高三英語Canada復習
one day, one of our rich friends came to visit us. his son preferred riding in the back of our beat-up little pickup (小卡車) to his father' s big modern car. our little daughter called me and said, “mom, please help me to explain to james the reason why he is wrong. he said, ' today, if you don't have money you are nothing.' i know that is not true. if you do have money you share it with your friends and if they don't have money, you share it with them. that is what makes us all rich." this made me realize that the sacrifice was well worth it. our kids understand that they may not have all the spoils of city life but they do have a solid set of values and they know that our most precious gifts are our good friends and a wonderful environment.
1. what was the reason why the family moved away from the city?
a. they were tired of city life.
b. the city was not safe enough.
c. the people in the city were not friendly.
d. the cost of living in the city was too high.
2. why was it "a very competitive environment" for them according to the author?
a. the residents were all very poor.
b. it was hard to make a living.
c. their children couldn't get what they had in the city.
d. they had few friends in their new environment.
3. what assured the author that they had made the right choice according to the passage?
a. what she read in the newspaper.
b. the beautiful scenery of countryside.
c. the residents' living conditions.
d. that fact that they had been accustomed to the new place.
4. what does the underlined word "beat-up" probably mean?
a. old. b. convenient. c. powerful. d. expensive.
5. what did the family gain from their sacrifice?
a. they had a beautiful house in the seaside village.
b. they made a lot of money during the tourist seasons.
c. the parents got very good jobs in the new town.
d. the children developed good values.
答案：
城市里的犯罪率不斷上升，作者一家感到非常不安全，因此他們放棄了富裕的城市生活，舉家搬遷到一個海邊小鎮，他們在小鎮的生活經濟狀況并不好，但是孩子卻形成了正確的價值觀，作者認為這一點正是他們放棄城市生活最有價值的回報。
1.b 細節理解題。從文章的第一段最后兩句話“in the city, we had a beautiful home and plenty of money but little real security because crime was on the increase every day. we never knew if we would all make it home safely each night.”可知作者一家離開城市的原因是因為感到城市里不安全，因此選b。