UNIT 5 课时跟踪检测1 阅读理解专项练（Word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修第一册（外研版2019）

UNIT 5 课时跟踪检测（一） 阅读理解专项练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A When I was a boy, we lived 4 miles outside of town. We lived next to the forest and I would spend hours every day playing in it with the oak (橡树) and maple trees as my companions. I would climb up their limbs, sit in their shade, and feel their peace. That is why it was so hard for me when I found myself to be a lumberjack as a young man. It wasn't just the back breaking work, the long hours, and the low pay. It was also seeing day after day beautiful trees that had grown for half a century being sawed (锯) up and cut into flooring. Still, I couldn't help but think that they looked a lot more lovely as living trees reaching up to Heaven than as dead flooring lying under my feet. One afternoon after a long day's work, I was feeling particularly down and depressed.I decided to take a walk in the woods like I had as a boy in hopes of lifting my spirits and calming my soul. As I walked along with my aching back and tired body, I longed for those happy childhood days. I dropped my head frustratedly and looked down at the dirt. That is when I saw it: a single, red oak acorn (橡子) that had somehow survived the hungry deer and squirrels all winter long. Then I remembered something I'd read once: “Eventually an acorn becomes a forest！” I smiled, bent down, dug up a handful of dirt, and planted that little acorn, feeling peace and joy warming my heart. Then I walked back home happy once again to be a part of the green earth. In this life we all start out as an acorn, but whether we become a forest or not is up to us. It we have this glorious life here to grow, learn, laugh, love, share, smile, and help others to do the same.Embrace this gift of life. Use it every day to stretch your soul towards Heaven and create a mighty forest of love. 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者对森林的喜爱和在森林中种下小橡子的故事，并感悟每个人都是一颗橡子，我们要拥抱赐予的生命，让自己成为一片森林，我们要接受生命的礼物，成长、学习、欢笑、爱、分享、微笑。 1．Which of the following can best describe the author's childhood? A．Carefree. B．Dull. C．Plain. D．M