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(2020·惠州高三调研)When I was a boy, our extended, immigrant family would sometimes gather at my aunt’s tiny house over the summer. Relatives from all over the country would come 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 video games, smart phones, and motorized 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. Finally my face fell 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 made my joy return. It didn’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 we all started to treat each other that way. Perhaps it is time 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.
【解题导语】 本文主要讲述了一个移民大家庭中爱与善的分享使全家团结一致的温馨故事。
1．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 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句中的“the kids would be sent out into the front yard to play”以及第二段第一句“Those were the days...playing an old game.”可知，当大人们聊天时，孩子们在前院里玩传统的游戏，故选D。
2．The author was able to catch Susan because ________．
A．the others ran too fast
B．the author was good at running
C．Susan gave her a chance
D．Susan wanted to chase others
C 解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的内容，尤其是“She started to run but was going much slower than before. I easily caught up and seized her.”可推知，Susan看到作者哭了，给了作者一个机会，让作者能够抓住她，故选C。
3．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The author is grateful for what Susan did to her.
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 解析：推理判断题。根据第三段的内容，尤其是第一句可推知，作者很感激Susan为她做的事，故选A。
4．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 解析：标题归纳题。根据最后一段并结合文章其他内容可知，本文主要讲述了作者通过童年时和兄弟姐妹做游戏的一次经历得出分享善意使我们团结的结论。故B项最适合作本文的标题。
