Question

The art of living is to know when to let hold fast and to let go for life is a paradox(自相矛盾的事物).People always say:“ A man comes to this world with his hand clenched(握紧),but when he dies, his hand is open.”

Surely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is wondrous, and full of beauties. We know that this is so, but all too often we recognize this truth only in  our backward glance when we remember what was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.

A recent experience re-taught me this truth. I was hospitalized following a severe heart attack and had been in intensive care for several days. It was not a pleasant place. One morning, I had to have some tests. The required machines were located in a building at the opposite end of the hospital, so I had to be wheeled across the courtyard on a gurney(盖尼式床).As we emerged from our unit, the sunlight hit me. That’s all there was to my experience. Just the ________ of the sun. And yet how beautiful it was------how warming, how sparking, how brilliant! I looked to see whether anyone else loved the sun’s golden glow, but everyone was hurrying, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I do the same, life’s gifts are valuable------but we are too careless of them.

Here then is the first pole of life’s paradoxical demands on us: never too busy for the wonder and the awe of life. Be reverent(虔诚的) before each dawning day. Hug each hour. Seize each golden minute.

 

72.   What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 8 words)

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73.   Please fill in the blank in paragraph three with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(Please answer within 5 words)

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74.   Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

      The machines needed were located in a building at the other end of the hospital.

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75.   Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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Answer 1

72. The Art of Living(文章第一句点题：生活的艺术是知道什么时候抓紧，什么时候该放手。最后一句与之呼应：既不要太匆忙也不要太散漫。)

73.   light(前面提到the sunlight hit me这里再一次强调just the light of sun,作为一个重症病人阳光显得那么的温暖，耀眼，明亮)

74.   The required machines were located in a building at the opposite end of the hospital.

75.   一个人出生时手是紧握的，而死亡时手是松开的。