课时达标18 必修四 Unit 3 A taste of English humour（Word教用版）-【状元桥】2022高考英语一轮总复习（人教新高考版）

课时达标(十八) Ⅰ.阅读理解 主题语境：认识自我　难度：☆☆☆ 　限时：8_min (2020·湖南名校联盟联考)Something strange has been happening to me lately：Women in the street have been telling me I'm brave. My act of courage isn't much—I just stopped coloring my hair.I had brown hair that started going gray when I was 30.So, like a lot of women, I started dyeing(染色) it.It was expensive and time­consuming.And my hair grows fast, so I needed to go back to the hair salon(美发厅) every 5 weeks. Many people seem to enjoy holding onto their youth for as long as possible, giving others the impression that they don't have much wisdom or many accomplishments.But our hair starts to turn gray and suddenly we start spending $500 or more a year to cover something our male colleagues don't need to cover. Of course, people should do what they want to do with their own body—my mother is 91 and still has “blonde” hair, and why not? I just wish more of us would feel that it is OK to be ourselves, because going gray has done more for me than saving me time and money. I like my natural hair, just as it is.I like how it has got curly again.It is recovering after years of being damaged by chemicals.I also like that it has given me some needed attitude in a society that makes youth seem so important, while being against maturity.It reminds me that I'm not a kid anymore and this isn't a bad thing.Not being a kid anymore means I read the books I want, and not the books I feel I should read.It means not wasting my time at events I don't need to attend when I'd rather be with my family and friends. When I see my hair in the mirror, it's a reminder that my time is limited, and I should spend it doing what matters.There's nothing shameful about growing older.And pretending it's not happening is a way of giving up our power. I see my gray hair as a little act of rebellion(反叛) against the idea that people lose value as they age, instead of gaining it.I see gray hair as my “flag” and I'm letting it fly proudly. 语篇导读：本文为夹叙夹议文。作者虽然头发变白但不再染发，从而受到