12．All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live．Sometimes it was as long as a year； sometimes as short as twenty-four hours，but always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours．
Such stories set up thinking，wondering what we should do under similar circumstances．What happiness should we find in reviewing the past，what regrets？
Sometimes，I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow．Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life．We should live each day with a gentleness，a vigor，and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant repetition of more days and months and years to come．
Most of us take life for granted．We know that one day we must die，but usually we picture that day as far in the future，when we are in pleasant health，death is all but unimaginable．We seldom think of it．The days stretch out in an endless prospect．So we go about our little task，hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life．
The same attitude，I am afraid，falls on the use of our abilities and senses．Only the deaf appreciate hearing，only the blind realize the various blessings that lie in sight．Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life．But those who have never suffered loss of sight and hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed abilities．Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sound hazily，without concentration，and with little appreciation．Seldom do people realize how good it is being in good health until they have fallen ill．It is the same old story of not being grateful without missing．
58．When reading the thrilling stories，we usuallyA．
A．have curiosity about the hero's limited life
B．show great interest in our own lives
C．find many regrets in reviewing the past
D．have mercy on the doomed man
59．From the passage，we can learn thatC．
A．the author thinks it would be excellent to live if he should die the next day
B．the disabled are anxious to regain their abilities and senses
C．each of us should treasure what we have possessed today
D．many of us are able to make full use of our time
60．The underlined word"hazily"in the last paragraph probably meansB．
A．happily
B．unclearly
C．freely
D．enthusiastically
61．The best title for this passage may probably beA．
A．Not Being Grateful without Missing
B．Giving a Hand to the Disabled
C．Making Use of Abilities and Senses
D．Learning from Thrilling Stories．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了我們應(yīng)該珍惜現(xiàn)在所擁有的一切，不應(yīng)該等到失去后才珍惜．
解答 58．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第一段All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live．Sometimes it was as long as a year可知當(dāng)我們讀那些驚險(xiǎn)的故事時，我們通常對英雄有限的生命有好奇心，故選A．
59．C 推理判斷題，根據(jù)最后一段It is the same old story of not being grateful without missing．可知作者在這篇文章中告訴我們每個人都應(yīng)該珍惜今天所擁有的，故選C．
60．B 詞義猜測題，根據(jù)最后一段Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sound hazily，without concentration，and with little appreciation可知他們的耳朵和眼睛將所有的聲音和影像模糊，故選B．
61．A 主旨大意題，通讀全文可知作者通過這篇文章主要向我們介紹了通常當(dāng)失去的時候我們才會懂得珍惜，故選A．
點(diǎn)評 考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
