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2．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．
51．Before the age of thirteen，the author regarded keeping a diary as a way ofD
A．observing her school routine　　                          
B．expressing her satisfaction
C．impressing her classmates　　                              
D．preserving her history
52．What caused a change in the author's understanding of keeping a diary？B
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．
53．What does the author put in her diary now？B
A．Notes and beautiful pictures．
B．Special thoughts and feelings．
C．Detailed accounts of daily activities．
D．Descriptions of unforgettable events．
54．The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life isA
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

分析 文章大意：本文是一篇記敘文，主要講述了作者記日記發(fā)生的一些變化．13歲前，作者每天都記日記，記下一天發(fā)生的事及自己的感受等．作者很喜歡把自己看到的東西記在紙上．13歲以后，一次去大峽谷的旅行改變了作者對記日記的看法，從那以后作者只在日記里記載特殊的想法和感受．作者認(rèn)為要想過有意義的生活，就要親自去經(jīng)歷．

解答 51．D 　細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段最后一句中的"…a way of preserving the past？"可知，作者在13歲以前認(rèn)為記日記是一種保存過去的方式． 故D正確．
52．B 　細節(jié)理解題．由第三段的第一句話"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．"可知，山谷的美讓我意識到?jīng)]有什么能比得上讓自己去體驗美．故選B項．
53．B 　細節(jié)理解題．由第四段第一句話"Now，I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling"可知，現(xiàn)在作者在日記里只記錄特殊的思想和感情．
54．A 　細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段可知，作者意識到要想過有意義的生活得自己親自去經(jīng)歷．故A正確．

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