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

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，题材是写日记，围绕作者对写日记的态度变化展开。以13岁那年，经历了一个难以忘怀的夜晚，被美景所打动，从此改变了对日记，对生活的态度，认为有意义的生活不是去回忆而是要去经历。

段落	关键词、句	大意推测
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：写日记过去是一件习惯的事儿，通过文字记录过去生活的点滴，每每看到日记的内容就有一种满足感。
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	转折点：以13岁那年的一个旅行，经历了一个难以忘怀的夜晚，被美景所打动，不由自主地拿出笔来……以前日记的那些无聊琐事怎能和亲身体验的美相提并论呢？
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：现在只是在有特别感受的时候写日记，不再盲目地满足于：要在老的时候回忆过去。最后点题：我不再为记忆而活。

【解析】

51. D。细节理解题。难度：较易。根据题干关键词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为正确答案。

解题思路：首段的疑问句一定要重点关注，它是题眼，往往正确答案就在此处。

干扰项排除：本题易误选A. observing her school routine 和B. expressing her satisfaction，因为在第一段中均能看到，但是只是细节中一部分，而非主题句。若选，容易犯以偏概全的错误。C. impressing her classmates 文中没有直接提出，首先排除。

52. B。细节理解题。难度：适中。根据题干关键词 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正确。

解题思路：要掌握阅读理解中非解项内容的来源：①文中不容内容的嫁接，如：A dull night on the journey来自I went on a long journey, on my last night there, the dull characterizations，本选项干扰性极强。②断章取义，如：D. Her concerns for future generations.正确答案应该在At that point, I understood…③因果关系、逻辑关系的倒置，如C. striking quotation from a book.就是出现在思想变化之后。

干扰项排除：本题极易误选A. A dull night on the journey，因为在第二段中出现了On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand，但是出题人设下了一个陷阱：dull，对文中的内容进行了篡改，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，并不是导致作者思想变化的原因，故排除。选项C出现在倒数第二段，与本题的题干没有多大关系，故排除。

53. B。细节理解题。难度：较易。根据题干关键词now和 put in her diary定位在第四节首句：Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.故选项B. Special thoughts and feelings.正确。

干扰项排除：考生一定要先抓住关键词所在的句子：Now, I only write in…，有的考生选D和A项，因为他们看到了：I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures…,其实but后面才是作者的真正想法，but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful.而不是难以忘怀的事件。所以排除A项和D项。C. Detailed accounts of daily activities.根据第一段首句可知writing in my diary used to be a usual activity.已经过去，现在不这样做了，即使第二段中出现 I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across.也是以前，而不是现在，故排除C项。

54.A。推理判断题。难度：中等。根据题干关键词realize和to live a meaningful life定位最后一段的but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.点出主题：活在当下experience很重要。

解题思路：末段往往照应首段，注意这里的but标志词，含有转折关系的词也是题眼所在。

干扰项排除：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.很显然作者是对这种做法的否定，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也许不再有那么多……故排除。

【难句学习】

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

翻译：我感到无比自豪的是卓有成效地度过了我的岁月，来忠实地为后代保存一份关于我旅途中详细的记录。

分析：本句的主干是I felt proud to be spending my time …preserving…a detailed description …。Productively修饰动词spending，dutifully修饰后面动词 preserving，preserve for sb. sth.。英语讲究简洁流畅，所以作者用了一个比较长的简单句，转变成汉语时，我们要理解主干与前后的逻辑关系。

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.

翻译：在月光的照耀下，夜色格外明朗。山谷的墙在他们影子的映衬下看上去凶巴巴的。

分析：本句中，lit by the glare of the moon省略了was，threatening是looked表语，后面的behind their screen of shadows介词短语，补充说明。

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.

翻译：直到这时，我才懂得这一刻是写什么都不相称不了，代替不了的。这一刻我陶醉于山谷那动人美景之中。

分析：本句的主干是I understood that …。that引导宾语从句，宾语从句又套了两个定语从句，分别是：①nothing I wrote 是省略了that的定语从句。② I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley也是省略了that的定语从句，还原为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.

翻译：我意识到了：如果我一直站在照相机的后面，为了能让现在活在将来的世界里，忙着把它保存下来，那么生活就会从我身边匆匆掠过。

分析：本句的主干是I realize that …。that引导宾语从句，宾语从句里套了一个if条件状语从句，so as to在从句中充当目的状语。

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.

翻译：关于走过的地方和与遇到的人，也许我没有那么多精确的陈述。也许我会忘记某些事实，但至少经历总是贮藏在我心中。

分析：本句运用了对仗的修辞手法：两个Maybe …; maybe…　句子的重心在but后面。