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【素养解读】作者通过回忆孩提时代的故事表达我们应该和每个人分享爱、善意和快乐,让我们成为真正的一家人。文章有助于勾起学生对家庭、对亲情的回忆,促进家庭关系的和睦。
(2024·江苏南京金陵河西中学月考)When I was a boy, our family would sometimes gather at my aunt's tiny house over the summer. Relatives from all over the country would come in to visit. The adults would crowd together in the living room to talk and catch up on each other's lives. And the kids would be sent out into the front yard to play when dinner was slowly cooked for all of us.
Those were the days before digital devices and motorised toys, so we often ended up playing an old game. I remember one of those moments especially. As I was the youngest and smallest of all the kids there, I got caught first and couldn't catch anyone else. My brothers and cousins were all too fast for me, and I grew more and more frustrated. I finally fell my face first into the dirt. I got up with tears forming in my eyes. Then I saw one of my female cousins Susan standing there. She started to run but was going much slower than before. I easily caught up and seized her. Then she turned to me, smiled, and said, "I'm it! You'd better run!" I ran off laughing with glee while she turned and started to chase others.
Now I see how her act of kindness that day saved me from sadness and returned me to joy. It doesn't matter that we hardly ever saw each other. I know we are family and she loves me.
In her wonderful book: Box of Butterflies, Roma Downey writes, "We are all one, we all belong to each other, and we are one big, beautiful family." Perhaps it is time that we all started to treat each other in that way. Perhaps it is time that we shared our love, our kindness, our laughter, and our joy with everyone without fear. Perhaps it is time to finally and forever bring this world together in one big family reunion.
1. [语言能力]When the adults were chatting, the kids would ______.
A. play video games
B. sit in the front yard
C. learn to cook dinner
D. play traditional games
(D)
2. [思维品质]The author was able to catch Susan because ______.
A. the others ran too fast
B. the author was good at running
C. Susan gave him a chance
D. Susan wanted to chase others
(C)
3. [思维品质]What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The author is grateful for what Susan did for him.
B. The author can't meet Susan any more.
C. The author urges others to love their family.
D. The author believes the world will become a big family.
(A)
4. [学习能力]What could be the best title of the passage?
A. A Memory of My Childhood
B. Sharing of Goodness Unites Us
C. Kindness Brightens Our Life
D. A Good Deed Is Invaluable
(B)

答案： 1. D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Those were the days before... we often ended up playing an old game.”可知，大人们聊天时孩子们在玩一种古老又传统的游戏。故选D。
2. C 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“She started to run but was going much slower than before. I easily caught up and seized her.”可知，苏珊原本可以跑快的，为了让作者抓住她才减速，所以可以推断出她是故意让作者抓住的。故选C。
3. A 推理判断题。根据第三段第一句可知，作者把苏珊当时的行为称为“act of kindness”，因此可推断作者对苏珊是心怀感激的。故选A。
4. B 主旨大意题。根据最后一段中的“Perhaps it is time... we shared our love, our kindness, our laughter, and our joy with everyone without fear. Perhaps it is time to... in one big family reunion.”可知，作者主要想表达分享爱，善良真诚地对待他人可以使大家真正地成为一体。故B项适合作文章标题。故选B。