Unit 3 Family Matters 单元综合测-2023-2024学年高一英语【课时轻松练·单元综合测】（外研版2019必修第一册）

Book 1 Unit 3 family matters 单元综合测 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、阅读理解 A In October, I told the eight-year-olds in the class I teach in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, about my plan. “Since all of you have done extra jobs around the house to earn some money,” I said, “then we’ll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner otherwise.” I watched them while they walked up and down the supermarket. “Flowers!”  Kristine cried. The group rushed towards the holiday plants. “You can’t eat flowers.”— It was wiser to use any extra money to buy something that could be turned into meals. “But Mrs Sherlock,” came the begging voice, “we want flowers.” Defeated finally, I put a pot of “funny” purple mums in the cart full of foods. “She’ll like this one,” the children agreed. An organisation had given us the name and address of a needy grandmother who had lived alone for many years. We finally pulled up in front of a small house. A slightly-built woman with a weary face came to the door to welcome us. My little group ran to get the foods. As each box was carried in, the old woman kept on saying “Thanks.”— much to her visitors’ pleasure. When Amy put the mums on the counter, the woman seemed surprised. She was wishing it was a bag of rice, I thought. We returned to the car. As we fastened our seat belts, we could see the kitchen window. The woman inside waved goodbye, then turned and walked across the room, past the turkey, past the goods, straight to the mums. She put her face in them. When she raised her head, there was a smile on her face. She was transformed (转变) before our eyes. The children were quiet. At that moment, they had seen for themselves the power they have to make another person’s life better. The children had sensed that sometimes a person needs a pot of funny purple flowers on a dark November day. 1．What does the story mainly tell us? A．Everyone has the power to change the world. B．Acts of kindness can ch