知能小卷(1) Unit 10 Connections-【赢在微点】轻松课堂2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第四册（北师大版）

知能小卷（一） UNIT 10 (时间:90分钟　满分:120分)　 第一部分　阅读(共两节,满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分) 　　阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Dear 17⁃year⁃old self, When your Laker dream comes true tomorrow, you need to figure out a way to invest in the future of your family. This sounds simple, and you may think it􀆳s a no⁃brainer, but take some time to think on it further. I said INVEST. I did not say GIVE. Let me explain. Purely giving material things to your siblings (兄弟姐妹) may appear to be a right decision. So you buy them a car, a big house, pay all of their bill. You want them to live a beautiful comfortable life, right? But the day will come when you realize that as much as you believed you were doing the right thing, you were actually holding them back. You will come to understand that you were taking care of them because it made YOU feel good, it made YOU happy to see them smiling and without a care in the world—and that was extremely selfish of you. While you were feeling satisfied with yourself, you were slowly eating away at their own dreams and ambitions. You were adding material things to their lives, but subtracting the most precious gifts of all.  Invest in their future, don􀆳t just give. Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose. Put them through school, set them up with job interviews and help them become leaders in their own right. Hold them to the same level of hard work and dedication that it took for you to get to where you are now, and where you will eventually go. I􀆳m writing to you now so that you can begin this process immediately, and so that you don􀆳t have to deal with the hurt and struggle of weaning (断绝) them off the addiction that you facilitated. That addiction only leads to anger, hatred and jealousy from everybody involved, including yourself. As time goes on, you will see them grow independently and have their own ambitions and their own lives, and your relationshi