三、綜合測驗：（每題 2 分，共 30 分）When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last,someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the (1) day ofmy life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" fortoo many days in a (2) , I know I need to change something.Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've (3) encountered to help memake the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear ofembarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only (4) is trulyimportant. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinkingyou have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason (5) to follow your heart.About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearlyshowed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this wasalmost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live (6) longer thanthree to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs (7) order, which isdoctor's code for preparing to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd havethe next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up sothat it will be (8) easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy. The tumor turned out to be avery rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few (9)decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than (10)death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. (11)yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be,because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clearsout the old to make way (12) the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long(13) now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it isquite true.Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma –which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drownout your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to (14) your heart and intuition.They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything (15) is secondary.