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Ⅰ.完形填空
(2013·东北三省四市联合诊断考试)I had a bad habit of skipping to the last page s of a book.I just wanted to see how it ended __1__ I was still in the middle of it. This habit __2__ first my mom,then my friends, and __3__ even my own dau ghter. Often my __4 __ wouldn't be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were __5__ as well.Then one day my daughter told me in anger, “Dad, please just rea d a book one __6__ at a time like everyone else!”
At times I didn't __7__ this bad habit to just books either.I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and __8__ out what to do months and even years from now __9__ enjoying each day at present. Although I knew that the __10__ of my life wasn't done yet and that I had many pages __11__ to go, I still couldn't control my burning desire to write the __12__ of it halfway through.Time and again, I would __13__ jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it happened. Life,__14__,doesn't work like that.It loves to __15__ us,and you never know what new problems, changes, or opportunities each new day will __16__.
Recently when I found myself living in the __17__ again,I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to “live one day at a tim e”. When I heard those words, I __18__,turned the book of my life back to the __19__ page, and thanked God for today.
Each of us has to __20__ the book of life line by line,moment by moment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.