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】

解题分析：本文围绕作者对写日记的态度变化展开。以13岁那年，经历了一个难以忘怀的夜晚，被美景所打动，从此改变了对日记，对生活的态度，认为有意义的生活不是去回忆而是要去经历。

1.】细节理解题。根据短文的第一段“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? 可以得知答案：我记日记并不是真的需要表达感情，……只是永远把经历记在纸上。关键词：a way of preserving the past“保护过去的一种方法。”选D。

2.】细节理解题。根据文章第二段的描述：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. 和第三段“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.” 可以得知当时，我明白了，我写的任何东西都配不上和代表我所经历的短暂的几秒钟山谷的神奇的美丽。可知，这样的景色太美了。选B。

3.】细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一句：Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.关键词： a special thought or feeling.。现在，我只有在需要记下一个特殊的想法和感情时才写在日记中。选B。

4.】推理判断题。我意识到，生活会与我擦肩而过如果我盲目的活在照相机后面，紧张的保存现在以便未来重现它。根据题干关键词realize和to live a meaningful life定位最后一段的but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.点出主题：活在当下experience很重要。选A。

考点：日常生活类文章