Question

The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs’ story about death

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（遇到）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 doctors’code for preparing yourself to die.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another biopsy（活組織檢查）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（教條）—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.

1.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 was not serious at all

C. his disease couldn’ t be cured

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

2.How did the author feel after the diagnosis?

   A. Angry       B. Excited       C. Optimistic   D. Hopeless 

3.What does the author think of death?

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

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

C. He thinks it is impossible to avoid.

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

4.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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

1.細節理解題。這是蘋果公司CEO喬布斯在斯坦福大學畢業典禮上的節選部分。

由第三段的incurable以及…which is doctor’s code for preparing yourself to die可知醫生認為作者的病無法醫治。

2.細節理解題。由第四段中的 I was completely in despair 可知診斷結果出來之后，作者感到很絕望。

3.推理判斷題。由第五段可知，作者認為沒有人愿意死，但是死亡是我們每個人共同的終點，從來沒有人能夠逃脫它。

4.推理判斷題。最后一段中，作者提到：人們的時間有限，所以不要將它們浪費在重復其他人的生活上。不要被其他人喧囂的觀點掩蓋你真正的內心的聲音。要有勇氣去聽從直覺和心靈的指示——它們在某種程度上知道你想要成為什么樣子，所以其他的事情都是次要的。