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Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day's events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn't accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?

When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens,a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across.I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen…

At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.

Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful. I'm no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.

I don't want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won't have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I'll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I don't live to make memories—I just live, and the memories form themselves.

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51. Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ______.

A. observing her school routine
B. expressing her satisfaction
C. impressing her classmates
D. preserving her history

52. What caused a change in the author's understanding of keeping a diary?

A. A dull night on the journey.
B. The beauty of the great valley.
C. A striking quotation from a book.

D. Her concerns for future generations.

53. What does the author put in her diary now?

A. Notes and beautiful pictures.
B. Special thoughts and feelings.
C. Detailed accounts of daily activities.
D. Descriptions of unforgettable events.

54. The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ______.

A. to experience it
B. to live the present in the future
C. to make memories
D. to give accurate representations of it

参考译文

几年前，写日记曾是我的一个普通习惯。我从学校回来，预计花半小时来把当天的发生事、我的感觉以及印象记在我蓝色的小日记本上。事实上，我不需要以文字的方式来表达我的情感，但当我看到我的经历永远记录在纸上时，我得到了一定的满足。毕竟，积累记忆也是保存过去一种方式，不是吗？

我十三岁的时候，带着一支钢笔、一本日记以及一个相机在山谷进行了一次漫长的徒步旅行。在旅行期间，我忙碌着记录我所遇到的每件事件、每个名字和每个地方。能如此高效地利用我的时间，并忠实地为后代保存我旅行的详细描述，我感到很自豪。我在这的最后一个晚上，我拿着日记本在帐篷外漫步。天高云淡，月光皎洁，山谷峭壁上的投影看起来很可怕。我不由自主地拿出我的笔…

那时，我明白我写的任何东西都不能与我在山谷所经历的那种充满戏剧化美景的那几秒相提并论。前几天我牢记的都是我曾在日记里写下的无趣事件。

现在，我只在我需要纪录一个特殊的想法或感觉的时候才写日记。我依然喜欢记录那些书籍里能打动我的想法和引用，或是纪录特别有意义的观察。我拍照，但不是经常拍，我只拍我发现的真正漂亮的事物。当我慢慢变老的时候，我不再盲目地因记着某事而感到满足。我意识到，如果我呆在相机后面，为了将来而忙碌的纪录当下的生活，那么生活就会从我身边溜走。

我不想有一天醒来，除了一堆图片和笔记，什么也没有。也许我没有很多人和地点的准确纪录，也许我会忘记某些事实，但至少那些经历永远在我心中。我不是为记忆而活，我只是活着，而记忆来源于记忆本身。

答案解析

51. D 考查细节理解。根据第一段内容，尤其是最后一句"毕竟，积累记忆不就是保存过去的一种方式吗？"可知选D。

52. B 考查细节理解。第二、三段描述了作者13岁时的经历，当时作者还是热衷于为了将来的回忆而记录现在，但晚上当她发现山谷的美丽时明白，我写的任何东冢西都比不上此时让自己好好感受山谷的美丽"，从此作者的态度发生了转变。

53. B 考查细节理解。根据第四段可知，作者现在只把自己特别的想法或情感写在日记中，故B项正确。

54. A 考查推理判断。最后一段作者说，"也许我会忘了一些事实，但至少，这些经历将永远在我的心中"。这就是作者对生活的感悟：把握现在，感受今天，生活重在感受而不是为了回忆而记录。