2014届高考高三英语一轮总复习：Unit 23 Conflict B卷 精选单元测试题（北师大版选修八）.docVIP

Unit 23 Conflict B卷 Ⅰ.完形填空 This is my third story. When I was 17, I read a quote that __1__something like, “If you live each day__2__it was your last, someday youll most certainly be right.” Since then, for the past thirty-three years, Ive looked __3__the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life, would 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. About a year ago I was __5__with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should __6__ to live no longer than three to six months. They advised me to go home and get my __7__in order, which is doctors code for “prepare to __8__”．Later that evening when the doctors __9__the cells taken from my pancreas (胰腺) under a microscope, they started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is __10__with surgery. I had the surgery and, __11__， Im fine now. This was the closest Ive been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Death is the __12__we all share. No one has __13__escaped it. And that is __14__it should be, because death is very likely the single __15__invention of life. Its lifes change agent. It clears out the old to make __16__for the new. Your time is __17__， so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be trapped by dogma (信条) — which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of __18__opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to __19__your heart and intuition(直觉). They __20__already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. 语篇解读：岁月匆匆，人生短暂，人要为自己活着，而不是生活在别人的阴影下。九死一生的坎坷经历让作者刻骨铭心。 1．A.said B．described C．went D．expressed 解析：作者在十七岁时读到一句引言，大概意思如下。此处的go表示“(故事、歌词等)内容是”。 答案：C 2．A.unless B．as if C．even if D．as long as 解析：如果你将每一天都当做你生命中的最后一天来度过的话……as if表