Question

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.

1.Before the age of thirteen，the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of________.

A．observing her school routine

B．expressing her satisfaction

C．impressing her classmates

D．preserving her history

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.

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.

4.The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is________.

A．to experience it

B．to live the present in the future

C．to make memories

D．to give accurate representations of it

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.A

【解析】這是一篇富有生活哲理的記敘文。作者小時候喜歡寫日記，每天忙著把“現在”記錄在本子上。但她13歲時的一次經歷使她意識到，我們應該學會享受而不是記錄“現在”，“活著不是為了記憶”。

1.

2.2】解析：選B。細節理解題。第二、三段描述作者13歲的那次經歷，當時作者還是熱衷于為了將來的回憶而記錄“現在”，但晚上她看到山谷的美麗時突然明白，“我寫的任何東西都比不上此時讓自己好好體驗山谷的美麗”，從此作者的態度發生了轉變。

3.3】解析：選B。細節理解題。第四段說，作者現在只把自己特殊的想法或情感寫在日記中，即B項所陳述的，而不是“筆記和美麗的圖畫”“日常活動的詳細記載”“對難忘的事情的描述”。

4.4】解析：選A。推理判斷題。最后一段作者說，“也許我會忘了一些事實，但至少，這些經歷將一直在我的腦海里”。這就是主人公對生活的感悟：把握現在，感受今天；生活，重在感受而不是為了回憶而記憶。