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I was recently involved in a bad traffic accident.I was knocked unconscious by the impact so I don't __1__ anything about the accident.My first memory is lying in the back of the ambulance and being given oxygen as the doctors and nurses tried to __2__ me back to life.
As I lay in the emergency room, I found myself __3__ my life and thanking God that I was still __4__.The good news is that nobody else was __5__ and my dog Casey wasn't with me.
Since that day, the physical recovery has been __6__, but not as tough as the emotional recovery.I've learned a lot about myself and about what really __7__ in this world.Things that are really important are not “things”. I'm not invincible (无敌的) and I cannot __8__ everything that happens in my life.I need to be better at __9__ the things that come my way that I didn't plan for.As someone who was always in a __10__, it taught me to slow down a little.I have learned to live each day honestly and __11__.If you have a bucket list (遗愿清单), start doing those things.If not, __12__ one.We all have __13__. Don't wait for “someday” because “someday” may __14__ come. Besides, I am very __15__ that I have family and neighbors who stepped in to help me deal with this __16__.I feel blessed.
__17__ I continue to heal physically and emotionally, I have a different opinion on __18__.When tragedy (悲剧) strikes, you can either let it __19__ your spirit, or use it as an opportunity to grow and look at life from a different perspective.
I have chosen to __20__ from it.
语篇解读:本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者遭遇了一场车祸,苏醒之后开始思考人生并积极面对人生。
1.A.receive                      B.remember
C.mention                               D.care
解析:选B 根据空前的“I was knocked unconscious”和空后的“first memory”可推知,作者被撞到失去了意识,车祸过程都记不起来了。
2.A.bring                               B.hit
C.pay                                   D.answer
解析:选A 根据空后的“to life”可推知,医护人员正全力抢救作者。bring sb.back to life 意为“救活某人”。
3.A.sacrificing                         B.predicting
C.analyzing                             D.mourning
解析:选C 根据下文作者对人生的思考可知,作者苏醒过来以后开始分析自己的人生并感谢上帝他还活着。
4.A.wealthy                             B.alive
C.optimistic                            D.healthy
解析:选B 参见上题解析。
5.A.threatened                          B.informed
C.ignored                               D.hurt
解析:选D 根据“The good news”和“my dog Casey wasn't with me”可推知,所幸没有其他人受伤。
6.A.difficult                           B.smooth
C.quick                                 D.stable
解析:选A 根据“but not as tough as the emotional recovery”中tough的提示可判断选A项。
7.A.works                               B.happens
C.matters                               D.functions
解析:选C 根据空后的“Things that are really important are not ‘things’.”可知,作者更加了解自己了,并且知道了在这个世界上什么才是真正重要的。
8.A.understand                          B.control
C.identify                              D.oversee
解析:选B 根据“I'm not invincible (无敌的)”可推知,作者认为有些事是自己无法控制的。
9.A.rejecting                           B.identifying
C.improving                             D.accepting
解析:选D 对一些突如其来的事情最好学会接受。
10.A.hurry                              B.dilemma
C.routine                               D.mess
解析:选A 根据空后的“slow down a little”可知,作者以前一直匆匆忙忙,这件事教会他慢下来。
11.A.comfortably                        B.quietly
C.fully                                 D.busily
解析:选C 作者知道了要真诚并充实地过好每一天。
12.A.steal                              B.imagine
C.design                                D.make
解析:选D 如果你有遗愿清单,那么就开始做清单上的事情吧。如果没有,那就列一个遗愿清单。
13.A.pains                              B.memories
C.dreams                                D.hobbies
解析:选C 我们每个人都有梦想。
14.A.never                              B.always
C.even                                  D.ever
解析:选A 不要等“某一天”再去实现,那一天也许永远也不会到来。
15.A.sure                               B.worried
C.grateful                              D.surprised
解析:选C 作者很感恩家人与朋友在这场灾难到来的时候,帮自己渡过难关。
16.A.failure                            B.disaster
C.condition                             D.incident
解析:选B 参见上题解析。
17.A.As                                 B.Before
C.Unless                                D.Although
解析:选A 在作者康复的阶段,对生活有了不同的看法。
18.A.love                               B.future
C.work                                  D.life
解析:选D 参见上题解析。
19.A.lift                               B.break
C.protect                               D.show
解析:选B 当悲剧袭来的时候,你可以让它摧毁你的意志,也可以用它来给自己一个机会成长并从不同的角度来看待生活。
20.A.suffer                             B.escape
C.discover                              D.learn
解析:选D 作者选择了从中吸取教训。