第一节　完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30 分)

　　阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　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 the days.　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 life.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.impression B.curse

C.decision D.joke

答案:A

解析:根据下文的描述可知,这句话给作者留下了深刻的印象。make a deep impression on sb."给某人留下深刻印象"。

2.A.seen B.looked

C.found D.lost

答案:B

解析:此处是作者照着镜子,问自己......look in the mirror "照镜子"。

3.A.would B.should

C.might D.could