6. Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, somedayyou'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked inthe mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I amabout to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to changesomething.Remembering "I'll be dead soon" is enough to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything--allexternal expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death,leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid thetrap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
If you plan to travel from one country to another, you need to have a passport. A passport identifies you ___(46)___ a citizenof a country and allows you to travel to foreign countries. In the late eighteenth century, a passport for anAmerican was usually a letter ___(47)___ by the President of the United States. The person whose name was on thepassport ___(48)___ with words. Here is an example from the early 1800’s: “Hair-black, curly; eyes-brown; nose- ___(49)___ ;forehead-wrinkled; mouth-thin with big teeth; chin-pointed.” Today you must have a photograph on your passport.Sometimes those photos are not very good. ___(50)___ , there is a joke about passport photos. That is, if you really looklike the picture on your passport, you certainly need a vacation!
(A)is expected
(B)proved
(C)supposed
(D)was described
解析
(A)錯誤。時態不合：全句在描述十八世紀末的作法，須用過去式。
(B)錯誤。proved with words 語意不通，且主詞是「護照上具名的人」，是被描述而非去證明。
(C)錯誤。缺少 be 動詞，且 supposed 後須接 to。
(D)正確。主詞 The person 是被描述的對象，須用被動；描述的是過去的作法，故用過去式 was described，並由後文引用的外貌描述文字印證。
Chloe and Kevin enjoy going out to Italian restaurants. They love to eat ___(46)___ , share a dessert, and have espresso.Chloe and Kevin’s ___(47)___ is coming up. Kevin wants to plan a night out at an Italian restaurant in town. He calls therestaurants to make a ___(48)___ but they have no tables ___(49)___ . Kevin knows that Chloe loves Italian food more thananything else. But the only two Italian places in town are too busy. So, Kevin is now pacing around the house andfeeling ___(50)___ . He still has no idea where to spend the night.
(A)anxious
(B)colorful
(C)expensive
(D)magical
解析
(A)正確。兩家義式餐廳都客滿，Kevin 仍不知該去哪裡過這一晚，還在屋裡來回踱步——pacing around 正是焦慮的表現，anxious（焦慮不安的）最貼切。