About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas（胰腺). I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which was doctor’s code for preparing to die. It meant to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It meant to make sure everything was buttoned up so that it would be as easy as possible for your family. It meant to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy(活组织检查). I was calm, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
This is the closest I’ve been to facing death. No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually bee the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the principle — 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 important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to bee. Everything else is secondary.
【小题1】The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to let the readers .A．be brave when facing a cancerB．treasure their lifetime to fulfill their own businessC．know a sorrowful experience of his won D．know how he treasured his family.【小题2】Why can the author's illness be cured so soon?A．He prepared everything in order.B．He had a biopsy.C．His pancreatic cancer can be curable with surgery. D．His wife helped him.【小题3】The impression the author gave readers is that .A．he was so optimistic that the incurable illness wouldn't bring him down.B．he could leave death alone and had enough courage to bee what he wanted to.C．he was so determined that he wasn't scared at death.D．he was such a responsible man that he prepared well before he died.【小题4】What does the underlined word they in the last paragraph refer to?A．Gods.B．The doctorsC．Heart and intuitionD．Other personsB
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(答案→)B
解析：这是乔布斯的演讲稿的部分内容：介绍自己得了癌症以后的人生感悟，我们的时间很有限 所以不要将他们浪费在重复其他人的生活上。不要被教条束缚那意味着你和其他人思考的结果一起生活。不要被其他人喧嚣的观点掩盖你真正的内心的声音。还有最重要的是所有其他的事情都是次要的。
【小题1】主旨题：从最后一段可知作者的意图是告诉我们珍惜自己的人生，完成自己的事情。选B
【小题2】细节题：从第二段的内容：because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. 可知作者的癌症是很罕见的可以治愈的。选C
【小题3】推理题;从最后一段的句子Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the principle — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. 可知作者不去管死亡，有勇气成为自己想成为的人。选B
【小题4】猜词题：句意：你要有勇气去听从你直觉和心灵的指示——它们在某种程度上知道你想要成为什么样子。选C