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I had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book. I just wanted to see how it ended 1 I was still in the middle of it. This habit 2 first my mom, then my friends, and 3 even my own daughter. Often my 4 wouldn’t be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were 5 as well. Then one day my daughter told me in anger, “Dad, please just read a book one 6 at a time like everyone else! ”
At times I didn’t 7 this bad habit to just books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and 8 out what to do months or even years from now 9 enjoying each day at present. Although I knew that the 10 of my life wasn’t done yet and that I had many pages 11 to go, I still couldn’t control my burning desire to write the 12 of it halfway through. Time and again, I would 13 jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it happened. Life, 14 , doesn’t work like that. It loves to 15 us, and you never know what new problems, changes or opportunities each new day will 16 .
Recently when I found myself living in the 17 again, I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to “live one day at a time”. When I heard those words, I 18 , turned the book of my life back to the 19 page, and thanked God for today.
Each of us has to 20 the book of life line by line, moment by moment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.
【文章大意】作者总是喜欢在书读到一半时跳到最后几页先看结局。在生活中, 作者也是如此, 他总是设想以后的事情, 而忽略了现在。最后作者明白了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. A. since B. for C. while D. because
【解析】选C。逻辑判断题。根据上文的“I had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book. ”可知, 当一本书读到一半时, 作者就想知道结局如何。用while引导时间状语从句, 表示“当……时候”。
2. A. confused B. annoyed
C. delighted D. embarrassed
【解析】选B。逻辑判断题。根据下文的“Then one day my daughter told me in anger”可知, 作者的这个坏习惯使很多人感到不愉快, 故选annoyed。
3. A. usually B. obviously
C. accidentally D. finally
【解析】选D。词义辨析题。根据上文的“first. . . then. . . ”可知, 作者最后(finally)甚至惹恼了自己的女儿。
4. A. impatience B. misunderstanding
C. disappointment D. disagreement
【解析】选A。词义辨析题。通常作者的这种急躁(impatience)并不局限于自己看的书上, 而且也体现在别人读(reading)的书上。
5. A. saying B. reading C. doing D. watching
【解析】选B。词义辨析题。read读(书)。
6. A. page B. copy C. chapter D. edition
【解析】选A。词义辨析题。作者的女儿希望他能像别人一样一页(page)一页地看。
7. A. contribute B. devote C. apply D. limit
【解析】选D。逻辑判断题。根据上文的“. . . wouldn’t be limited just to the books. . . ”及下文的“I also tried to skip ahead in my own life”可知, 此处应用limit。
8. A. try B. figure C. let D. turn
【解析】选B。词义辨析题。作者在生活中总是试图想出(figure out)未来几个月甚至几年要做的事情, 而不是(instead of)享受现在的每一天。
9. A. on the part of B. other than
C. instead of D. on the basis of
【解析】选C。短语辨析题。instead of而不是。
10. A. book B. river C. picture D. play
【解析】选A。词汇复现题。根据下文的“I had many pages”及倒数第二段中的“the book of my life”可知, 作者将生活比作一本书, 故此空填book。
11. A. forgotten B. left C. kept D. regretted
【解析】选B。词义辨析题。根据上下文内容可知, 此处表示剩下(left)很多页。
12. A. feelings B. beginning
C. ending D. comments
【解析】选C。逻辑判断题。根据上下文内容可知, 此处表示作者仍然无法控制他那强烈的欲望来写它的结局(ending)。
13. A. consciously B. strangely
C. foolishly D. critically
【解析】选C。词义辨析题。根据下文的“Life, ________ , doesn’t work like that. ”可推知, 此处应选foolishly“愚蠢地”。
14. A. otherwise B. moreover
C. therefore D. however
【解析】选D。逻辑判断题。前后为转折关系。
15. A. surprise B. cheat C. satisfy D. frighten
【解析】选A。词义辨析题。根据下文的“you never know what new problems, changes or opportunities”可知, 生活总是使我们感到很惊讶。surprise“使惊讶”, 符合语境。
16. A. make B. bring C. take D. award
【解析】选B。词义辨析题。你永远不会知道生活中的每个新的一天会给我们带来(bring)什么样的新问题、变化或机会。
17. A. present B. future C. memory D. dream
【解析】选B。词义辨析题。根据again可知, 作者又在想象自己未来(future)的生活。
18. A. cheered B. cried C. lost D. smiled
【解析】选D。逻辑判断题。当作者听到那些话时他笑(smile)了。
19. A. exciting B. hopeful C. favorite D. right
【解析】选D。词义辨析题。作者把人生这本书翻回到了正确的(right)那一页。
20. A. write B. review C. explain D. translate
【解析】选A。词义辨析题。此处表示每个人都应该一行一行地谱写(write)人生这本书。
