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.

　　51. 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

　　52. 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.

　　53. 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.

　　54. 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

【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，題材是寫日記，圍繞作者對寫日記的態度變化展開。以13歲那年，經歷了一個難以忘懷的夜晚，被美景所打動，從此改變了對日記，對生活的態度，認為有意義的生活不是去回憶而是要去經歷。

段落	關鍵詞、句	大意推測
第一部分（Para. 1）	used to be a usual activity;  spend… recording…;  gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper;  accumulating memories a way of preserving the past	背景：寫日記過去是一件習慣的事兒，通過文字記錄過去生活的點滴，每每看到日記的內容就有一種滿足感。
第二部分（Para. 2-3）	thirteen years old;  a long journey;  was busy recording;  wandered out of;  diary in hand;  automatically took out;  nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds;  experience the dramatic beauty of the valley;  the dull characterizations I had set down	轉折點：以13歲那年的一個旅行，經歷了一個難以忘懷的夜晚，被美景所打動，不由自主地拿出筆來……以前日記的那些無聊瑣事怎能和親身體驗的美相提并論呢？
第三部分（Para. 4-5）	write down a special thought or feeling;  no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember; at least the experiences;  remain inside me;  don’t live to make memories	感悟：現在只是在有特別感受的時候寫日記，不再盲目地滿足于：要在老的時候回憶過去。最后點題：我不再為記憶而活。

【解析】

51. D。細節理解題。難度：較易。根據題干關鍵詞before the age of thirteen和regarded … as …定位在第一段最后一句：After all, isn’t accumulating memories a way of preserving the past? 故D. preserving her history為正確答案。

解題思路：首段的疑問句一定要重點關注，它是題眼，往往正確答案就在此處。

干擾項排除：本題易誤選A. observing her school routine 和B. expressing her satisfaction，因為在第一段中均能看到，但是只是細節中一部分，而非主題句。若選，容易犯以偏概全的錯誤。C. impressing her classmates 文中沒有直接提出，首先排除。

52. B。細節理解題。難度：適中。根據題干關鍵詞 a change 和 understanding of keeping a diary定位在第三段：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.所以B. The beauty of the great valley正確。

解題思路：要掌握閱讀理解中非解項內容的來源：①文中不容內容的嫁接，如：A dull night on the journey來自I went on a long journey, on my last night there, the dull characterizations，本選項干擾性極強。②斷章取義，如：D. Her concerns for future generations.正確答案應該在At that point, I understood…③因果關系、邏輯關系的倒置，如C. striking quotation from a book.就是出現在思想變化之后。

干擾項排除：本題極易誤選A. A dull night on the journey，因為在第二段中出現了On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand，但是出題人設下了一個陷阱：dull，對文中的內容進行了篡改，故排除。D. Her concerns for future generations.定位在第二段：I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels.只是在美景之前的想法，并不是導致作者思想變化的原因，故排除。選項C出現在倒數第二段，與本題的題干沒有多大關系，故排除。

53. B。細節理解題。難度：較易。根據題干關鍵詞now和 put in her diary定位在第四節首句：Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.故選項B. Special thoughts and feelings.正確。

干擾項排除：考生一定要先抓住關鍵詞所在的句子：Now, I only write in…，有的考生選D和A項，因為他們看到了：I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures…,其實but后面才是作者的真正想法，but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful.而不是難以忘懷的事件。所以排除A項和D項。C. Detailed accounts of daily activities.根據第一段首句可知writing in my diary used to be a usual activity.已經過去，現在不這樣做了，即使第二段中出現 I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across.也是以前，而不是現在，故排除C項。

54.A。推理判斷題。難度：中等。根據題干關鍵詞realize和to live a meaningful life定位最后一段的but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.點出主題：活在當下experience很重要。

解題思路：末段往往照應首段，注意這里的but標志詞，含有轉折關系的詞也是題眼所在。

干擾項排除：B. to live the present in the future 可以定位在第四段：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.很顯然作者是對這種做法的否定，故排除。C. to make memories 可以定位在最后一段的最后一句：I don’t live to make memories故排除。D. to give accurate representations of it可以定位在最后一段的第二句：Maybe I won’t have as many exact representations of people and places也許不再有那么多……故排除。

【難句學習】

1. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels.

翻譯：我感到無比自豪的是卓有成效地度過了我的歲月，來忠實地為后代保存一份關于我旅途中詳細的記錄。

分析：本句的主干是I felt proud to be spending my time …preserving…a detailed description …。Productively修飾動詞spending，dutifully修飾后面動詞 preserving，preserve for sb. sth.。英語講究簡潔流暢，所以作者用了一個比較長的簡單句，轉變成漢語時，我們要理解主干與前后的邏輯關系。

2. 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.

翻譯：在月光的照耀下，夜色格外明朗。山谷的墻在他們影子的映襯下看上去兇巴巴的。

分析：本句中，lit by the glare of the moon省略了was，threatening是looked表語，后面的behind their screen of shadows介詞短語，補充說明。

3. 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.

翻譯：直到這時，我才懂得這一刻是寫什么都不相稱不了，代替不了的。這一刻我陶醉于山谷那動人美景之中。

分析：本句的主干是I understood that …。that引導賓語從句，賓語從句又套了兩個定語從句，分別是：①nothing I wrote 是省略了that的定語從句。② I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley也是省略了that的定語從句，還原為I allowed myself the few seconds to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley。

4. 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.

翻譯：我意識到了：如果我一直站在照相機的后面，為了能讓現在活在將來的世界里，忙著把它保存下來，那么生活就會從我身邊匆匆掠過。

分析：本句的主干是I realize that …。that引導賓語從句，賓語從句里套了一個if條件狀語從句，so as to在從句中充當目的狀語。

5. 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.

翻譯：關于走過的地方和與遇到的人，也許我沒有那么多精確的陳述。也許我會忘記某些事實，但至少經歷總是貯藏在我心中。

分析：本句運用了對仗的修辭手法：兩個Maybe …; maybe…　句子的重心在but后面。