When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’11 most certainly be right．”It made a deep? ? ? on me．and since then, for the past 33 years，I have? ? ? in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life， ? ? I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a? ? ? ，I know I need to change something．

??? Remembering that I’ll be? ? soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big ? ? in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death， ? only what is truly important

??? About a year ago I was? ? ? with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs? ? ? order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I? ? with that diagnosis all day． ? ? ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is? ? ? with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now.

??? ? ? wants to die．Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there And yet death is the destination we all ? ? ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of ? ．It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to? ? ? for the new．Right now the new is you, but someday not too? ? ? from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away．Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true．

??? Your time is? ? ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be? ? ? by dogma(教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner ? ? ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart

1.A. impression???? B. curse?????????? C. decision??????? D. joke

2.A. seen?????????? B. looked????????? C. found?????????? D. 1ost

3.A. would????????? B. should????????? C. might?????????? D. could

4.A. hurry????????? B. 1ine??????????? C. moment????????? D. row

5.A. successful? ??? B. rich??????????? C. dead??????????? D. frustrated

6.A. apologies????? B. fortune???????? C. impressions???? D. choices

7.A. proving??????? B. leaving???????? C. confirming????? D. telling

8.A. diagnosed????? B. cured?????????? C. treated???????? D. round

9.A. on???????????? B. for???????????? C. in????????????? D. at

10.A. met??????????? B. got???????????? C. did???????????? D. 1ived

11.A. However??????? B. But???????????? C. Therefore?????? D. So

12.A. incurable? ??? B. curable???????? C. fatal?????????? D. changeable

13.A. Anyone???????? B. Someone???????? C. No one????????? D. Everyone

14.A. want?????????? B. avoid?????????? C. share?????????? D. escape

15.A. destination??? B. 1ife??????????? C. science??? ???? D. disease

16.A. make up??????? B. make for??????? C. make our??????? D. make way

17.A. distant??????? B. short?????????? C. long??????????? D. away

18.A. 1imited??????? B. rare??????????? C. enough????????? D. 1ost

19.A. wasted???????? B. cheated???????? C. excited???????? D. trapped

20.A. voice????????? B. love??????????? C. direction?????? D. confusion

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My mother only had one eye . During elementary school , there was a time  36  my poor mom came to my classroom . She was such a(n)  37  that I threw her a hateful look and ran out . soon word  38  that I had a one-eye mother . Everybody  39  me . So I told myself that I would grow up and become  40  , because I hated my mom and our desperate  41  . Then I studied really hard and later became a powerful businessman . I was living happily in Seoul when my mother  42  came to see me . I felt  43  the whole sky was falling apart on me . My little daughter ran away ,  44  of my mom’s eye . I asked my mother coldly , “ Who are you ? I don’t know you !” as if she were a(n)  45  . My mother quietly answered , “ Oh , I’m sorry . I may have got the wrong  46  ,” and disappeared . Thank God ! She didn’t recognize me . I was quite  47  .

One day , a letter  48  a school reunion came to my office . I decided to take part . After the reunion , I  49  to my old home , only to find my mother falling on the cold ground with a  50  in her hand , which read :

My son ,

I think my life has been enough now . I won’t visit Seoul anymore , but would it be too much if I wanted you to visit me once in a while ? I  51  you so much . And I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion . But I decided not to go to the school . I’m  52  that I was an embarrassment for you . You see , when you were very small , you got a(n)  53  , and lost your eye . As a mother , I couldn’t  54  watching you grow up with only one eye , so I gave you mine . I was so proud of my son seeing a new world for me , in my place , with that eye . You mean the world to me .

My world shattered（崩裂）. Then I cried for the person who  55  for me—my mother .

36    A   when               B.     which             C.               whose                   D     as

37    A   achievement     B.     experience      C.         encouragement  Dembarrassment

38    A   showed off       B.     moved about   C.               got around             D     turned over

39    A   turned to          B.     laughed at       C.               contributed to        D     cared for

40    A   generous          B.     devoted          C.               successful              D     lucky

41    A   poverty            B.     illness            C.               desire                    D     hunger

42 A       unfortunately    B.     Unnecessariy   C.        unlikely         Dunexpectedly

43    A   even though      B.     as if               C.             in case                   D     if only

44    A   afraid               B.     proud             C.               sure                      D     full

45    A   owner              B.     beggar            C.               relative                  D     friend

46    A   number            B.     way               C.               direction                D     address

47    A   depressed         B.     worried          C.               relaxed                  D     puzzled

48    A   including          B.     considering     C.               concluding             D     regarding

49    A   returned           B.     responded       C.               replied                  D     recovered

50    A   book                B.     photo             C.               newspaper             D     letter

51    A   hate                 B.     miss               C.               like                       D     envy

52    A   glad                 B.     delighted        C.               sorry                     D     excited

53    A   incident            B.     experience      C.               affair                    D     accident

54    A   stand                B.     help               C.               appreciate              D     understand

55    A   learned             B.     cried              C.               fell                       D     lived

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she knocked into a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction.
“  36  ”the boy shouted．Then, with a silly smile on his face, the boy   37   his right leg and walked the way Amy limped（跛行）when she walked.
Amy closed her eyes. “  38  him!” She told herself as she headed for her classroom.
But at the end of the day, Amy was still thinking about the tall boy’s   39   way. It wasn’t as if he were the only one. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone laughed at her  40  . Kids made fun of her about her   41  or her limping. Amy was   42  it. Sometimes, even in a classroom full of other students, the teasing（嘲笑）made her feel   43  alone.
Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was   44  . Her mother knew that things were not going well at   45  . That’s why she was happy to have some exciting news to   46  with her daughter.
“There is a Christmas   47   contest on the radio station,” Amy’s Mom announced．“  48  a letter to Santa, and you might win a prize. I think   49  at the table with blonde（白肤金发的）curly hair should enter.”
A   50  took hold of Amy when the idea first came to her. Out came pencil and paper, and Amy went to work on her letter. “Dear Santa Claus,” she began.
While Amy worked at her letter, the rest of the family tried to   51  what she might ask from Santa．Amy’s sister, Jamie, and Amy’s Mom both thought a three-foot Barbie doll would   52   Amy’s wish list. Amy’s Dad guessed a picture book. But Amy wasn’t   53  to tell her secret Christmas wish just then. Here is Amy’s letter to Santa, which she wrote that night:
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Amy. I am nine years old．I have a problem at school. Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me    54  the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy（脑瘫）. I just want one   55   when no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.
36．A．Go ahead   B．Watch it   C．Make it     D．Mind you
37．A．lived up to         B．got down to      C．took hold of       D．started at

When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’ll most certainly be right．”It made a deep   21  on me, and since then, for the past 33 years，I have  22  in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life，  23  I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a  24  ，I know I need to change something．

    Remembering that I’ll be  25 soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big 26 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death，  27 only what is truly important.

    About a year ago I was  28  with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs  29  order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I  30  with that diagnosis all day．  31  ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is  32  with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now.

     33  wants to die．Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all  34  ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of  35  ．It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to  36  for the new．Right now the new is you．But someday not too  37  from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away．Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true．

    Your time is  38  ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be  39  by dogma(教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner  40  ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart.

A．impression      B．curse              C．decision           D．joke

A．seen           B．looked            C．found            D．1ost

A．would                 B．should             C．might            D could

A．hurry           B．1ine              C．moment          D．row

A．successful        B．rich             C. dead               D．frustrated

A．apologies       B．fortune            C．impressions       D．choices

A．proving          B. leaving           C．confirming       D．telling

A．diagnosed        B．cured             C．treated           D．round

A．on              B．for               C． in                     D．at

A．met                  B．got               C．did              D．1ived

A．However       B．But               C．Therefore          D．So

A．incurable       B curable             C. fatal            D. changeable

A．Anyone        B．Someone          C.No one            D．Everyone

A．want          B．avoid               C．share            D．escape

A．destination     B．1ife                C．science            D．disease

A．make up       B．make for         C．make our         D．make way

A．distant          B．short            C．long             D．away   

A.1imited           B．rare              C．enough            D．1ost

A．wasted        B．cheated          C．excited            D．trapped

A．voice         B．love                 C. direction          D．confusion

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

    Remembering that I’ll be   5  soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big 6 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death，  7 only what is truly important.

    About a year ago I was  8  with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs  9  order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I  10 with that diagnosis all day．  11  ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is  12  with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now.

     13  wants to die．Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all  14  ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of   15 ．It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to   16   for the new．Right now the new is you．But someday not too  17   from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away．Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true.

    Your time is  18 ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be  19  by dogma (教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner   20  ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart.

1.A. joke           B. curse        C. decision         D. impression

2.A. looked      B. seen        C. found            D. 1ost

3.A. might          B. should       C. would            D. could

4.A. hurry       B. 1ine       C. row              D. moment

5.A. successful   B. dead           C. rich             D. frustrated

6.A. choices      B. fortune     C. impressions     D. apologies

7.A. proving      B. confirming  C. leaving         D. telling

8.A. treated      B. cured       C. diagnosed       D. round

9.A. on           B. for         C. at              D. in

10.A. met         B. 1ived       C. did             D. got

11.A. But            B. However     C. Therefore        D. So

12.A. incurable   B. fatal       C. curable             D. changeable

13.A. No one      B. Someone     C. Anyone         D. Everyone

14.A. want        B. avoid       C. escape              D. share

15.A. destination    B. science   C. 1ife               D. disease

16.A. make up           B. make way    C. make our         D. make for

17.A. distant       B. long         C. short                D. away   

18.A. enough        B. rare         C. limited          D. 1ost

19.A. wasted            B. cheated      C. excited          D. trapped

20.A. love          B. voice        C. direction      D.confusion