2024版新教材高考英语全程一轮总复习课时作业37Unit1LookingForwards外研版选择性必修第四册 (1).doc

课时作业(三十七)选择性必修第四册Unit1Lookingforwards

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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[2023·海南省高考全真模拟卷三]Mymotherentersherninthdecade.Thankfully,sheisblessedwithgoodhealth.

Istillremembertenyearsagowhensheturned80,shesurprisedmybrotherandmewithwhatshedescribedas“independentbirthday”．

Onedaysheinformedusshedbookedaseven-nighttriptoTurkey.Alone.Becauseshehadneverbeen.Ofcourse,thatwasabsurd.TherewasnowaymybrotherandIcouldallowthat.Aweak,littleoldladywanderingthestreetsofIstanbulonherown,notspeakingawordofTurkish,withnoknowledgeofthelawsandcustomsoftheland—itwasoutofthequestion!

Shepaidnoattentiontous.Offshewent.Whenshereturned,shetoldusithadbeenawonderfulsuccess.Asitturnedout,shehadbarelyspentanytimealone,afterhiringataxidrivertoshowheraroundIstanbulforsomedays.Hetookhertoallthesites—themarkets,churchesandrestaurants.Heintroducedhertoablanketseller,“alovelyfellow，”andsheboughtsomeblankets.ThesellertookheraddressdetailsandpromisedtoshipthemtoCanada.Theywouldbearrivinginthreeorfourweeks.Mymotherbeamed(眉开眼笑)asshetoldthisstory.TheblanketsellerandmymotherapparentlybuiltafriendshipandshetoldhimtodropbyifhewereeverinCanada.

Toourgreatshock,herblanketsdidarrivesomeweekslater,alongwithalovelynotefromthesellerMustafa.Toourevengreatersurprise,thefollowingyearMustafahimselfarrivedinCanada.HecalledourmothertoinformherbewasinOttawa.

“Iinvitedhimoverandhecamebyforacupoftea.TheydrinkalotofteainTurkey，”mymothertoldmyhorrifiedbrotherandme.

Hertripofindependenceseemstobethoughtfullybasedonarealizationthatlifeistobelived.ItremindedmeofthelinefromTheShawshankRedemption:“Getbusylivingorgetbusydying.”

1．WhydidtheauthorsmothergotoTurkeyalone?

A．Tomaketheauthorandthebrothersurprised.

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