完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。 Just ten years ago, I sat across the desk from a doctor with a serious look. “Yes,” he said, “there is a serious injury in the left lung…” I listened, too 21 to speak, as he continued, “You’ll have to 22 work at once and go to bed. Later on, we’ll see.” He gave no definite promise of recovery. Feeling like a man who has suddenly been placed under 23 of death. In the next three days, I 24 my affairs; then I went home, got into bed, and set my watch to tick off not the minutes, 25 the months. Two and a half years and many crashed hopes later, I left my bed and began the long 26 back. It was another year before I made it. I speak of this experience because these years that passed so 27 taught me what to believe and what to 28 . They said to me: Take time, 29 time takes you. I realize now that this world I’m living in is not my oyster（牡蛎）to be opened but my opportunity to be 30 . To me, each day is such a 31 gift. The sun comes up and presents me with 24 brand new, wonderful hours—not to pass, but to 32 . I’ve learned to 33 those little but all-important things I never thought I had the time to notice before: the play of light on 34 water, the music of the wind in my favorite pine tree. I seem now to see and hear and feel with some of the recovered 35 of childhood. I recall the touch of the springy earth under my feet the day I first stepped upon it after the years in bed. It was like 36 one’s citizenship in a world one had nearly lost. 37 ,I sit back and say to myself, let me make a 38 of this moment I’m living right now. All this, I owe to that long time spent on the deadlines of life. Wiser people come to this awareness 39 having to acquire it the hard way. But I wasn’t wise enough. I’m 40 now, a little, and happier. 21．A．frightened B．embarrassed C．shocked D．confused 22．A．pick up B．give up C．take up D．keep up 23．A．sentence B．shadow C．pressure D．trial 24．A．figured out B．looked after C．cleared up D．concentrated on 25．A．or B．and C．nor D．but 26．A．jump B．walk C．rush D．climb 27．A．quickly B．slowly C．quietly D．easily 28．A．expect B．desire C．obtain D．value 29．A．before B．after C．until D．when 30．A．picked B．accepted C．grasped D．quitted 31．A．precious B．potential C．pleasant D．permanent 32．A．spend B．fill C．employ D．kill 33．A．observe B．appreciate C．ignore D．respect 34．A．falling B．rolling C．running D．pouring 35．A．ignorance B．absence C．carelessness D．freshness 36．A．regaining B．requiring C．rebuilding D．recovering 37．A．Regularly B．Immediately C．Frequently D．Continuously 38．A．copy B．note C．study D．summary 39．A．beyond B．by C．without D．through 40．A．better B．stronger C．wiser D．healthier |