About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas（胰腺). I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which was doctor’s code for preparing to die. It meant to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It meant to make sure everything was buttoned up so that it would be as easy as possible for your family. It meant to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy(活組織檢查). I was calm, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
This is the closest I’ve been to facing death. No one 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 share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long 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 limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the principle — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
小題1:The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to let the readers __________.
A．be brave when facing a cancer
B．treasure their lifetime to fulfill their own business
C．know a sorrowful experience of his won
D．know how he treasured his family.
小題2:Why can the author's illness be cured so soon?
A．He prepared everything in order.B．He had a biopsy.
C．His pancreatic cancer can be curable with surgery. D．His wife helped him.
小題3:The impression the author gave readers is that __________.
A．he was so optimistic that the incurable illness wouldn't bring him down.
B．he could leave death alone and had enough courage to become what he wanted to.
C．he was so determined that he wasn't scared at death.
D．he was such a responsible man that he prepared well before he died.
小題4:What does the underlined word "they" in the last paragraph refer to?
A．Gods.B．The doctors
C．Heart and intuitionD．Other persons

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:C    

試題分析：這是喬布斯的演講稿的部分內(nèi)容：介紹自己得了癌癥以后的人生感悟，我們的時(shí)間很有限 所以不要將他們浪費(fèi)在重復(fù)其他人的生活上。不要被教條束縛那意味著你和其他人思考的結(jié)果一起生活。不要被其他人喧囂的觀點(diǎn)掩蓋你真正的內(nèi)心的聲音。還有最重要的是所有其他的事情都是次要的。
小題1:主旨題：從最后一段可知作者的意圖是告訴我們珍惜自己的人生，完成自己的事情。選B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的內(nèi)容：because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. 可知作者的癌癥是很罕見的可以治愈的。選C
小題3:推理題;從最后一段的句子Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the principle — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. 可知作者不去管死亡，有勇氣成為自己想成為的人。選B
小題4:猜詞題：句意：你要有勇氣去聽從你直覺和心靈的指示——它們?cè)谀撤N程度上知道你想要成為什么樣子。選C
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文是演講稿，內(nèi)容非常感人，也告訴讀者一些人生的真諦，考生要細(xì)心體會(huì)，才能了解作者的意圖，從字里行間揣摩作者的真實(shí)的寫作目的。
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A．a(chǎn)n optimistB．a(chǎn) defeatistC．a(chǎn) realistD．a(chǎn) scientist
小題4:Which of the following English expressions would a defensive pessimist believe?
A．“Every cloud has a silver lining.”B．“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
C．“Whatever will be, will be.”D．“The glass is half full not half empty.”

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The night of graduation, I was afraid. Two hundred people were sitting out there. I felt tense and I wanted to run away,  36  I couldn’t! After all, my own children were sitting in front of me with many other persons. I couldn’t be a coward(懦夫) before  37 .
When I ended the speech, I was  38  at the cheering. And I never forget the first time I received the cheering in my life.
Flowers arrived  39  my brothers and sister. My husband gave me silk roses. The reporters came with   40 and recorders and lots of questions. There were tears and hugs and congratulations.
Sometimes, I sit down and   41  the tape of my gaduation speech. I hear myself say to the audience, “Don’t’ give up your   42  in life. Anything can happen if you believe. It means hard work, but  43  sure that you can do it, with God’s help.”
And then, I remember mother’s   44  to me , a young girl: “Hurry, Gin, you’ll be late for school.”
Yes, Mom, I was late  45  school, but it was sweeter for waiting. I only wish you and Dad could have been there to see your daughter and granddaughter in all their show and speech.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)ndB．thenC．soD．but
小題2:
A．themB．themselvesC．himD．himself
小題3:
A．worriedB．worryingC．surprisedD．surprising
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)tB．inC．toD．from
小題5:
A．booksB．newspapersC．camerasD．cars
小題6:
A．put upB．put downC．put onD．put off
小題7:
A．speechB．ideasC．dreamsD．love
小題8:
A．letB．takeC．getD．make
小題9:
A．shoutB．shoutingC．callD．calling
小題10:
A．toB．forC．ofD．with

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