将死去"是他一生中遇到的最重的箴言,在过去的33年每天提醒自己快死了 做好每天的事情.
解答
31.B 考查固定搭配,根据句意"这句话给我留下了很深的印象",make an impression on sth.所以答案选B.
32.D 考查上下文理解,根据前文If you live each day as if it was your last,如果你把每一天都当作是你的最后,所以我对着镜子问的应该是"如果今天是我生命的最后一天",故答案选D.
33.A 考查句意理解,根据句意:当答案是"不",一连几天,我知道自己需要改变某些事情了,in a row"一连串的"所以答案是A.
34.C 考查副词词义辨析,thoroughly"完全地";desperately"绝望地";certainly"肯定,必然";naturally"自然地",根据句意得了癌症肯定是无法治愈的,所以答案选C.
35 C 考查句意理解,根据句意我应该预期能活三到六个月,expect"预期,期望",所以答案选C.
36.A 考查上下文理解,根据定语从句which is doctor's code for preparing to die的补充说明,可见医生建议我安排好一些事情回家等死,in order"井然有序",所以答案选A.
37.B 考查短语辨析,根据下文是一种非常稀有的能够治愈的一种癌症,可见是活体检查的结果,turn out"结果是",work out"计算出";point out"指出";find out"发现",所以答案选B.
38.D 考查上下文理解,根据下文I had the surgery and I'm fine now.我做了这种手术我现在好了,可见这是可以治愈的癌症,curable"可以治愈的",所以答案选D.
39.C 考查常识,没有人愿意死即便是他想去天堂也不愿意死,所以这里指的是天堂heaven,所以答案选C.
40.A 考查名词词义辨析,死是我们每个人的终点,destination"终点",origin"源头";fate"命运";frustration"挫折",所以答案选A.
41.B 考查动词词义辨析,根据句意:没有人能够逃脱死亡,expect"希望";escape"逃脱";understand"理解";tolerant"忍受",所以答案选B.
42.D 考查上下文理解,根据上文讨论的是人所面临的一个共同的归宿"死亡",所以顺接上文这里说的是死亡很可能是人生的最好的发明,所以答案选D.
43.C 考查动词短语辨析 根据句意:死亡是清除旧的为新的让路.sort out"分类";clear out"清除";carry out"实施";pick out"挑出",所以答案选C.
44 A 考查连词,根据句意:现在你是年轻的,但是有一天你会变老而被清除掉,两句之间是转折关系,所以答案选A.
45.C 考查上下文理解,根据下文句子but it is quite true,可见前文应该是说的如此的戏剧性的,dramatic"戏剧的",所以答案选C.
46.D 考查上下文理解,但是这是事实,true"真实的",与dramatic是相对应的,所以答案选D.
47.B 考查上下文联系,本文讨论的是人的生死和生活的问题,时间是有限的,所以答案选B.
48.C 考查固定结构,waste time doing是英语的固定结构"浪费时间做某事",所以答案选C.
49.A 考查名词词义辨析,voice"声音,愿望",noise"噪音";sound"声音",whisper"谣言",不要让其他人的观点淹没了你自己的愿望,所以答案选A.
50.A 考查英语的固定搭配,根据句意:要有勇气来听从你的心和你的直觉,follow your heart,所以答案选A.
点评 近几年高考试题中的完形填空有新的变化,试题所涉及的知识面不断拓宽,综合难度不断提高.做完型填空首先要通读全文,了解大意.一篇完形填空的文章有许多空格,所以,必须先通读一至两遍,才能大概了解文章的内容.千万不要看一句,做一句.其次要逐句分析,前后一致.选择答案时,要考虑整个句子的内容,包括搭配、时态、语法等. 答案全部填完后,再通读一遍文章,检查是否通顺流畅了,用词得当,意思正确.
A. | broke up | B. | cheered up | C. | came up | D. | showed up |
A. | react | B. | read | C. | recognize | D. | realize |