语言朋友(72)__1__year of my life.My father __2__ only six months after he was diagnosed as cancer.He was always so__3__that，for a minute after he drew his last breath，I honestly __4__ he would come back to life.I couldn't believe I would never again cuddle(拥抱)into his big warm chest.Shortly after that__5__ to the hospital.They discovered that she had highly advanced cancer in her bones and that there was__6__that they could do.She died a month 1ater.She was my__7__ person in the whole world.I never thought I would have to live __8__ her.The__9__and extreme heartbreak brought me to my knees，and I__10__ in the hospital myself.I remember lying in the hospital bed，looking up at the __11__and seeing my sister's beautiful face.I realized that night that I had a(n)__12__.I could end my life or I could continue to__13__.I looked in my sister's eyes and__14__not to go with her just yet.I was determined to stay and __15__my journey.
I now live with my husband and I spend quality time with my family and value every __16__ I have with them.I connect with my heart often to __17__ that I am following my joy.I love myself more deeply every day.Not a day goes by when I don't__18__my father's huge character or my beloved sister's gentle eyes.but I know that I will be with them one day.What I have now is so precious and so fleeting(短暂的) that I must grasp the __19__ry moment I can.
You choose life every day.But do you choose the life that you__20__every day?
解题导语：本文通过讲述作者自身的人生变故描述了自己对人生看法的变化。面对生活中异常艰难的选择是放弃生活还是享受生活中的乐趣进而完成人生的旅程？作者给出了自己的答根据下文可知作者的父亲和姐姐相继离世故选B。B
2．A.walked
B．left
C．died
D．passed
解析：根据文意此处应指父亲被诊断患有癌症6个月之后去世。C
3．A.optimistic
B．powerful作者的父亲过去是那么的强壮所以作者在父亲咽气后一分钟里还一直觉得父亲会活过来。C
4．A.doubted
B．wondered
C．planned
D．thought
解析：参见第3题解析。D
5．A.allowed
B．abandoned
C．accustomed
D．admitted
解析：be admitted to hospital 是固定搭配被收治入院”。D
6．A.nothing
B．everything
C．anything
D．something
解析：根据上文的“she had highly advanced cancer”和下文的“She died a month 1ater.”可知医生回天乏术故选nothingA
7．A.lovely
B．favorite
C．dear
D．last
解析：根据后面的“in the whole world”的语意可推知姐姐是作者最喜爱的人。故选B。B
8．A.with
B．without
C．on
D．beyond
解析：句意：我根本就没有想过生活里没有姐姐。故选without。B
9．A.shock
B．regret
C．terror
D．shame
解析：此处选shock“震惊”与heartbreak 一起形容作者的伤心程度。A
10．A.got up
B．picked up
C．came up
D．ended up
解析：end up“最后”。D
11．A.sky
B．lamp
C．ceiling
D．doctor
解析：根据语境此处指作者躺在病床上朝上看天花板。其他选项不符合语境。C
12．A.answer
B．choice
C．dream
D．direction
解析：根据下文“I could end my life or I could continue to...”可知作者面临抉择。故选B。B
13．A.perform
B．live
C．work
D．study
解析：句意：要么结束生命要么继续活下去。B
14．A.decided
B．remembered
C．demanded
D．hoped
解析：根据下文“I was determined to stay and...”可知选A。A
15．A.leave
B．take
C．complete
D．stop
解析：句意：我决定活下来完complete“完成”。C
16．A.year
B．month
C．moment
D．week
解析：every moment“每一刻”。C
17．A.recognize
B．realize
C．understand
D．ensure
解析：句意：我经常扪心自问以保证我能够感受生活中的快乐。ensure “保证确保”。D
18．A.describe
B．forget
C．find
D．miss
解析：本句是个双重否定句。句意：没有一D
19．A.joy
B．scene
C．entertainment
D．luck
解析：根据文意及上文出现的“following my joy”可知选A。A
20．A.love
B．repeat
C．experience
D．face
解析：句意：你能选择每天的生活但你有选择你会爱每一天吗？本句回扣并升华文章主题。A
语法填空
Mary will never forget the first time she saw him.He suddenly appeared in class one day, 21.________ (wear) sunglasses.He walked in as if he 22.________ (buy) the school.And the word quickly got around that he was from New York City.
For some reason he sat beside Mary.Mary felt 23.________ (please), because there were many empty seats in the room.But she quickly realized that it wasn't her, it was probably the fact that she sat in 24.________ last row.
25．________ he thought he could escape attention by sitting at the back, he was wrong.It might have made it a little 26.________ (hard) for everybody because it meant they had to turn around, but that didn't stop the kids in the class.Of course whenever they turned to look at him, they had to look at Mary, 27.________ made her feel like a star.
“Do you need those glasses for medical reasons？” the teacher asked.The new boy shook his head.“Then I'd appreciate it if you didn't wear them in the class.I like to look at your eyes when I'm speaking to you.”The new boy looked at the teacher ________ a few seconds and all the other students wondered 29.________ the boy would do.Then he took 30.________ off, gave a big smile and said, “That's cool.”
解题本文是一篇记叙文讲述玛丽在教室第一次看到新来同学的情景。解析：非谓语动词作状语表示伴随情况又因he与wear是主动关系故用现在分词。答案：wearing解析：作谓语用虚拟语气表示与过去事实相反故填had bought。答案：had bought解析：在系动词felt后作表语用形容词。答案：pleased解析：特指最后的那一排。答案：the解析：根据两句之间的逻辑关系应填表示条件的连词if。答案：If解析：a little，此处要用比较级harder表示“更难一点”。答案：harder解析：which引导非限制性定语从句先行词是前面整个句子。答案：which解析：表示某个动词或状态持续了多久用“for＋时间段”。答案：for解析：用what作宾语从句中do的宾语。答案：what解析：指代those glasses作took off的宾语用人称代词they的宾格them。答案：them