Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day’s events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn’t accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?
When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen…
At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.
Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful. I’m no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.
I don’t want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won’t have as many exact representations of people and places； maybe I’ll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I don’t live to make memories—I just live, and the memories form themselves.
小題1:Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ______.
A．observing her school routineB．expressing her satisfaction
C．impressing her classmatesD．preserving her history
小題2:What caused a change in the author’s understanding of keeping a diary?
A．A dull night on the journey.B．The beauty of the great valley.
C．A striking quotation from a book.D．Her concerns for future generations.
小題3:What does the author put in her diary now?
A．Notes and beautiful pictures.B．Special thoughts and feelings.
C．Detailed accounts of daily activities.D．Descriptions of unforgettable events.
小題4:The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ______.
A．to experience itB．to live the present in the future
C．to make memoriesD．to give accurate representations of it

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:A

文章大意：這是一篇說明文，介紹了作者的愛好就是記錄下自己的經(jīng)歷，但作者后來感受到記錄經(jīng)歷，不如享受現(xiàn)在。
小題1:根據(jù)文章的意思，特別是第一段最后兩句： but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn’t accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?關(guān)鍵詞：a way of preserving the past“保護過去的一種方法。”
小題2:根據(jù)文章第二段的描述：The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. 可知，這樣的景色太美了。
小題3:根據(jù)文章第四段第一句：Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.關(guān)鍵詞： a special thought or feeling.。
小題4:根據(jù)文章的意思，特別是第四段最后一句：I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.關(guān)鍵詞：preserving the present so as to live it in the future.就保護現(xiàn)在，才能活在未來里。
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  9  appeared. He paused for just a second, walked into the water to   10   the table and take their   11  , and then walked back to the    12   cheers of the rest of his    13 . Minutes later he returned carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses. Without pausing, he went    14   into the water to     15    the wine. The couple toasted（祝酒）each other, the waiter and the crowd. And the crowd   16  by cheering and throwing flowers to them. Three other tables  17  to have lunch in the water. The place was now filled with laughter.
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Customers are not served    18   . Why not?
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