Section C
　　Recording Two
　　[19]Imagine a big explosion as you climb through 3,000 ft. Imagine a plane full of smoke. Imagine an engine going clack, clack, clack, clack, clack. It sounds scary. Actually, it was what I experienced in one of my fights. In that flight, I thought I might lose my life forever as the terror of death surrounded me. Now I want to share with you 3 things I learned about myself that day.
　　I learnt that it all changes in an instant. We have this bucket list, we have these things we want to do in life, and I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to but I didn’t, all the experiences I wanted to have and I never did. As I thought about that later on, I came up with a saying, which is “collect bad wines”. Because if the wine is ready and the person is there, I’m opening it. [20]I no longer want to postpone anything in life. And that urgency, that purpose, has really changed my life.
　　The second thing I learnt that day—and this is as we clear the George Washington Bridge, which was by not a lot—I thought about, I really feel one real regret, I’ve lived a good life. In my own humanity and mistakes, I’ve tried to get better at everything I tried. But in my humanity, I also allow my self-importance to get in. And I regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter with people that matter. And I thought about my relationship with my wife, my friends, and other people. And after, as I reflected on that, I decided to eliminate negative energy from my life. It’s not perfect, but it’s a lot better.
　　The third thing I learned—and this is as your mental clock starts going, “15, 14, 13.” You can see the water coming. I’m saying, “Please blow up.” I don’t want this thing to break in 20 pieces like you’ve seen in those documentaries. [21]And as we’re coming down, I had a sense of, wow, dying is not scary. It’s almost like we’ve been preparing for it our whole lives. But it was very sad. I didn’t want to go. I love my life. And that sadness really framed in one thought, which is, I only wish for one thing. I only wish I could see my kids grow up.
　　19 What happened to the speaker?
　　[C] 【解析】①根据选项中的caused a fire on a plane、flight was hijacked、accident等关键词，推测此题可能跟某人的不幸遭遇有关，且很可能是发生在空中。②录音开头演讲者让听众设想在3000英尺的高空飞机发生爆炸，飞机里充满了烟，飞机引擎发出喀、喀、喀的异响等，然后说到这是他经历过的，故C“他在3000英尺高的地方经历过一起事故”正确。
　　【干扰项排除】录音开头提到飞机里充满的烟，这是飞机发生爆炸造成的，并非演讲者抽烟造成的，故A错误。录音开头演讲者描述的是飞机发生爆炸，发动机发出异响等飞机失事的征兆，并非是恐怖分子劫机，故B错误。演讲者提到自己害怕是由于飞机发生爆炸，并非他恐高，故排除D。
　　20 What is the first thing the speaker learnt that day?
　　[A] 【解析】演讲者提到飞机发生爆炸后他首先想到的是自己生活中很多想做却还没做的事以及很多想联系却还没去联系的人，所以他决定不再拖延生活中的任何事情，A正是该处录音信息的同义表达，put off对应录音中的postpone，故本题选A。
　　【干扰项排除】录音中提到飞机发生爆炸后演讲者想到还有很多该联系的人没有联系，并未提及应该跟朋友们庆祝自己幸免于难，故B错误。C“他应该消除自己生活中的负能量”是演讲者那天学到的第二件事，而非本题问的第一件事，故C错误。演讲者那天学到的第一件事里并未提及自己和妻子的关系，故排除D“他应该维护好和妻子的关系”。
　　21 How did the speaker feel when his mental clock began to count backwards?
　　[D] 【解析】录音中演讲者提到自己在飞机快要跌落水面时自己在脑中倒数“15、14、13”，那个时候他感觉死亡并不可怕，但却很悲伤，故D“他有悲伤的感觉”正确。
　　【干扰项排除】飞机下沉时，演讲者感到很悲伤，不想就这样离开，他并未提及比电影里发生的事情更酷，故A错误。录音最后，演讲者提到他当时感到悲伤，主要是因为他本来希望能看到孩子长大，但眼看自己就要死去，不能实现这个愿望了，所以他想到孩子时是悲伤，而非兴奋，故B错误。演讲者提到当飞机逐渐下沉时，他突然感觉死亡并不可怕，排除C“他非常害怕”。
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