(浙江专用)2018届高考英语总复习真题研练Week9Monday(含解析)

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Week 9 Monday

Task 1：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

(2014·江苏，D)

August 1990，Boston

Dear Maya Shao－ming，

To me，June 6，1990 is a special day.My long－awaited dream came true the minute your father cried.“A girl！”You are more than just a second child，more than just a girl to match our boy.You，little daughter，are the link to our female line，the legacy of another woman’s pain and sacrifice 31 years ago.

Let me tell you about your Chinese grandmother.Somewhere in Hong Kong，in the late fifties，a young waitress found herself pregnant(怀孕) by a cook，probably a co－worker at her restaurant.She carried the baby to term，suffered to give it birth，and kept the little girl for the first three months of her life.I like to think that my mother—your grandmother—loved me and fought to raise me on her own，but that the daily struggle was too hard.Worn down by the demands of the new baby and perhaps the constant threat of starvation，she made the painful decision to give away her girl so that both of us might have a chance for a better life.

More likely，I was dropped at the orphanage(孤儿院) steps or somewhere else.I will probably never know the truth.Having a baby in her unmarried state would have brought shame on the family in China，so she probably kept my existence a secret.Once I was out of her life，it was as if I had never been born.And so you and your brother and I are the missing leaves on a family tree.

Do they ever wonder if we exist?

Before I was two，I was adopted by an Anglo couple.Fed three square meals a day，I grew like a wild weed and grasped all the opportunities they had to offer—books，music，education，church life and community activities.In a family of blue－eyed blonds，though，I__stood__out__like__a__sore__thumb．Whether from jealousy or fear of someone who looked so different，my older brothers sometimes teased me about my unpleasing skin，or made fun of my clumsy walk.Moody and impatient，burdened by fears

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that none of us realized resulted from my early years of need，I was not an easy child to love.My mother and I conflicted countless times over the years，but gradually came to see one another as real human beings with faults and talents，and as women of strength in our own right.Lacking a mirror image in the mother who raised me，I had to seek my identity as a woman on my own.The Asian American community has helped me regain my double identity.

But part of me will always be missing：my beginnings，my personal history，all the delicate details that give a person her origin.Nevertheless，someone gave me

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name“Siu

Wai.”“Siu”means“little，”and“Wai”means“clever.”Therefore，my baby name was“Clever little one.”Who chose those words？Who cared enough to note my arrival in the world?

I lost my Chinese name for 18 years.It was Americanized for convenience to“Sue”．But like an ill－fitting coat，it made me uncomfortable.I hated the name.But even more，I hated being Chinese.It took many years to become proud of my Asian origin and work up the courage to take back my birth－name.That，plus a little knowledge of classroom Cantonese，is all the Chinese culture I have to offer you.Not white，certainly，but not really Asian，I try to pave the way between the two worlds and bridge the gap for you.Your name，“Shao－ming，”is very much like mine—“Shao”means“little.”And“ming”is“bright，”as in a shining sun or moon.Whose

lives

will

you

brighten

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little

Maya

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Your__past__is__more__complete__than__mine，and each day I cradle you in your babyhood，generously giving you the loving care I lacked for my first two years.When I pat you，I comfort the lost baby inside me who still cries for her mother.

Sweet Maya，it doesn’t matter what you“become”later on.You have already fulfilled my wildest dreams. I love you， Mommy

【语篇解读】 本文是一位身世坎坷的母亲写给女儿的信。信中母亲讲述了自己的与众不同的出身，她的母亲是一个未婚中国女子，无力抚养她不得不丢弃，她被孤儿院收养又被一对

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外国夫妇养大，在新的家庭中备受欺凌也受到排挤，对于自己的身世迷茫而又无能为力，女儿的出生使她圆了梦想，也使她对女儿寄予了寻根和连接两个世界的厚望。 1．Why is June 6，1990 a special day for Mommy? A．Her dream of being a mother came true. B．She found her origin from her Chinese mother. C．She wrote the letter to her daughter. D．Her female line was well linked.

答案 D [细节理解题。根据文章第一自然段可知选D。] 2．How does Mommy feel about her being given away? A．It is bitter and disappointing. B．It is painful but understandable. C．She feels sorry but sympathetic. D．She feels hurt and angry.

答案 B [推理判断题。文章第二、三自然段作者讲述个人身世，也表达了对被亲生母亲遗弃的理解，故选B。]

3．What does “I stood out like a sore thumb”in Paragraph 5 mean? A．I walked clumsily out of pains. B．I was not easy to love due to jealousy. C．I was impatient out of fear. D．I looked different from others.

答案 D [细节理解题。根据文章第四自然段的描述可知，作者由于长相等原因才使自己与众不同，stand out即“突出，显眼”之意，故选D。] 4．What can be inferred from Mommy’s Anglo family life? A．She used to experience an identity crisis. B．She fought against her American identity. C．She forgot the pains of her early years. D．She kept her love for Asia from childhood.

答案 A [推理判断题。根据文章第四自然段倒数第一、二句话可知。] 5．Why did Mommy name her daughter “Shao－ming？” A．To match her own birth－name.

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