题目内容
(2013·东北三省四市联合诊断考试)I had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book.I just wanted to see how it ended ____ I was still in the middle of it. This habit ____ first my mom，then my friends, and ____ even my own daughter. Often my ____ wouldn't be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were ____ as well.Then one day my daughter told me in anger, “Dad, please just read a book one ___ at a time like everyone else！”
At times I didn't ___ this bad habit to just books either.I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and ____ out what to do months and even years from now ____ enjoying each day at present. Although I knew that the ____ of my life wasn't done yet and that I had many pages ___ to go, I still couldn't control my burning desire to write the ____ of it halfway through.Time and again, I would ____ jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it happened. Life，____，doesn't work like that.It loves to ____ us，and you never know what new problems, changes, or opportunities each new day will ____.
Recently when I found myself living in the ____ again，I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to “live one day at a time”. When I heard those words, I ____，turned the book of my life back to the ____ page, and thanked God for today.
Each of us has to ____ the book of life line by line，moment by moment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.
1.A.since B．for C．while D．because
2.A.confused B．annoyed C．delighted D．embarrassed
3.A.usually B．obviously C．accidentally D．finally
4.A.impatience B．misunderstanding C．disappointment D．disagreement
5.A.saying B．reading C．doing D．watching
6.A.page B．copy C．chapter D．edition
7.A.contribute B．devote C．apply D．limit
8.A.try B．figure C．let D．turn
9.A.on the part of B．other than C．instead of D．on the basis of
10.A.book B．river C．picture D．play
11.A.forgotten B．left C．kept D．regretted
12.A.feelings B．beginning C．ending D．comments
13.A.consciously B．strangely C．foolishly D．critically
14.A.otherwise B．moreover C．therefore D．however
15.A.surprise B．cheat C．satisfy D．frighten
16.A.make B．bring C．take D．award
17.A.present B．future C．memory D．dream
18.A.cheered B．cried C．lost D．smiled
19.A.exciting B．hopeful C．favorite D．right
20.A.write B．review C．explain D．translate
1.C
2.B
3.D
4.A
5.B
6.A
7.D
8.B
9.C
10.A
11.B
12.C
13.C
14.D
15.A
16.B
17.B
18.D
19.D
20.A
【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过讲述自己的经历让我们明白：每个人都应该过好当下的每一天，一行一行地谱写人生这本书。
1.
2.2】解析 根据下文“Then one day my daughter told me in anger”可知，作者的这个坏习惯激怒了(annoyed)很多人。答案 B
3.3】解析 根据上文提到“first...then...”可知，作者最后(finally)甚至惹恼了自己的女儿。答案 D
4.4】解析 作者的“没耐心”不但表现在自己看书上，而且对别人读的书也是如此。答案 A
5.5】解析 参见上题解析。答案 B
6.6】解析 根据倒数第二段中的“‘live one day at a time'”及最后一段中的“Each of us has to __20__ the book of life line by line”可知，女儿希望父亲看书时能像别人一样一页一页地看下去。答案 A
7.7】解析 根据下文中的“I also tried to skip ahead in my own life”可知，作者的坏习惯不只局限(limit)在看书方面，也体现在他的生活上。故选D项。答案 D
8.8】解析 作者在生活中喜欢跳跃前进，总是试图搞清楚从现在起未来几个月甚至几年之后要做的事情，而不是享受现在的每一天，故选B。figure out“弄懂，搞清楚”。答案 B
9.9】解析 参见上题解析。instead of“代替，而不是”。答案 C
10.0】解析 根据空后的“that I had many pages __11__ to go”可知，这里作者将生活比作了一本书。答案 A
11.1】解析 作者人生的这本书还没写完，还“剩下”很多页要写。答案 B
12.2】解析 根据前文可知，作者在看书时总喜欢看到一半就想知道结尾，而对于自己人生的这本书，虽然还没有写完，但作者已迫不及待想要写出结局。故选C项。答案 C
13.3】 解析 根据下文“Life，__14__，doesn't work like that.”可推知，作者总是在每一个潜在的问题还没发生时就尝试解决它，所以这是愚蠢的。答案 C
14.4】解析 该空承接上文，表示转折，“然而，生活并不像我们想象的那样运转”，故选D项。答案 D
15.5】解析 从下文中的“you never know what new problems，changes or opportunities each new day will __16__”可知，生活总是使我们感到很惊讶。答案 A
16.6】 解析 生活中的每个新的一天总会给我们带来(bring)不同的问题、改变和机会。 答案 B
17.7】解析 根据上文，作者在生活中总是想要搞清楚未来几个月甚至几年的事情，即生活在“未来”，由此可推断答案为B。答案 B
18.8】解析 此时作者已经明白了生活要一天天地过，所以他释然地笑了。答案 D
19.9】解析 当内心的声音提醒作者要过好每一天时，他把他人生的这本书翻回到正确的(right)那一页。答案 D
20.20】解析 根据上文中的“to write the __12__ of it halfway through”可知答案。答案 A
