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英语冲刺复习

英语精练（31）

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When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in 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?”

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choice in life.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doct ors’ code for preparing yourself to die.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another examination and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’ m fine now.

This was the closest I’ve been to facing death. To tell the truth, no one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. It clears out the old to make room 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.

Your time is so limited that you shouldn’t waste it repeating someone else’s life. Don’ t be trapped by dogma（教条）—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 importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

41. The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because ______.

A. he had to rest at home

B. his disease couldn’t be cured

C. his disease was not serious at all

D. he had to wait for the result of the test

42. What does the author think of death?

A. He thinks it is impossible to avoid.

B. He thinks it is not the end of life.

C. He thinks it is nothing to be scared of.

D. He thinks it is the beginning of a new life.

43. In the author’s opinion, we should ______.

A. follow others’ advice

B. take no notice of diseases

C. take exercise and keep healthy

D. have the courage to follow our heart

44. What does the underlined word in Para.3 mean?

A. came across

B. dealt with

C. survived

D. supported

B

If women are mercilessly exploited（剥削） year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend large sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time changing their old-fashioned dresses. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.

No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with necessary things like warmth, comfort and durability （耐用）. They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn’t at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or picking her way through deep snow in high heeled shoes.

When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women’s clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability（稳定耐用）? That is for you to decide.

45. Designers and big stores always make money ______.

A. by mercilessly exploiting women in the clothing industry

B. because they are good at predicting new fashions

C. by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing

D. as they attach great importance to quality in women’s clothing

46. To the writer, the fact that women change their old-fashioned dresses is seen

as ______.

A. a waste of money

B. a waste of time

C. an expression of taste

D. an expression of beauty

47. New fashions in clothing are created for ______.

A. the commercial exploitation of women

B. th e women’s strength of character

C. basic qualities of inconstancy and instability

D. an important contribution to society

48. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. women’s inconstancy i n choosing clothes is often laughed at

B. women are better able to put up with discomfort

C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers