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限时集训(二十五)　First aid (时间：40分钟　满分：65分) Ⅰ.完形填空(共15小题，满分30分) This is my third story. When I was 17, I read a quote that __1__ something like, “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday youll most certainly be right.” Since then, for the past thirty-three years, Ive looked __2__ 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？” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a __3__， I know I need to change something. About a year ago I was __4__with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should __5__ to live no longer than three to six months. They advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctors code for “prepare to __6__”．Later that evening when the doctors viewed the cells taken from my pancreas (胰腺) under a microscope, they started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is __7__with surgery. I had the surgery and, __8__， Im fine now. This was the closest Ive been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Death is the __9__we all share. No one has __10__ escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single __11__ invention of life. Its lifes change agent. It clears out the old to make __12__ for the new. Your time is __13__， so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be trapped by dogma (信条) — which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of __14__ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to __15__ your heart and intuition (直觉). They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. 1．A.said　　　　　　　　　 　B．described C．went D．expressed 2．A.in B．at C．through D．on 3．A.row B．minute C．sense D．word 4．A.connected B．infected C．affected D．diagnosed 5．A.want B．dream C．expect D