In conclusion，it is up to each of us to choose the meaning we apply to our situations at all times.Different choices will lead to different lives.Of course you can grow forward if you are determined to choose to live a positive life regardless of whatever hardships you are facing.
【解题导语】 在面对生活中的“暴风雨”的时候，人们总是希望回到原来的正常生活轨迹，但是这几乎是不可能的。我们该如何选择，是随波逐流还是积极面对？
4．What does the author try to convey with the example in the second paragraph? A．We will understand life much better after an escape from death. B．It usually takes a long time to recover from a health problem. C．It’s unlikely to return to where we were after certain events. D．We can recover from an emotional problem much more easily.
C 解析：推理判断题。根据第二段第一句可知，我们不可能再回到从前，下面的例子是为了支持这个观点。故选C项。
5．When faced with hardships，some people choose to be a victim because of ________． A．their terrible experiences B．their negative thoughts C．their poor health D．their bad luck
B 解析：推理判断题。第四段列举出了两种人面对困难时的表现：一种是无助、愤怒、烦躁；另一种是克服困难变得更加强大。第五段对第一种人的表现进行了解释，他们陷于消极和沮丧的处境中难以自拔。由此可知，当面对困难时，一些人把自己看成受害者是由他们消极的思想导致的。故选B项。
6．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text? A．To advise us to manage bad emotions. B．To persuade us to get back to normal. C．To offer us useful skills to work with. D．To encourage us to overcome hardships.
D 解析：写作意图题。文章提出了两种人面对困境时的表现，然后进行分析，在文章最后一句点明作者的观点：不管你遇到什么困难，如果你决心积极面对，就会继续成长。故选D项。
7．If you’re determined to grow forward you have to________．
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A．experience life’s fragility B．welcome uncertainty and change C．develop new skills and habits D．overcome the fear of death
B 解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第三句可知，你可以选择拥抱变化和不确定性，并学会利用你所有的经历继续成长。故选B项。
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(2018·安徽百所重点高中模拟)Ten years ago, a doctor told me something was wrong with my lung and I had to give up work at once and went to bed.I was totally __1__ and felt I was suddenly placed under __2__ of death with an indefinite reprieve(缓刑). After careful thought, I __3__ my affairs; then I went home and got into bed.But two years later, I left my bed and __4__ the long climb back.It was another year __5__ I made it. I speak of this experience because these past years have __6__ me what to value and what to believe.I __7__ now that this world is not my oyster(牡蛎) to be opened but my __8__ to be grasped.
I’ve also learned that it’s necessary to __9__ those little, but important things I never thought I would __10__ before: the music of the wind in my favorite pine tree, the __11__ of sunlight on running water. I seem now, with some of the __12__ freshness of childhood, to hear and see. How well, __13__， I recall the touch of the earth the day I first stepped upon it after the years in bed. It was like __14__ one’s citizenship in a world one had nearly lost.
Frequently, I __15__ myself that I need make notes of this __16__ I’m living in now, because in it I’m well，__17__ doing what I like best.It won’t always be like this，__18__ I’ll make the most of it and be grateful.I __19__ all this to that long time spent in bed. Wiser people come to this __20__ without having to acquire it the hard way. But I wasn’t wise enough.I’m wiser now, a little, and happier.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。一场重病让作者明白了什么是人生中最重要的东西。因此他对自己当下所拥有的倍加珍惜，并心存感激。
1．A.confused C．determined
B．shocked D．annoyed
B 解析：根据上文中的 “Ten years ago，a doctor told me something was wrong with my lung and I had to give up work at once and went to bed.”可知，当被告知自己的肺部出了问题且不得不立即放弃工作卧床休息时作者感到非常震惊(shocked)。confused “困惑的”； determined“坚决的”； annoyed“恼怒的”。
2．A.trial C．sentence
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C 解析：作者突然觉得自己好像是被判了死缓一样。根据语境尤其是下文的 “with an indefinite reprieve(缓刑)”可知，此处应选sentence “宣判，判刑”。under sentence of death “被判处死刑”。
3．A.made up
C．took up
B．set up D．cleared up
D 解析：仔细思考之后，作者把手头的事务处理掉，然后回家了。根据上文中的 “I had to give up work at once and went to bed”可知，clear up“解决，清理”符合语境。make up “组成，编造”；set up “设立”；take up “开始从事，占据”。
4．A.recalled C．avoided
B．began D．accepted
B 解析：两年后，作者离开了病床，开始(began)了漫长的重回之前的生活状态的 “攀登”。recall “回忆起”；avoid “避免”；accept “接受”。
5．A.when C．since
