1、2016 年浙江高考英语阅读理解 D 篇翻译Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket. Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket. I have thought long and hard about it and its true. I would be a different person if my mom hadnt turned a silly bicycle accessory into
2、a life lesson I carry with me today.My mother and father were united in their way of raising children, but it mostly fell to my mother to actually carry it out. Looking back, I honestly dont know how she did it. Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task., but she made it look effort
3、less. If we complained about not having what another kid did, wed hear something like, “I dont care what so and so got for his birthday, you are not getting a TV in your room a car for your birthday a lsvish sweet 16 party.” We had to earn our allowance by doing chores around the house. I can stil l
4、 remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table.My brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house .Like the two little girls growing up at the White House,we made our own beds (no one left the house unitil that was done)and picked up after ourselves.We had to keep tr
5、ack of our belongings ,and if something was lost ,it was not replaced.It was summer and ,one day ,my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixed-and there it was in the window, White, shiny, plastic and decorated with flowers ,the basket winked at me and I knew -I knew-I had to have it.“Its
6、 beautiful,” my mother said when I pointed it out to her,”What a neat basket.”I tried to hold off at first ,I played it cool for a short while.But then Iguess I couldnt atand it any longer:“Mon, please can I please ,please get it? I ll do extra chores for as long as you say, Ill do anything ,but I n
7、eed that basket,I love that basket.Please ,Mom .Please?”I was desperate.“You know,” she said ,gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I believes was the coolest thing ever,”If you save up you could buy this yourself.”“By the time I make enough itll bu gone!”“Maybe Roger here could hold i
8、t for you,” she smiled at Roger ,the bike guy.“He cant hold it for that long ,Mom .Someone else will buy it .Please,Mom,Please?”“There might be another way,”she said.And so our paying plan unfolded.My mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely in some hiding place I couldt find.Each week I
9、 eagerly counted my growing saving increased by extra work here and there (washing the car ,helping my mother make dinner, delivering or collevting things on my bike that already looked naked without the basket in front).And then ,weeks later ,I counted ,re-counted and jumped for joy. Oh ,happy day
10、! I made it! I finally had the exact amount wed agreed upon.Days later the unthinkable happened. A neighborhood girl Id played with millions of times appeared with the exact same basket fixted to her shiny ,new bike that already had all the bells and whistles. I rode hard and fast home to tell my mo
11、ther about this disaster.This horrible turn of events.And then came the lesson . Ive taken with me through my life:”Honey, Your basket is extra-special,” Mom said, gently wiping away my hot tears.”Your basket is special because you paid for it yourself.”55.What can we learn from the first two paragr
12、aphs?A. The children enjoyed doing housework.B.The author came from s well-off family C. The mother raised her children in an unusual wayD.The children were fond of the US presidents daughters.56.When the author saw the basket in the window,she .A. fell in love with it B. stared at her motherC. reco
13、gnized it at once D.went up to the bike guy57.Why did the author say many “please” to her mother?A. She longed to do extra work. B. She was eager to have the basket.C.She felt tired after standing too long. D.She wanted to be polite to her mother.58.By using“naked” (Paragraph 12),the author seems to
14、 stress that the basket was Asomething she could afford B.something important to herC.something impossible to get D.something she could do without59.To the author, it seemed to be a horrible turn of events that A. something spoiled her paying planB. the basket cost more than she had savedC.a neighbo
15、rhood girl had bought a new bikeD.someone else had got a basket of the same kind60.What is the life lesson the author learned from her mother?A. Save money for a rainy day B. Good advice is beyond all price.C. Earn your bread with your sweat D. God helps those who help themselves参考答案： 55.C 56.A 57.B
16、 58.B 59.D 60.C两件事情改变了我的生活：我的妈妈和一个白色的塑料自行车车筐。我对此进行了长久且深刻的思考，这是正确的。如果不是我的妈妈把一个不实用的自行车配饰变成我到今天还谨记的人生教诲，我现在就不会是我了。我的父母在教育孩子上是意见统一的，但是大多数时候都是母亲来执行这一任务。回首过去，老实说，我都不知道她是怎么做到的。应付家庭预算就一定是一项非常艰难的工作，但是她却能毫不费力地做到。如果我们抱怨没有其他小孩有的东西，我们会听到诸如这样的话：“我不在乎谁谁谁过生日得到什么东西，反正你屋子里不能有电视/你过生日不会得到一辆车/ 你不会有一个奢侈的生日趴。 ”我们必须通过在家里做家
17、务来得到零花钱。我依然能记得擦亮我们家的咖啡桌子腿要花费多长时间。我的兄弟肯定记得要花费好几个小时来打扫房间。像在白宫里长大的两个小女孩一样，我们整理自己的床铺（不整理完床铺不准许离开家）和随手清理自己的东西。我们必须清楚自己的东西，如果一个东西丢了，可是没有新的东西取代。那是夏天的一天，我的妈妈开车带我去一个自行车店修理一个轮胎-就在橱窗里，那个用鲜花装饰的，白色的闪闪发光的塑料车筐向我眨眼，我知道，我就知道我必须拥有它。“它很好看” ，当我把它指给我妈妈看的时候，她说：“多么秀气的一个车筐” 。一开始我努力抵挡住它的诱惑，我假装若无其事了一会。但是我想我当时实在是忍不住了，我说：“妈妈，我
18、可不可以拥有它？我可以多做家务，只要你说做多久就做多久，我什么都可以做。我只想要那个车筐，我太想它了，求你了，妈妈。 ”我不顾一切了。当我们两人都目不转睛的看着这个我认为世上最酷的东西时，她轻轻抚摸着我的后背说“你要知道，如果你攒钱的话，你就可以买它了” 。“等我攒够钱了，它就不在了。 ”“也许在这工作的 Roger 可以为你保留它。 ”妈妈和卖自行车的 Roger 说笑到。“他不能保留它那么长时间的。别人会买走它的，妈妈。求你了，妈妈，求你了。“也许还有别的方法” 。她说。就这样我们的攒钱计划开始了。我的妈妈买下了这个漂亮的车筐，把它安全的藏在一个隐蔽的地方。每周我都急切地数着通过做额外家务不断积累的资金（洗车，帮妈妈做饭，用我那前面没有车筐看起来光秃秃的自行车投递并取东西） 。于是，几周后，我数了数钱，数了又数，我开心的跳起来。多么开心的一天啊！我终于攒够了我和妈妈当初说定的钱。几天后，不可想象的事情发生了。一个和我玩过无数次的邻居女孩骑着她那个闪闪发光的新自行车出现在我面前，她的自行车面前安装着和我的自行车一模一样花俏装饰的车筐。我艰难又快速地骑车回家，告诉妈妈这个不幸的事，这个糟糕的出乎意料的转变。于是就有了这个教诲。这个我一直谨记的人生教诲：“亲爱的，你的车筐是独一无二的， ”妈妈说，温柔的擦去我的眼泪。 “你的车筐是特别的，因为它是你自己挣钱买来的” 。
