【文章內容簡介】 let my passion stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓言 ) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today. So here’s what I want to tell you today： Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion(提升 ), the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(休閑 )。 it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an . Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted. It’s so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It’s so easy to exist instead of to live. I learnt to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that， if I had my choice， it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all. I learned to love the journey, not the destination（目的地） . I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, pletely and totally. And I tried to do that， in part， by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this： read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do， you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived. can be inferred from the passage ? A. the author is a success in personal life B. the author didn’t try her best to work well C. the author spent all her time caring for her children D. the author likes traveling very much did the author form her view of life? A. Through social experience. B. By learning from her friends. C. Through an unfortunate experience. D. From her children and husband. the underlined sentence “It’s so easy to exist instead of to live.” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to A. make a living rather than live a real life B. work rather than enjoy life C. waste a lot in life D. fet the most important lessons in life ’s the author’s attitude toward work? A. Do it well to serve others. B. Earn enough money to make life better. C. Try your best to get a higher position and a pay raise. D. Don’t let it affect your real life. D One of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have friends, you have to be a friend. But how can you be a good friend at school? Listen — Listen when they are talking. Don’t say anything unless they ask you a question. Sometimes it’s not necessary for you to have anything to say。 they just need someone to talk to about their feelings. Help them — If your friend is ever in need of something, be there to help them. You should try to put them first, but make sure you don’t do everything they want you to do. Try to take an extra (額外的 ) pencil or pen with you to classes in case (以防 ) they fet one. Have a little extra money in your pocket in case they fet something they need. Be there for them — Try to make something for your friend to help make them feel better in hard times. Making cards and encouraging them are among the nicest things you can do for a friend. Marilyn Monroe, a famous . actor, once said, “I often make mistakes. Sometimes I am out of control. But if you can’t stay with me at my worst, you are sure not to deserve (值得 ) to be with me at my best.” Always remember this! If you don’t want to stay with your friends when they’re in hard times, then you don’t deserve to be with them when they’re having a good time! ______ — Try to make plans with your friends. Go shopping, go for ice cream, have a party, go to a movie and so on. Take time to know each other even better by doing something you both enjoy. By planning things together, you both can have a good time. And you’ll remember these things when you’re all old! your friend is talking to you about his or her feelings, you should _____. A. give him or her some advice B. just listen unless asked C. calm him or her down D. share your feelings as well