The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. When know that this is1  , but all too often we recognize this truth  2  in our backward glance when we remember what it was and then suddenly  3  that it is no more.

A recent  4  re-taught me this truth. I was hospitalized  5  a serious heart attack and had been in intensive  6  for several days. It was not a pleasant place.

One morning, I had to have some additional  7  ，so I had to be wheeled across the count yard on a gurney（n.輪床）.

         8  we got out from our unit, the sunlight hit me. Just the  9  of the sun. And yet how beautiful it was---how warming, how sparking, how brilliant! I  10  around to see whether anyone else loved the sun's golden glow, but everyone was  11 ,most with eyes fixed on the ground. At that moment, I came to realize  12  gifts are precious----but we are too  13  about them.

     Hold fast to life, but not so fast, or you cannot  14  .This is the second side of life's  15  , the opposite pole of its paradox（悖論）：we must   16  our losses, and learn how to let go.

       This is not an easy  17  to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, and that  18  we desire with the full force of our passionate being, can, and, will, be ours. But then life  19  , keeping us faced with realities, and  20  but surely this truth dawns upon us.

1．A．easy                    B．clear                   C．true                   D．good

2．A．only                    B．a(chǎn)lso                   C．well                   D．even

3．A．notice                  B．realize                C．worry                D．concern

4．A．report                  B．story                 C．a(chǎn)ccident             D．experience

5．A．during                  B．since                 C．a(chǎn)fter                  D．until

6．A．care                    B．charge               C．control              D．need

7．A．doctors               B．medicine            C．instructions        D．tests

8．A．Before                 B．Till                    C．As                     D．While

9．A．warmth               B．light                   C．colors                D．image

10．A．looked               B．turned                C．walked              D．ran

11．A．watching            B．hurrying             C．working             D．sitting

12．A．disease's            B．a(chǎn)rt's                   C．health's              D．life's

13．A．honest               B．curious              C．careless             D．a(chǎn)nxious

14．A．hold on              B．take over            C．give in               D．let go

15．A．coin                  B．note                   C．bill                    D．check

16．A．a(chǎn)ccept               B．a(chǎn)dmire               C．remember          D．forgive

17．A．skill                   B．failure                C．lesson                D．task

18．A．whatever           B．whichever          C．however            D．whoever

19．A．comes up           B．goes off             C．dies away          D．moves along

20．A．quickly              B．firmly                C．slowly               D．suddenly

1-5 CABDC        6-10 ADCBA                 11-15 BDCDA              16-20 ACADC

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1.

 

A．

painting

B．

smiling

C．

cooking

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2.

 

A．

restaurant

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sky

C．

corner

D．

table

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A．

common

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special

C．

considerable

D．

delicious

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A．

argument

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A．

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pushed

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A．

advice

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tip

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prize

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A．

doubt

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suspect

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happen

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understand

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A．

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A．

except

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A．

son

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A．

excellent

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skilled

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generous

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grateful

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A．

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more than

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less than

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A．

devoting

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ignoring

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A．

respect

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trained

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