2017届高考英语总复习 真题研练9 牛津译林版.docVIP

真题研练9 Task 1：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 (2015·安徽，B)When her five daughters were young，Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结)．To show this，she held up one chopstick，representing one person.Then she easily broke it into two pieces.Next，she tied several chopsticks together，representing a family.She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks.This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up. Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California.However，when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975，they didnt have much money.They moved their family to San Francisco.There they joined Dannys mother，Diana，who owned a small Italian sandwich shop.Soon afterwards，Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant.The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young.However，Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard. Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves，but one by one，the daughters returned to work in the family business.They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles.Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other，they worked together to make the business successful.Daughter Elizabeth explains，“Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity，and to have unity we must have peace.Without the strength of the family，there is no business.” Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996，with three generations of Ans working together.Now the Ans corporation makes more than 20 million each year.Although they began with a small restaurant，they had big dreams，and they worked together.Now they are a big success. 【语篇解读】　文章通过讲述一个家庭企业的发展历程来强调家庭团结的重要性。Helene和丈夫离开越南时，他们并不富有。Helene 给她的女儿讲述了一个关于团结的故事。几双筷子被绑在一起将会很难被折断，家庭亦是如此。 1．Helene tied several chopsticks together to show________. A．