Unit 3 Family matters 家庭纽带（单元阅读精练）英语外研版必修第一册

**基本信息** 以家庭纽带为主题，融合词汇、语法、修辞与真题演练，构建“语言知识-文化理解-解题能力”递进式训练体系，强化语言能力与文化意识。 **专项设计** |模块|题量/典例|方法提炼|知识逻辑| |----|-----------|----------|----------| |词汇积累与延伸|11词/短语+3词缀/用法|-sickness/-less后缀规律；imagine doing sth.用法|从个体词汇到构词规律，形成词汇网络| |知识拓展|3语法/修辞点|虚拟语气（if had done+would do）；隐喻修辞（乡愁=池塘）|语法规则→文化概念→修辞应用，层层深入| |高考真题链接|1篇4题|句式拆解（动名词作主语、even though让步从句）|语篇理解→句式分析→答题策略，提升思维品质| |综合实战演练|4语篇（3阅读+1语法填空）|主旨归纳、语境推理、语法填空技巧|从家庭情感主题切入，覆盖高频考点，强化备考能力|

Unit 3 Family matters 家庭纽带 单元阅读精练 This is my mother’s story about her childhood. She has told me many stories about her life in China, but this one always stays in my mind because it feels almost like a fairy tale. When I was young, I often imagined being her. I would sit in front of the TV and try to put soybeans into my nose. We live in a small apartment in Canada, where we can hear planes flying by every five minutes. Even so, the stories of my parents’ early years always attract me and seem very special and wonderful. My father once tried catching frogs in the mud with my grandfather. He also once wrote a love letter with his own blood to a girl in his high school class. As for my mother, she still misses the taste of a fancy popsicle that cost only 0.05 yuan in her childhood. She also liked touching the small bumps on my grandfather’s back when he sat on his old bamboo chair. I remember all these stories clearly and always ask my parents to tell them again and again. As I grew up, I no longer wished I had lived the childhood I missed, because I moved to Canada at a young age. However, I began to miss the simple life my parents had when they were little. I also often dreamed about what China would be like if I had grown up in their time. I know I can never go back to that past because time never stops. But when I have to make tough decisions, lose my friends, or feel my relationship with my grandparents growing distant, I feel really sad about forgetting my Wuxi dialect. At these moments, I always feel better by imagining a childhood for myself in old China. My parents think I am silly to be so interested in their old days. They always say I make their past life sound much better than it really was, and I think they are probably right. My homesickness for a life I never had is like a small pond. The eight years I spent in Wuxi, the life I could have had if I had stayed there, and my parents’ childhood stories are like small streams. They flow into the pond and make ripples. Just like a lily pad floating on the water, I can never truly settle down peacefully. 【译文欣赏】 这是关于我母亲童年的故事。母亲跟我讲过许多她在中国的往事，但这一段总萦绕在我的脑海里，听来几乎像一则童话。小时候，我常常幻想自己变成她，坐在电视机前，学着把黄豆往鼻子里塞。我们住在加拿大的一间小公寓里，每隔五分钟就能听见飞机掠过。即便如此，父母年少时的故事依旧深深吸引着我，显得格外美好动人。 父亲曾经和祖父在泥地里捉青蛙，还曾经给自己高中班上的一位女生写过血书情书。至于母亲，她至今怀念儿时那支售价只要五分钱的精致冰棍。祖父坐在老旧竹椅上的时候，她总爱摸他背上凸起的疙瘩。这些故事我记得清清楚楚，总缠着父母一遍又一遍讲给我听。 长大以后，我不再奢望拥有那段我从未经历过的童年 —— 毕竟我很小就移民加拿大。但我开始向往父母年少时那种简单质朴的生活。我也常常遐想，如果生在他们那个年代，在中国长大，我的人生会是什么模样。时光永不驻足，我明白往昔再也回不去。可每当我需要做出艰难抉择、失去朋友，或是感觉和祖父母之间渐渐疏远，因为已经忘掉无锡方言，我就满心怅然。每逢此时，我便想象自己活在旧时光的中国，内心才能得到慰藉。 父母总觉得我很傻，竟对他们的旧事如此着迷。他们总说，我把他们过去的日子美化得脱离现实，想来或许确实如此。 我对一段从未拥有过的人生怀有乡愁，这份乡愁好似一方小小的池塘。我在无锡度过的八年、假如留在那里本可以拥有的人生、还有父母的童年往事，都如同涓涓细流，汇入池塘，漾开圈圈涟漪。我就像水面漂浮的睡莲叶，永远无法真正归于平静。 【词汇积累】 单词 / 短语 音标 释义 fairy tale /ˈfeəri teɪl/ n. 童话 soybean /ˈsɔɪbiːn/ n. 大豆，黄豆 mud /mʌd/ n. 泥土，泥浆 popsicle /ˈpɒpsɪkl/ n. 冰棍 bump /bʌmp/ n. 凸起，疙瘩 tough decisions /tʌf dɪˈsɪʒnz/ 艰难的抉择 dialect /ˈdaɪəlekt/ n. 方言 homesickness /ˈhəʊmsɪknəs/ n. 乡愁，思乡之情 ripple /ˈrɪpl/ n. 涟漪，波纹 lily pad /ˈlɪli pæd/ 睡莲叶 settle down /ˈsetl daʊn/ 安定下来 【知识拓展】 1.虚拟语气：文中高频出现对从未发生的往事进行假设： I often dreamed about what China would be like if I had grown up in their time. 如果我在他们那个年代长大，中国会是什么样子。（对过去虚拟，if had done，主句 would do） 2.文化概念：“对从未经历生活的乡愁”：指移民后代，没有完整经历故土生活，却通过长辈故事产生文化眷恋，属于跨文化文学常见主题。 3.比喻修辞：文末使用隐喻：乡愁 = 池塘；记忆与故事 = 溪流；自己 = 睡莲叶，情景交融，是英语记叙文里经典的结尾写法。 【词汇延伸】 1.‑sickness 后缀：表 “对…… 的思念；…… 症” homesickness n. 乡愁；seasickness n. 晕船；airsickness n. 晕机 2.‑less 形容词后缀：表 “无…… 的”；timeless 永恒的；endless 无尽的 3.imagine 用法 imagine doing sth. 想象做某事；imagine being sb. 想象成为某人（不可接 to do） 【高考真题链接】 （2026·北京·高考真题） After we had twins and became a family of five, my husband and I decided to move from London back to Yorkshire, to be closer to my parents. Around the same time, they sold their house and we decided to build them a bungalow (平房) in our garden. We moved them in with us until the build was complete. Packing up my parents’ house felt like a massive goodbye — that bedroom, those memories, the feeling of safety and shelter I always felt there. That evening, I sat in the living room watching TV, temporarily free of my own responsibilities, lost in nostalgia (留恋). Even though I’m a grown woman in my 40s with my own family, it felt scary not to have “home” to go back to. On our final morning in the house, we took a break from the mind-bending, never-ending work of packing to sit down for that last breakfast. Mum voiced what we were all thinking: It was strange to see the place so empty. I worried that they’d begin to think they’d made a mistake. “How do you feel?” I asked. There was a silence as Dad continued to drink his tea, and I held my breath. “Well, it’s pretty awesome, isn’t it?” he replied. I breathed a huge sigh of relief: I had expected sadness, maybe even doubt, but Dad was already looking to the future. His response had an impact on me. Yes, it was a huge goodbye in so many ways, but it was also the start of something new — an adventure in multigenerational living. I realised this wasn’t about loss at all, but about movement and trust. Hearing Dad’s cheerfulness, I realised that what I’d been seeing as “the end of an era” was actually the start of a new one. Sitting at the table, making my mini sandwich, I realised I was ready for our next chapter. 1．After they had twins, the author and her husband decided to ________. A．visit her parents B．move back to Yorkshire C．rent a house for the family D．raise their children in London 2．During the breakfast, the author worried that ________. A．she might lose her shelter in the future B．there would be too much work in packing C．her parents might regret selling their house D．it would be hard to live a multigenerational life 3．How did the author feel after hearing her dad’s response? A．Uplifted. B．Puzzled. C．Concerned. D．Honoured. 4．What does the story mainly tell us? A．Silence is the best cure for nostalgia. B．Distance makes the heart grow fonder. C．Optimism lights the path for tomorrow. D．Parenting sets the pace of a child’s growth. 【答案】1．B 2．C 3．A 4．C 【导语】这篇文章主要讲述了作者一家搬回约克郡，打算为父母建平房。收拾老宅时她满心不舍，担心父母后悔搬家。父亲乐观的话点醒她，离别不是结束，而是多代同住新生活的开始。 【解析】 1．细节理解题。根据第一段中“After we had twins and became a family of five, my husband and I decided to move from London back to Yorkshire, to be closer to my parents. (我们生下双胞胎后，家庭变成了五口之家，我和丈夫决定从伦敦搬回约克郡，以便更靠近父母。)”可知，生完双胞胎后，作者和她的丈夫决定搬回约克郡。 2．细节理解题。根据第三段中“Mum voiced what we were all thinking: It was strange to see the place so empty. I worried that they’d begin to think they’d made a mistake. (妈妈表达了我们所有人的心声：看到这个地方如此空旷，感觉很奇怪。我担心他们会开始以为自己犯了错。)”可知，早餐时，作者担心她的父母可能会后悔卖掉房子。 3．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“I breathed a huge sigh of relief: I had expected sadness, maybe even doubt, but Dad was already looking to the future. (我如释重负地长舒了一口气：我原以为会是悲伤，甚至是怀疑，但爸爸已经在展望未来了。)”以及最后一段中“Yes, it was a huge goodbye in so many ways, but it was also the start of something new an adventure in multigenerational living. (是的，这在很多方面都是一次巨大的告别，但也意味着新的开始——一种跨代际共同生活的冒险。)”和“Sitting at the table, making my mini sandwich, I realised I was ready for our next chapter. (坐在餐桌旁，做着我的迷你三明治，我终于明白，我已经准备好迎接我们下一章的人生了。)”可推知，作者听到父亲的回应后感到振奋和备受鼓舞。 4．主旨大意题。根据文章大意以及最后一段中“Hearing Dad’s cheerfulness, I realised that what I’d been seeing as “the end of an era” was actually the start. of a new one. Sitting at the table, making my mini sandwich, I realised I was ready for our next chapter. (听到爸爸的乐观，我才明白，我曾认为“一个时代的终结”，其实正是另一个新时代的开端。坐在餐桌旁，做着我的迷你三明治，我终于明白，我已经准备好迎接我们下一章的人生了。)”可知，文章讲述作者原本因搬离老宅、告别过去而伤感惆怅，父亲乐观积极的态度点醒了她，让她明白告别旧生活不是结束，而是新篇章的起点。核心主旨是乐观的心态能照亮未来的道路。 ( 1.After we had twins and became a family of five, my husband and I decided to move from London back to Yorkshire, to be closer to my parents. 译文：生下双胞胎，我们家变成五口人之后，我和丈夫决定从伦敦搬回约克郡，好离我的父母近一些。 句式：after 引导时间状语从句；to move… 不定式作 decide 的宾语；to be closer to… 不定式作目的状语。 2.Packing up my parents’ house felt like a massive goodbye — that bedroom, those memories, the feeling of safety and shelter I always felt there. 译文：收拾父母的房子仿佛是一场盛大的告别 —— 那间卧室、那些回忆，还有我在那里总能感受到的安稳与归属感。 句式：Packing up… 动名词短语作主语；felt like 仿佛；破折号后面是 goodbye 的解释说明；I always felt there 定语从句，省略 that，修饰 the feeling of safety and shelter。 3.Even though I’m a grown woman in my 40s with my own family, it felt scary not to have “home” to go back to. 译文：尽管我已是四十多岁、拥有自己家庭的成年女性，但没有一个可以回去的 “家”，依旧让我感到惶恐。 句式：even though 引导让步状语从句；with my own family 介词短语作后置定语修饰 woman；it 作形式主语，真正主语：not to have "home" to go back to。 4.Hearing Dad’s cheerfulness, I realised that what I’d been seeing as “the end of an era” was actually the start of a new one. 译文：听到父亲乐观豁达的话语，我意识到，我一直视作 “一个时代的终结” 的事情，实际上是一个新时代的开端。 句式：Hearing Dad’s cheerfulness 现在分词作原因状语；that 引导宾语从句；what 引导主语从句，在从句中作 seeing 的宾语；•see…as… 把…… 看作……。 ) ( bungalow n. 平房 massive adj. 巨大的；重大的 nostalgia n. 怀旧，留恋 temporarily adv. 暂时地 mind‑bending adj. 令人费神伤脑的 relief n. 宽慰；解脱 multigenerational adj. 多代同堂的 era n. 时代；年代 ) 【综合实战演练】 语篇 题型 体裁 词数 内容简介 Passage1 阅读理解 记叙文 328 作者承受IB课程、SAT考试以及社团申请被拒的多重压力濒临崩溃，在母亲的开导下，作者用“橡皮筋”作喻转变心态，懂得心理健康最重要 Passage2 阅读理解 说明文 338 巴黎研究发现，有哥哥的孩子语言发育平均晚两个月，有姐姐则不会 Passage3 完形填空 记叙文 294 作者母亲记忆力衰退，反复为其庆祝生日，自己暖心陪伴母亲 Passage4 语法填空 记叙文 225 作者因奶奶留下的圣诞回忆，坚持做G形饼干的传统，以此缅怀奶奶，感悟圣诞的真正意义是爱 Passage 1 （25-26高一下·江西南昌·期末） The unforgiving demands of the IB program became my reality on the third day of school with an overwhelming physics lab. My teacher’s claim that no one would score above 90% shook my confidence. This anxiety was intensified at home, where my father voiced his concerns over my flat SAT progress, a necessity for a celebrated university. The final catalyst for my breakdown was an unexpected rejection from the Regional Red Cross Youth Council. As vice president of my school’s chapter, I had never considered this possibility. The Red Cross was my passion and what I relied on to set me apart from other applicants. This rejection made my future seem dim, and I broke like a rubber band stretched beyond its limit. I found my mother, the woman who had sacrificed her own career and life for my opportunities, and poured out my fears. She listened attentively before drawing a circle on the tablecloth. “This is your time,” she began. “Eighty percent is schoolwork, ten percent the SAT, and ten percent extracurriculars.” She then looked at me with deep emotion and said, “But most importantly, at one hundred percent, is your mental health.” “Nothing is more important than your health,” she continued. “We want you to have a good job so you’ll be less stressed. If this path makes you so unhappy, it isn’t worth it. If you’re happier flipping hamburgers, so be it.” Her insight was a big relief. I realized a rubber band doesn’t have to keep stretching. A rubber band that wraps around your hair during the day and is allowed to rest on your nightstand at night won’t ever break. Though my routine remained the same — studying hard and pursuing excellence — my perspective was forever changed. The fear of failure lost its power. I am still reaching for the moon, but I am no longer afraid. For I know that if I miss, I will land right in my mother’s arms. 1．What does the underlined word “catalyst” in paragraph 2 mean? A．Foundation. B．Solution. C．Symbol. D．Cause. 2．What does the author’s mother attach most importance to? A．The author’s overall wellbeing. B．The sacrifice for her daughter. C．The relief of the author’s stress. D．The author’s devotion to schoolwork. 3．What does the use of the “rubber band” try to illustrate? A．A conflict with her father about goals. B．A bond between the author and her mother. C．A shift in the author’s outlook on pressure. D．A link to the author’s academic performance. 4．What’s the best title of the passage? A．Let Go of Perfection: The Only Way to Achieve Academic Success B．The Rubber Band Comparison: A Key to Relieving Academic Pressure C．From Broken to Brave: A Rubber Band’s Lesson on Mental Health D．Overcoming Rejection: How IB and SAT Pressures Shaped My Growth 【答案】1．D 2．A 3．C 4．C 【导语】文章讲述了作者承受IB课程、SAT考试以及社团申请被拒的多重压力濒临崩溃，在母亲的开导下，作者用“橡皮筋”作喻转变心态，懂得心理健康最重要的故事。 【解析】 1．词句猜测题。根据第一段“The unforgiving demands of the IB program became my reality on the third day of school with an overwhelming physics lab.(开学第三天，IB课程严苛的要求就成为了我的现实，一场难度极大的物理实验课扑面而来。)”、“This anxiety was intensified at home, where my father voiced his concerns over my flat SAT progress, a necessity for a celebrated university.(回到家，这份焦虑愈发强烈。父亲对我停滞不前的SAT成绩表达了担忧，而想要进入知名大学，SAT成绩是必备条件。)”以及第二段“The final catalyst for my breakdown was an unexpected rejection from the Regional Red Cross Youth Council.(导致我崩溃的最后catalyst是地区红十字会青年委员会出人意料的拒绝。)”可知，在接二连三的打击之下，红十字会申请被拒是导致作者情绪崩溃的最后诱因，catalyst此处表示“诱因，起因”，与D选项“Cause(起因)”含义相同。 2．细节理解题。根据第三段“She then looked at me with deep emotion and said, ‘But most importantly, at one hundred percent, is your mental health.’(随后她深情地看着我说道：‘但最重要、占据百分之百比重的，是你的心理健康。’)”以及第四段“‘Nothing is more important than your health,’ she continued.(她继续说道：‘没有什么比你的健康更重要。’)”可知，母亲最看重作者的整体身心健康。 3．推理判断题。根据第二段“This rejection made my future seem dim, and I broke like a rubber band stretched beyond its limit.(这次被拒让我的未来看起来一片渺茫，我崩溃了，就像一根被拉过极限的橡皮筋。)”以及第五段“I realized a rubber band doesn’t have to keep stretching. A rubber band that wraps around your hair during the day and is allowed to rest on your nightstand at night won’t ever break.(我意识到橡皮筋不必一直紧绷。白天扎头发，夜晚可以放在床头柜休息的橡皮筋永远不会断裂。)”可知，橡皮筋的比喻，用来阐释作者看待压力的观念发生转变：人不能一直紧绷，也需要休息。 4．主旨大意题。通读全文，根据第二段“This rejection made my future seem dim, and I broke like a rubber band stretched beyond its limit.(这次被拒让我的未来看起来一片渺茫，我崩溃了，就像一根被拉过极限的橡皮筋。)”，第五段“I realized a rubber band doesn’t have to keep stretching.(我意识到橡皮筋不必一直紧绷。)”以及第六段“Though my routine remained the same — studying hard and pursuing excellence — my perspective was forever changed. The fear of failure lost its power. I am still reaching for the moon, but I am no longer afraid.(虽然我的日常依旧不变——努力学习、追求卓越，但我的态度彻底改变。对失败的恐惧不再能支配我。我依旧追逐远大理想，但我不再畏惧。)”可知，文章主要讲述作者濒临崩溃，经母亲的开导得到启发，通过橡皮筋的比喻懂得重视心理健康、勇敢面对失败，C选项“From Broken to Brave: A Rubber Band’s Lesson on Mental Health(从崩溃到勇敢：橡皮筋对心理健康的启示)”最能概括文章大意。 Passage 2 （25-26高一下·辽宁鞍山·期末） Having an older brother comes with plenty of benefits. Big brothers tend to look out for their younger brothers and sisters, and despite the occasional rocky moment here and there, many siblings (兄弟姐妹) enjoy life-long close relationships. However, a new study finds an interesting disadvantage: children with older brothers take longer when it comes to developing language skills. The study, conducted by a group of researchers in Paris, France, builds upon previous research that had already discovered that having older siblings is associated with poor language development. Now, researchers say they have improved those findings to come to a more specific conclusion: only children with an older brother exhibit these language difficulties. One would assume that children with older brothers would grow up around more conversation on a daily basis, thus speeding up their language development. Yet researchers say such children actually take longer than their older brothers to begin developing these skills. Researchers studied more than 1,000 children from birth to the age of five-and-a-half years old. Each child’s language skills were tested at ages 2, 3, and 5.5, using tests specially designed to measure numerous aspects of language development such as vocabulary, syntax, and verbal reasoning. What the research team discovered was significant: children with an older brother had, on average, a two-month delay in their language development compared to studied children with an older sister. As far as explaining this phenomenon, researchers have put forward two hypotheses. The first is that older sisters tend to talk more often than older brothers, which would make up for parents potentially being less present than they were for their first child. The second is that older sisters usually compete with their siblings less than older brothers for their parents’ attention. As of now, the study’s authors say they can’t say for certain why children with older brothers have a harder time developing language skills. In the future they would like to find out if culture or location affects the popularity of these results. 1．Who has a two-month delay in their language development? A．An only child in the family. B．Children with brothers and sisters. C．Only children with an older sister. D．Only children with an older brother. 2．What is the second paragraph mainly about? A．The whole process of the research. B．The real causes of the result. C．The exact conclusion of the study. D．The sincere relationship of the siblings. 3．What does the underlined word “hypotheses” mean in Paragraph 6? A．Phenomena. B．Researches. C．Assumptions. D．Consequences. 4．What possibly causes the interesting disadvantage according to the text? A．Older sisters tend to talk more often than older brothers. B．Culture or location affects the popularity of these results. C．Parents stay longer with their second child than the first one. D．Older brothers often challenge their siblings less than older sisters. 【答案】1．D 2．C 3．C 4．A 【导语】主要说明了巴黎研究发现，有哥哥的孩子语言发育平均晚两个月，有姐姐则不会。研究者推测姐姐更爱说话、争抢关注更少，但具体成因仍待进一步探究。 【解析】 1．细节理解题。根据第二段“Now, researchers say they have improved those findings to come to a more specific conclusion: only children with an older brother exhibit these language difficulties.(现在，研究人员表示他们已改进这些发现，得出了更具体的结论：只有拥有哥哥的儿童才会出现这些语言困难)”可知，只有一个哥哥的孩子学语言更慢。 2．主旨大意题。根据第二段“The study, conducted by a group of researchers in Paris, France, builds upon previous research that had already discovered that having older siblings is associated with poor language development. Now, researchers say they have improved those findings to come to a more specific conclusion: only children with an older brother exhibit these language difficulties.(这项研究由法国巴黎的一组研究人员开展，其研究建立在先前发现的基础上，即有年长的兄弟姐妹与语言发展较差存在关联。现在，研究人员表示他们已改进这些发现，得出了更具体的结论：只有拥有哥哥的儿童才会出现这些语言困难)”可知，第二段介绍了研究得出一个更准确的结论。 3．词句猜测题。根据划线词后文“The first is that older sisters tend to talk more often than older brothers, which would make up for parents potentially being less present than they were for their first child. The second is that older sisters usually compete with their siblings less than older brothers for their parents’ attention.(第一，姐姐通常比哥哥说话更多，这可以弥补父母对该孩童的陪伴可能少于其对头胎孩子的陪伴的不足。第二，姐姐通常比哥哥更少与兄弟姐妹争夺父母的注意力)”和最后一段“As of now, the study’s authors say they can’t say for certain why children with older brothers have a harder time developing language skills.(目前，该研究的作者表示，他们尚无法确切说明为什么有哥哥的孩子在语言发展方面更困难)”可知，研究人员提出了两种原因假设。故划线词意思是“假说”。 4．细节理解题。根据第六段“The first is that older sisters tend to talk more often than older brothers, which would make up for parents potentially being less present than they were for their first child.(第一点是，姐姐们通常比哥哥们说话更多，这可以弥补父母对该孩童的陪伴可能少于其对头胎孩子的陪伴的不足)”可知，可能造成这种有趣缺点的原因是姐姐比哥哥更常说话。 Passage 3 （25-26高一下·北京朝阳·期末） I had driven home to celebrate my 38th birthday with my mother. When I arrived, I found her sitting proudly at the kitchen table, a chocolate cake and two boxes wrapped in orange ribbon (丝带) in front of her. “Happy birthday!” she said, gesturing at the boxes. “Open them.” As she knows me better than anyone, she’d got me exactly what I wanted — running clothes. I 1 her and thanked her and proceeded to eat the cake. “Too many 2 .” I said, not really caring. “You’ll run them off tomorrow,” Mom said. Many adult children with a parent suffering from 1 memory will tell you there was one day that 2 to them that their relationship with their mother or father would be forever changed. For me that day came two weeks later, when I drove back for another short 3 . I came upon exactly the same scene: my mom sitting at the kitchen table; a chocolate cake 4 next to two boxes wrapped in curly ribbon. The ribbon was green this time. That was the only 5 . “Happy birthday!” my mom said. I was totally 1 . “What’s going on?” I asked. Mom smiled, “Can’t I celebrate my daughter’s birthday?” This was no trick. This was real life, and 2 my mother clearly only wanted to make me happy, I pushed aside my fear and fulfilled my role as the grateful daughter. I hugged her, thanked her and admired the clothes...I did not mention to her that we’d done all this two weeks ago. My house is her world now. My mother and I have the 3 conversation roughly 10 times a day. Nevertheless, I consider it a pleasure, because every minute is new for her. 1．A．paid B．hugged C．comforted D．ignored 2．A．calories B．colors C．fruits D．candles 3．A．trustworthy B．misleading C．failing D．offending 4．A．signaled B．added C．appealed D．contributed 5．A．memory B．birthday C．party D．visit 6．A．putting B．placing C．resting D．laying 7．A．color B．feature C．attraction D．difference 8．A．disturbed B．confused C．embarrassed D．shocked 9．A．since B．if C．when D．whenever 10．A．previous B．annoying C．precise D．same 【答案】 1．B 2．A 3．C 4．A 5．D 6．C 7．D 8．B 9．A 10．D 【导语】文章讲述作者母亲记忆力衰退，反复为其庆祝生日，自己暖心陪伴母亲的感人故事。 【解析】 1．考查动词。句意：我拥抱了她，感谢她，然后接着吃蛋糕。A. paid支付；B. hugged拥抱；C. comforted安慰；D. ignored忽视。呼应倒数第二段的“I hugged her, thanked her”此处是拥抱母亲。 2．考查名词。句意：“热量太多了。”我说道，其实并不在意。A. calories卡路里；B. colors颜色；C. fruits水果；D. candles蜡烛。根据后文“You’ll run them off tomorrow”可知，作者认为蛋糕热量高。 3．考查形容词。句意：许多有父母记忆力下降的成年孩子会告诉你，某天向他们发出信号——他们与父母的关系将永远改变。A. trustworthy可靠的；B. misleading误导的；C. failing衰退的；D. offending冒犯的。根据第六段中“I came upon exactly the same scene: my mom sitting at the kitchen table; a chocolate cake”可知，母亲反复庆祝生日，记忆力出现问题，failing memory表示“记忆力衰退”。 4．考查动词。句意同上。A. signaled预示，发出信号；B. added增加；C. appealed呼吁；D. contributed贡献。结合下文“that their relationship with their mother or father would be forever changed.”可知，有患有记忆力衰退的父母的人有一天会“收到信号”，即察觉到父母的记忆力出现问题。 5．考查名词。句意：对我来说，这一天在两周后到来，我再次回家短暂探望。A. memory记忆；B. birthday生日；C. party派对；D. visit拜访、探望。根据第一段中“I had driven home to celebrate my 38th birthday with my mother.”可知，此处指两周后回家短暂探望。 6．考查动词。句意：我看到了一模一样的场景：妈妈坐在餐桌旁，一块巧克力蛋糕摆在两个系着卷曲丝带的盒子旁边。A. putting放置；B. placing安放；C. resting摆放、搁置；D. laying铺设。根据下文“next to two boxes wrapped in curly ribbon”可知，此处表示蛋糕摆放在两个盒子的旁边。 7．考查名词。句意：这是唯一的不同之处。A. color颜色；B. feature特征；C. attraction吸引力；D. difference差异。根据第一段中的“wrapped in orange ribbon”和上文“The ribbon was green this time.”可知，第一次丝带是橙色，这次是绿色，这是唯一的区别。 8．考查形容词。句意：我完全困惑了。A. disturbed不安的；B. confused困惑的；C. embarrassed尴尬的；D. shocked震惊的。根据下文““What’s going on?” I asked.”可知，作者对看到的情况感到困惑。 9．考查连词。句意：这就是真实的生活，既然母亲显然只是想让我开心，我便放下恐惧，做一个心怀感恩的女儿。A. since既然、因为；B. if如果；C. when当……时；D. whenever无论何时。此处引导原因状语从句，表显而易见的原因，用since。 10．考查形容词。句意：我和母亲每天大概会进行十次同样的对话。A. previous先前的；B. annoying令人厌烦的；C. precise精准的；D. same相同的。结合第六段中“I came upon exactly the same scene”和母亲记忆力衰退可知，她们会反复重复同样的对话。 Passage 4 （25-26高一上·甘肃兰州·期末） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Mum gave me back the letter Granny helped me write years ago, when I stopped believing in Father Christmas. Every year at Christmas, I take out the music box Granny gave me, which holds that letter and her paper hat. When I think about 1 makes Christmas so magical, it’s not just gifts and Father Christmas that come to mind. It’s also my memory of Granny. Now I’m the one who 2 (make) sugar biscuits each year, and I always make one in a G-shape — G for Granny. This tradition 3 (become) a way for me to keep Granny’s memory alive since she left us. Every time I mix the flour and sugar, I can almost hear her voice 4 (sing) Christmas songs with me by the fire. The G-shaped biscuit is a small symbol, but it holds all the love and 5 (happy) we shared that Christmas. I hope that one day, I 6 (tell) my own children about Granny and the Christmas 7 changed my understanding of the holiday forever. It was the last Christmas we spent together, 8 it was also the most meaningful one. There’s 9 old saying that love never dies, and I truly believe it. Granny’s love is still with me, in the music box, in the letter, and in every G-shaped biscuit 10 (bake) at Christmas time. 【答案】 1．what 2．makes 3．has become 4．singing 5．happiness 6．will tell 7．that/which 8．but 9．an 10．baked 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述作者因奶奶留下的圣诞回忆，坚持做G形饼干的传统，以此缅怀奶奶，感悟圣诞的真正意义是爱。 【解析】 1．考查宾语从句。句意：当我思考是什么让圣诞节如此神奇时，脑海中浮现的不只是礼物和圣诞老人。此处引导宾语从句，作think about的宾语，从句中缺少主语，指物表示“什么”，用连接代词what。故填what。 2．考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：现在每年都是我来做甜饼干，我总会做一个G形状的——G代表奶奶。此处为定语从句的谓语动词，先行词为the one，指代人，为单数，描述现在的习惯性动作用一般现在时，所以谓语动词用makes。故填makes。 3．考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：自从奶奶离开我们后，这个传统就成了我缅怀她的一种方式。根据时间状语since she left us可知，用现在完成时，主语This tradition为单数，所以谓语动词用has become。故填has become。 4．考查非谓语动词。句意：每次搅拌面粉和糖时，我几乎都能听到她的声音，和我一起在炉火边唱圣诞歌。此处为“hear+宾语+宾补”结构，非谓语动词作宾语补足语，voice与sing为主动关系，且表示动作正在进行，用现在分词singing。故填singing。 5．考查名词。句意：这个G形饼干只是一个小小的象征，但它承载着我们那个圣诞节共同分享的所有爱与欢乐。此处与love并列，作holds的宾语，用happy的名词形式happiness，意为“欢乐，幸福”，为不可数名词。故填happiness。 6．考查动词时态。句意：我希望有一天，我能告诉自己的孩子们关于奶奶的故事，以及那个永远改变了我对节日理解的圣诞节。根据时间状语one day可知，此处表示将来发生的动作，用一般将来时，谓语动词为will tell。故填will tell。 7．考查定语从句。句意：我希望有一天，我能告诉自己的孩子们关于奶奶的故事，以及那个永远改变了我对节日理解的圣诞节。此处引导定语从句，先行词为the Christmas，指物，在从句中作主语，用关系代词that/which。故填that/which。 8．考查连词。句意：那是我们一起度过的最后一个圣诞节，却也是最有意义的一个。此处前后句为转折关系，用连词but。故填but。 9．考查冠词。句意：有句老话讲，爱永不消逝，我对此深信不疑。saying为可数名词单数，空前无限定词，表泛指“一句老话”，且old是以元音音素开头的单词，用不定冠词an。故填an。 10．考查非谓语动词。句意：奶奶的爱依然陪伴着我，在音乐盒里，在信中，也在每一个圣诞节烤的G形饼干里。此处为非谓语动词作定语，biscuit与bake为被动关系，用过去分词baked。故填baked。 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ ( 1 / 29 ) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ Unit 3 Family matters 家庭纽带 单元阅读精练 This is my mother’s story about her childhood. She has told me many stories about her life in China, but this one always stays in my mind because it feels almost like a fairy tale. When I was young, I often imagined being her. I would sit in front of the TV and try to put soybeans into my nose. We live in a small apartment in Canada, where we can hear planes flying by every five minutes. Even so, the stories of my parents’ early years always attract me and seem very special and wonderful. My father once tried catching frogs in the mud with my grandfather. He also once wrote a love letter with his own blood to a girl in his high school class. As for my mother, she still misses the taste of a fancy popsicle that cost only 0.05 yuan in her childhood. She also liked touching the small bumps on my grandfather’s back when he sat on his old bamboo chair. I remember all these stories clearly and always ask my parents to tell them again and again. As I grew up, I no longer wished I had lived the childhood I missed, because I moved to Canada at a young age. However, I began to miss the simple life my parents had when they were little. I also often dreamed about what China would be like if I had grown up in their time. I know I can never go back to that past because time never stops. But when I have to make tough decisions, lose my friends, or feel my relationship with my grandparents growing distant, I feel really sad about forgetting my Wuxi dialect. At these moments, I always feel better by imagining a childhood for myself in old China. My parents think I am silly to be so interested in their old days. They always say I make their past life sound much better than it really was, and I think they are probably right. My homesickness for a life I never had is like a small pond. The eight years I spent in Wuxi, the life I could have had if I had stayed there, and my parents’ childhood stories are like small streams. They flow into the pond and make ripples. Just like a lily pad floating on the water, I can never truly settle down peacefully. 【译文欣赏】 这是关于我母亲童年的故事。母亲跟我讲过许多她在中国的往事，但这一段总萦绕在我的脑海里，听来几乎像一则童话。小时候，我常常幻想自己变成她，坐在电视机前，学着把黄豆往鼻子里塞。我们住在加拿大的一间小公寓里，每隔五分钟就能听见飞机掠过。即便如此，父母年少时的故事依旧深深吸引着我，显得格外美好动人。 父亲曾经和祖父在泥地里捉青蛙，还曾经给自己高中班上的一位女生写过血书情书。至于母亲，她至今怀念儿时那支售价只要五分钱的精致冰棍。祖父坐在老旧竹椅上的时候，她总爱摸他背上凸起的疙瘩。这些故事我记得清清楚楚，总缠着父母一遍又一遍讲给我听。 长大以后，我不再奢望拥有那段我从未经历过的童年 —— 毕竟我很小就移民加拿大。但我开始向往父母年少时那种简单质朴的生活。我也常常遐想，如果生在他们那个年代，在中国长大，我的人生会是什么模样。时光永不驻足，我明白往昔再也回不去。可每当我需要做出艰难抉择、失去朋友，或是感觉和祖父母之间渐渐疏远，因为已经忘掉无锡方言，我就满心怅然。每逢此时，我便想象自己活在旧时光的中国，内心才能得到慰藉。 父母总觉得我很傻，竟对他们的旧事如此着迷。他们总说，我把他们过去的日子美化得脱离现实，想来或许确实如此。 我对一段从未拥有过的人生怀有乡愁，这份乡愁好似一方小小的池塘。我在无锡度过的八年、假如留在那里本可以拥有的人生、还有父母的童年往事，都如同涓涓细流，汇入池塘，漾开圈圈涟漪。我就像水面漂浮的睡莲叶，永远无法真正归于平静。 【词汇积累】 单词 / 短语 音标 释义 fairy tale /ˈfeəri teɪl/ n. 童话 soybean /ˈsɔɪbiːn/ n. 大豆，黄豆 mud /mʌd/ n. 泥土，泥浆 popsicle /ˈpɒpsɪkl/ n. 冰棍 bump /bʌmp/ n. 凸起，疙瘩 tough decisions /tʌf dɪˈsɪʒnz/ 艰难的抉择 dialect /ˈdaɪəlekt/ n. 方言 homesickness /ˈhəʊmsɪknəs/ n. 乡愁，思乡之情 ripple /ˈrɪpl/ n. 涟漪，波纹 lily pad /ˈlɪli pæd/ 睡莲叶 settle down /ˈsetl daʊn/ 安定下来 【知识拓展】 1.虚拟语气：文中高频出现对从未发生的往事进行假设： I often dreamed about what China would be like if I had grown up in their time. 如果我在他们那个年代长大，中国会是什么样子。（对过去虚拟，if had done，主句 would do） 2.文化概念：“对从未经历生活的乡愁”：指移民后代，没有完整经历故土生活，却通过长辈故事产生文化眷恋，属于跨文化文学常见主题。 3.比喻修辞：文末使用隐喻：乡愁 = 池塘；记忆与故事 = 溪流；自己 = 睡莲叶，情景交融，是英语记叙文里经典的结尾写法。 【词汇延伸】 1.‑sickness 后缀：表 “对…… 的思念；…… 症” homesickness n. 乡愁；seasickness n. 晕船；airsickness n. 晕机 2.‑less 形容词后缀：表 “无…… 的”；timeless 永恒的；endless 无尽的 3.imagine 用法 imagine doing sth. 想象做某事；imagine being sb. 想象成为某人（不可接 to do） 【高考真题链接】 （2026·北京·高考真题） After we had twins and became a family of five, my husband and I decided to move from London back to Yorkshire, to be closer to my parents. Around the same time, they sold their house and we decided to build them a bungalow (平房) in our garden. We moved them in with us until the build was complete. Packing up my parents’ house felt like a massive goodbye — that bedroom, those memories, the feeling of safety and shelter I always felt there. That evening, I sat in the living room watching TV, temporarily free of my own responsibilities, lost in nostalgia (留恋). Even though I’m a grown woman in my 40s with my own family, it felt scary not to have “home” to go back to. On our final morning in the house, we took a break from the mind-bending, never-ending work of packing to sit down for that last breakfast. Mum voiced what we were all thinking: It was strange to see the place so empty. I worried that they’d begin to think they’d made a mistake. “How do you feel?” I asked. There was a silence as Dad continued to drink his tea, and I held my breath. “Well, it’s pretty awesome, isn’t it?” he replied. I breathed a huge sigh of relief: I had expected sadness, maybe even doubt, but Dad was already looking to the future. His response had an impact on me. Yes, it was a huge goodbye in so many ways, but it was also the start of something new — an adventure in multigenerational living. I realised this wasn’t about loss at all, but about movement and trust. Hearing Dad’s cheerfulness, I realised that what I’d been seeing as “the end of an era” was actually the start of a new one. Sitting at the table, making my mini sandwich, I realised I was ready for our next chapter. 1．After they had twins, the author and her husband decided to ________. A．visit her parents B．move back to Yorkshire C．rent a house for the family D．raise their children in London 2．During the breakfast, the author worried that ________. A．she might lose her shelter in the future B．there would be too much work in packing C．her parents might regret selling their house D．it would be hard to live a multigenerational life 3．How did the author feel after hearing her dad’s response? A．Uplifted. B．Puzzled. C．Concerned. D．Honoured. 4．What does the story mainly tell us? A．Silence is the best cure for nostalgia. B．Distance makes the heart grow fonder. C．Optimism lights the path for tomorrow. D．Parenting sets the pace of a child’s growth. ( 1.After we had twins and became a family of five, my husband and I decided to move from London back to Yorkshire, to be closer to my parents. 译文：生下双胞胎，我们家变成五口人之后，我和丈夫决定从伦敦搬回约克郡，好离我的父母近一些。 句式：after 引导时间状语从句；to move… 不定式作 decide 的宾语；to be closer to… 不定式作目的状语。 2.Packing up my parents’ house felt like a massive goodbye — that bedroom, those memories, the feeling of safety and shelter I always felt there. 译文：收拾父母的房子仿佛是一场盛大的告别 —— 那间卧室、那些回忆，还有我在那里总能感受到的安稳与归属感。 句式：Packing up… 动名词短语作主语；felt like 仿佛；破折号后面是 goodbye 的解释说明；I always felt there 定语从句，省略 that，修饰 the feeling of safety and shelter。 3.Even though I’m a grown woman in my 40s with my own family, it felt scary not to have “home” to go back to. 译文：尽管我已是四十多岁、拥有自己家庭的成年女性，但没有一个可以回去的 “家”，依旧让我感到惶恐。 句式：even though 引导让步状语从句；with my own family 介词短语作后置定语修饰 woman；it 作形式主语，真正主语：not to have "home" to go back to。 4.Hearing Dad’s cheerfulness, I realised that what I’d been seeing as “the end of an era” was actually the start of a new one. 译文：听到父亲乐观豁达的话语，我意识到，我一直视作 “一个时代的终结” 的事情，实际上是一个新时代的开端。 句式：Hearing Dad’s cheerfulness 现在分词作原因状语；that 引导宾语从句；what 引导主语从句，在从句中作 seeing 的宾语；•see…as… 把…… 看作……。 ) ( bungalow n. 平房 massive adj. 巨大的；重大的 nostalgia n. 怀旧，留恋 temporarily adv. 暂时地 mind‑bending adj. 令人费神伤脑的 relief n. 宽慰；解脱 multigenerational adj. 多代同堂的 era n. 时代；年代 ) 【综合实战演练】 语篇 题型 体裁 词数 内容简介 Passage1 阅读理解 记叙文 328 作者承受IB课程、SAT考试以及社团申请被拒的多重压力濒临崩溃，在母亲的开导下，作者用“橡皮筋”作喻转变心态，懂得心理健康最重要 Passage2 阅读理解 说明文 338 巴黎研究发现，有哥哥的孩子语言发育平均晚两个月，有姐姐则不会 Passage3 完形填空 记叙文 294 作者母亲记忆力衰退，反复为其庆祝生日，自己暖心陪伴母亲 Passage4 语法填空 记叙文 225 作者因奶奶留下的圣诞回忆，坚持做G形饼干的传统，以此缅怀奶奶，感悟圣诞的真正意义是爱 Passage 1 （25-26高一下·江西南昌·期末） The unforgiving demands of the IB program became my reality on the third day of school with an overwhelming physics lab. My teacher’s claim that no one would score above 90% shook my confidence. This anxiety was intensified at home, where my father voiced his concerns over my flat SAT progress, a necessity for a celebrated university. The final catalyst for my breakdown was an unexpected rejection from the Regional Red Cross Youth Council. As vice president of my school’s chapter, I had never considered this possibility. The Red Cross was my passion and what I relied on to set me apart from other applicants. This rejection made my future seem dim, and I broke like a rubber band stretched beyond its limit. I found my mother, the woman who had sacrificed her own career and life for my opportunities, and poured out my fears. She listened attentively before drawing a circle on the tablecloth. “This is your time,” she began. “Eighty percent is schoolwork, ten percent the SAT, and ten percent extracurriculars.” She then looked at me with deep emotion and said, “But most importantly, at one hundred percent, is your mental health.” “Nothing is more important than your health,” she continued. “We want you to have a good job so you’ll be less stressed. If this path makes you so unhappy, it isn’t worth it. If you’re happier flipping hamburgers, so be it.” Her insight was a big relief. I realized a rubber band doesn’t have to keep stretching. A rubber band that wraps around your hair during the day and is allowed to rest on your nightstand at night won’t ever break. Though my routine remained the same — studying hard and pursuing excellence — my perspective was forever changed. The fear of failure lost its power. I am still reaching for the moon, but I am no longer afraid. For I know that if I miss, I will land right in my mother’s arms. 1．What does the underlined word “catalyst” in paragraph 2 mean? A．Foundation. B．Solution. C．Symbol. D．Cause. 2．What does the author’s mother attach most importance to? A．The author’s overall wellbeing. B．The sacrifice for her daughter. C．The relief of the author’s stress. D．The author’s devotion to schoolwork. 3．What does the use of the “rubber band” try to illustrate? A．A conflict with her father about goals. B．A bond between the author and her mother. C．A shift in the author’s outlook on pressure. D．A link to the author’s academic performance. 4．What’s the best title of the passage? A．Let Go of Perfection: The Only Way to Achieve Academic Success B．The Rubber Band Comparison: A Key to Relieving Academic Pressure C．From Broken to Brave: A Rubber Band’s Lesson on Mental Health D．Overcoming Rejection: How IB and SAT Pressures Shaped My Growth Passage 2 （25-26高一下·辽宁鞍山·期末） Having an older brother comes with plenty of benefits. Big brothers tend to look out for their younger brothers and sisters, and despite the occasional rocky moment here and there, many siblings (兄弟姐妹) enjoy life-long close relationships. However, a new study finds an interesting disadvantage: children with older brothers take longer when it comes to developing language skills. The study, conducted by a group of researchers in Paris, France, builds upon previous research that had already discovered that having older siblings is associated with poor language development. Now, researchers say they have improved those findings to come to a more specific conclusion: only children with an older brother exhibit these language difficulties. One would assume that children with older brothers would grow up around more conversation on a daily basis, thus speeding up their language development. Yet researchers say such children actually take longer than their older brothers to begin developing these skills. Researchers studied more than 1,000 children from birth to the age of five-and-a-half years old. Each child’s language skills were tested at ages 2, 3, and 5.5, using tests specially designed to measure numerous aspects of language development such as vocabulary, syntax, and verbal reasoning. What the research team discovered was significant: children with an older brother had, on average, a two-month delay in their language development compared to studied children with an older sister. As far as explaining this phenomenon, researchers have put forward two hypotheses. The first is that older sisters tend to talk more often than older brothers, which would make up for parents potentially being less present than they were for their first child. The second is that older sisters usually compete with their siblings less than older brothers for their parents’ attention. As of now, the study’s authors say they can’t say for certain why children with older brothers have a harder time developing language skills. In the future they would like to find out if culture or location affects the popularity of these results. 1．Who has a two-month delay in their language development? A．An only child in the family. B．Children with brothers and sisters. C．Only children with an older sister. D．Only children with an older brother. 2．What is the second paragraph mainly about? A．The whole process of the research. B．The real causes of the result. C．The exact conclusion of the study. D．The sincere relationship of the siblings. 3．What does the underlined word “hypotheses” mean in Paragraph 6? A．Phenomena. B．Researches. C．Assumptions. D．Consequences. 4．What possibly causes the interesting disadvantage according to the text? A．Older sisters tend to talk more often than older brothers. B．Culture or location affects the popularity of these results. C．Parents stay longer with their second child than the first one. D．Older brothers often challenge their siblings less than older sisters. Passage 3 （25-26高一下·北京朝阳·期末） I had driven home to celebrate my 38th birthday with my mother. When I arrived, I found her sitting proudly at the kitchen table, a chocolate cake and two boxes wrapped in orange ribbon (丝带) in front of her. “Happy birthday!” she said, gesturing at the boxes. “Open them.” As she knows me better than anyone, she’d got me exactly what I wanted — running clothes. I 1 her and thanked her and proceeded to eat the cake. “Too many 2 .” I said, not really caring. “You’ll run them off tomorrow,” Mom said. Many adult children with a parent suffering from 1 memory will tell you there was one day that 2 to them that their relationship with their mother or father would be forever changed. For me that day came two weeks later, when I drove back for another short 3 . I came upon exactly the same scene: my mom sitting at the kitchen table; a chocolate cake 4 next to two boxes wrapped in curly ribbon. The ribbon was green this time. That was the only 5 . “Happy birthday!” my mom said. I was totally 1 . “What’s going on?” I asked. Mom smiled, “Can’t I celebrate my daughter’s birthday?” This was no trick. This was real life, and 2 my mother clearly only wanted to make me happy, I pushed aside my fear and fulfilled my role as the grateful daughter. I hugged her, thanked her and admired the clothes...I did not mention to her that we’d done all this two weeks ago. My house is her world now. My mother and I have the 3 conversation roughly 10 times a day. Nevertheless, I consider it a pleasure, because every minute is new for her. 1．A．paid B．hugged C．comforted D．ignored 2．A．calories B．colors C．fruits D．candles 3．A．trustworthy B．misleading C．failing D．offending 4．A．signaled B．added C．appealed D．contributed 5．A．memory B．birthday C．party D．visit 6．A．putting B．placing C．resting D．laying 7．A．color B．feature C．attraction D．difference 8．A．disturbed B．confused C．embarrassed D．shocked 9．A．since B．if C．when D．whenever 10．A．previous B．annoying C．precise D．same Passage 4 （25-26高一上·甘肃兰州·期末） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Mum gave me back the letter Granny helped me write years ago, when I stopped believing in Father Christmas. Every year at Christmas, I take out the music box Granny gave me, which holds that letter and her paper hat. When I think about 1 makes Christmas so magical, it’s not just gifts and Father Christmas that come to mind. It’s also my memory of Granny. Now I’m the one who 2 (make) sugar biscuits each year, and I always make one in a G-shape — G for Granny. This tradition 3 (become) a way for me to keep Granny’s memory alive since she left us. Every time I mix the flour and sugar, I can almost hear her voice 4 (sing) Christmas songs with me by the fire. The G-shaped biscuit is a small symbol, but it holds all the love and 5 (happy) we shared that Christmas. I hope that one day, I 6 (tell) my own children about Granny and the Christmas 7 changed my understanding of the holiday forever. It was the last Christmas we spent together, 8 it was also the most meaningful one. There’s 9 old saying that love never dies, and I truly believe it. 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