课时提能练(二十三) 选修6 Unit 17 Laughter(A)
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
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(2017·云南高三年级11校跨区调研)If our kids don't fall，they don't learn to get up.I still remember the day in high school that my mom forgot to pick me up from school.I'm the oldest of four children，and no doubt she'd had a long day with the other kids and it'd slipped her mind.After waiting at school for an hour，I walked the three miles home，and when I got to my house，I shut our front door with anger，stormed into the kitchen and screamed in my mom's face that she'd forgotten me.
Later that night，my dad told me I no longer had a ride to school the next day.I figured my mom would still take me，but when the morning came，she refused.It was midterm，and as a straightA student ready to start college applications，being late wasn't an option.In my mind，missing these
