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课时小练(十一) UNIT 3 阅读完形提分练
阅读A 体裁:记叙文 主题语境:家庭生活 难度:★★★☆☆
My grandmother grew up in a world different from me. She experienced many things in her long life.
Though she never told stories, her stories were in the way she ate—she savored (品味) her food, cherished (珍惜) it. Often she would be the first to sit at the dinner table, and the last to leave. Food had been really scarce (缺乏) when she grew up.
Her stories were in the way she handed me lucky money. From a young age, my grandmother was brought up to understand the importance of hard work and the necessity of saving. Every Chinese New Year, I would be handed, or sent, a small red envelope that contained money, but never more than twenty dollars. When I was young, I didnt understand why my grandmother gave me such a small amount of money. As I grew older, I realized that she wasnt teaching me about money, but about tradition and hard work and family. The money was insignificant. I would probably spend it on any toy that I would lose soon after; it was the meaning behind her gift that mattered. It was her saying, “ I love you; I am your family and I want you to work hard as your family has before you.”
My grandmothers stories were lessons. But they were never told in words. From the time that I was very young, up until she could barely remember my name, I remember her calling me “good girl”. Those two little words, in the course of my growing up, were a constant reminder that I was still so young, with still so far to go.
Now my grandmother is gone, but I see her every day. I see her in the women around me and in the mirror. She lives with me, inside me, and in the legacies (遗产) that I will create. And I know she would be proud.
【语篇解读】 作者通过回忆表达了对祖母深深的思念,祖母为作者树立了很好的榜样,她的一些做法使作者明白了很多的道理。
1.The authors grandmother spent so much time eating at the table because .
A. she had no teeth
B. she had nothing to do
C. she was preparing to clear the table
D. she really wanted