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山西省太原双语中学2012届高考英语专题精选阅读理解强化训练集（十九）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。ATwentyThingsYouShouldDoinThisLifetimeWhenIwasayoungboy,mygrandmotheralwaysaskedmethequestion,"Whatisityouwant?"I'dgivetheage-appropriateanswerwhetheritwas"candy"atagefive,'"abicycle"atagetwelve,or,"notansweringdumbquestions"whenIwasfifteen．Shealwayslistenedcarefully,andthenasked,"Whatisitthatyoureallywant?"Ihatedwhenshedidthatbecauseitmademethink—andthinkingwaspainful．InvariablywhatIreallywantedwasdifferentthanwhatI'doriginallyaskedfor．Herfinalquestionwasalwaysthesame．"Whatpriceareyouwillingtopay,inordertogetthat?"WhenIwassixteen,sheincreasedthecomplexityofthetask．Sheasked,"Whataretwentythingsyoushoulddointhislifetime?"Eachyear,onThanksgiving,shemademerewritethelistadjustingitasmymaturityandwisdomgrew．Fortwenty-eightyears,IgavehermylistbeforeIateherturkeydinner．Iwasneverabletogiveherthetwenty-nine．ShediedtwodaysbeforeThanksgiving．However,Ithinkshewouldhavebeenproudofhowshe'dhelpedmegrow,fromthefive-year-oldwhojustwantedcandytothisendresultoftwenty-nineyearsofrefinement:No1．Toleavetheworldabitbetterbymyhavingbeenhere．No2．Toloveunconditionally．No3．Todreambigdreamsandbewillingtopaythepricetomakethemcometrue．No4．TovisittheLincolnMemorialHallatdawn．No5．Toearntheaffectionofchildren．No6．TohikeandrafttheGrandCanyon．No7．TofindoutwhatI'mgoodat,andgiveitbacktotheworld．No8．Towatchasunsetonatropicalisle．No9．Toearntherespectofintelligentpeople．No10．Toleammyfamilyhistoryandvisitthehomeland．No11．Todriveandbikeacrossthecountry．No12．Tohelpastrangerinneed．No13．TomakesomethingthatisstillstandingwhenIdie．No14．ToplayagameformorethanIcanaffordtolose．No15．Tomeditateandpraydaily．No16．Todosomethingotherssaidwasimpossible．No17．Towalkbeachesunderafullmoonatmidnight．用心爱心专心1No18．Totakeastandonsomethingandnotbackdownunderpressure．No19．Toneverlosechildlikeenthusiasm．No20．Toswimnakedunderwaterfalls．What'sonyourlist?1．Inhisteens,whatdidthewriterhate?A．Thinking．B．Studying．C．Havingcandies．D．Ridingabicycle.2．Accordingtothe20thingsinthelist,whichofthefollowingCANNOTbeusedtodescribethewriter?A．Helovesnaturesomuch．B．Heiswillingtohelpothers．C．Hedoesn'tlikeanythingchallenging．D．Hewilltryhisbesttoachievehisambition．3．Itmaybeinterredfromthispassagethatthewriter'sgrandmother______．A．wascuriousabouteverythingthewriterdidB．usedherownwaytohelpthewritergrowC．diedonThanksgivingDayD．rewrotethelistforthewritereachyearBItis4o'clockintheearlymorning．Everythingbutthecomputingroomonthecampusoftheuniversityappearsasquietandmistyasthemysterioushell．Inthecomputingroom,30studentswithsleepyeyes,sitstillattheirdesk,beatingthedirtyandwornkeys．Staringatthecolorfulscreen,theytapcontinuouslyforhours．Fortheotherpartsintheworld,itmightbeinthemiddleofthenight,neverthelessheretimerepresentsnothing．Itisanentirelyenclosedfield．Theseyoungcomputer"hackers"aretracingasortofstimulus,adrivesoexcitingandabsorbingthatitignoresnearlyanythingelseintheirlivesandbecomesthefocusoftheirbeing．Theyareaddictedcomputerprogrammers．Someofthesestudentshavebeengluedtotheconsole（电子设备的操纵台）fornolessthantwentyhoursevenwithnobreakformealsorrest．Somehavebeensleepingonsofasandchairsinthecomputingroom,tryingtostruggleforafewmoments'restbuthat...