2018 课时提能练23　选修6　Unit 17　Laughter(A).doc

课时提能练(二十三)　选修6　Unit 17　Laughter(A) (对应学生用书第297页) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2017·云南高三年级11校跨区调研)If our kids dont fall，they dont learn to get up.I still remember the day in high school that my mom forgot to pick me up from school.Im the oldest of four children，and no doubt shed had a long day with the other kids and itd slipped her mind.After waiting at school for an hour，I walked the three miles home，and when I got to my house，I shut our front door with anger，stormed into the kitchen and screamed in my moms face that shed forgotten me. Later that night，my dad told me I no longer had a ride to school the next day.I figured my mom would still take me，but when the morning came，she refused.It was midterm，and as a straight-A student ready to start college applications，being late wasnt an option.In my mind，missing these tests would have been the end of my academic career.I begged my mom.I told her she was ruining my future and everything Id worked for.But she held her ground，and that day，I walked to school.And I missed my tests. My mom didnt rescue me from failure.She let me suffer from it.She let me figure it out.She let me learn.Now，as a mom myself，Ive realized that I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow，learn and think outside of ourselves.Its how we self-educate to learn whats right and respectable，and whats not.Its how we become responsible and enthusiastic. Falling down makes us better，because we learn how to get up. 【语篇解读】　本文作者通过亲身体会告诉我们：失败让我们变得更好，因为我们在失败中学会成长。 【长难句分析】　Now，as a mom myself，Ive realized that I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow，learn and think outside of ourselves. 分析：这是一个复合句。本句含有that引导的宾语从句；because引导原因状语从句，how引导表语从句。 译文：现在，作为一个母亲，我意识到我想让我的孩子经历失败，因为失败是我们如何成长、学习和思考的一个过程。 1．Why did the author shout at her mother? A．Because she was tired after walking home. B．Because she missed some important tests. C．Because her mother had ruined her future. D．Because her mother didnt pick her up home. D　[考查细节理解。根据第一段的“After wa