题目内容：

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

This is my third story. When I was 17, I read a quote(引述) that    something like,”If you live each day      it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.” Since then, for the past thirty­three years，I've looked      the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life，would I want to do what I am ____ to do today？”And whenever the answer has been ”No” for too many days in a row(连续)，I know I need to change something.

About a year ago I was     with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should     to live no longer than three to six months. They advised me to go home and get my      in order，which is doctors' code for ”prepare to    ”. Later that evening when the doctors         the cells taken from my pancreas(胰腺)under a microscope，they started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is       with surgery. I had the surgery and,   , I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Death is the    we all share. No one has     escaped it. And that is     it should be，because death is very likely the single     invention of life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make      for the new. Your time is     , so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma(信条)—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of      opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to     your heart and intuition(直觉). They     already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

1.A. said               B. described          C. went         D. expressed

2.A. unless            B. as if              C. even if      D. as long as

3.A. in               B. at                 C. through      D. in

4.A. about             B. off               C. out          D. of

5.A. connected        B. infected           C. affected    D. diagnosed

6.A. want               B. dream              C. expect       D. imagine

7.A. duties            B. businesses         C. affairs     D. life

8.A. work              B. start              C. talk         D. die

9.A. looked           B. viewed            C. realized     D. noticed

10.A. curable           B. possible           C. acceptable   D. suitable

11.A. carefully        B. thankfully         C. anxiously    D. hopefully

12.A. possession       B. destination       C. expectation  D. position

13.A. ever              B. even              C. never        D. still

14.A. when              B. while              C. as         D. since

15.A. better            B. worst              C. worse       D. best

16.A. use              B. a difference       C. sense      D. way

17.A. endless          B. repeated           C. countless    D. limited

18.A. others'          B. others             C. anyone's    D. some others

19.A. listen           B. follow             C. take         D. accept

20.A. however           B. whatever           C. somehow      D. somewhat