2025届人教版(2019)高考英语一轮话题复习高考题型通关练：话题19　物质与非物质文化遗产（学生版）.pdf

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话题19物质与非物质文化遗产

Ⅰ.阅读理解

(2024·河北名校联考三模)

Incasualconversations，thereisaseeminglysimplequestionIcanneveranswer

withouthesitating—“Whereareyoufrom？”

IcouldsayIamfromThailand，whereIwasborn.OrIamfromMexico，whereIspent

themajorityofmychildhood.OrIamfromtheUS，whoselanguageisrootedintomy

life.Inmymind，noneoftheseanswersaresatisfyingenough.Afterall，tobefrom

somewherecarriesexpectationsofunderstanding“your”cultureand“your”home.

Ifeelenviouswhenevermyfriendssaythey’re“goinghome”forschoolbreaks.Asa

studentwhofrequentlymoves，Ihaveneverseenmylivingspaceas“home”，but

“shelter”，anotherlocationtostayinbeforeIunavoidablymoveagain.

So，doesthismeanIdonothave，andwillneverhave，ahome?Iresignmyselfto

livingwiththissenseofsadness，untilveryrecently.

Inmydorm，insidemydrawerisaspeciallydesignedwhitebathtowelthatIhavenot

usedsinceIbroughtitwithmefrommyparents’house.Oneday，Itookitout，but

stoppedaftersmellingthesoft，sweetlaundrydetergent(洗衣粉)，theonemyparents

usedbackinThailand.Ifeltmyeyeswaterasthatrandomsmellbroughtmymixed

emotionstothesurface：sadnessandnostalgia，astrongfeelingofmissinghome.Istill

avoidusingthattoweluntilnowbecauseIdon’twanttoreplacethesmellofnostalgia

withmynewly－boughtdetergent.

Sadly，evenwiththisnewdiscovery，IwillstillstrugglewhenansweringwhereIam

from，andIwillalwaysfeelasenseoflossinnothavingaphysicalhometo“goback

to”.Yet，inrandommoments，whenasmellcatchesmeoffguard(让我猝不及防)with

thememoriesitbrings，IliketobelievethatthethingsIfeelthenarethingspeoplefeel

whentheyarehome.Andifthesemomentscanmakemesmile，evenwithasenseof

loss，whatbetterhomecanIaskfor?

1.Whyistheauthorunabletoseehislivingspaceas“home”？

A.Hislivingplacesoftenchange.

B.Heisunsatisfiedwiththeplace.

C.Hisexpectationsof“home”arehigh.

D.Hecan’