2019版高考英语一轮复习Unit5NelsonMandela_amodernhero夯基提能作业新人教版必修.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 8 Unit 5 Nelson Mandela—a modern hero Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2018安徽高中十校联盟高三摸底,B) Christmas was near a season that we took seriously in our house. But a week or so before December 25th,my father would give each of his children $20.That was in the 1970s,and $20 was quite a bit of money. But I saw it differently. My father trusted me to have the smartness to spend money wisely. Even better, he gave me the means of spending it. On a very basic level, my father was giving me a shopping spree(狂欢). And he also made me take charge of my own fun, trusting my ability to manage money and making me feel like a grown-up. He didn’t buy me Sherlock Holmes, but he gave me the chance to walk into the Book store and choose it by myself, so it was like a gift from him. My mother had a gift for giving me what I needed, usually right at the time I needed it most.When I was 25,I failed in being an adult on my very first try. I had quitted my previous job but had no new one. But when my mother paid me a visit, I put on a good show, telling her I had started my own company. My mother knew that I was trying hard. It was not until she left that I noticed an envelope thick with cash at the foot of my bed. She knew how desperately I needed it. She knew that had she just shown up with groceries, or offered to pay my rent, she would have made me feel much worse. The cold, hard cash meant she was helping me. And she wanted to give me space to fix my life and preserve my dignity. My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the chance to make my own decisions, and the other was giving me a second chance when those decisions had cost me dearly. 1.What can we learn about the author from the first two paragraphs?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A.His family once celebrated Christmas happily. B.His father gave the author chances to make decisions. C.His best memories about Christmas were in the 1970s. D.He used to choose Book s as his father’s gift on Christmas. 2.What does the underlined word “it”