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