2013年高考英语适应性训练之阅读理解9
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“We’re leaving you a great gift,”Papa once told us, “the gift of going without!”We thought this was another one of Papa’s jokes.But Papa and Mama knew the true value of that gift.We children didn’t –until much later.What great gift did our parents leave us?
They left us the oil lamp
On winter nights,I felt my way through the dark kitchen to get a drink of water for P apa.I was so afraid of the darkness that I never took the time to light the oil lamp or even to drink before I filled his glass.I alway s sipped from the glass on my way back to him, “Don’t drink it all before you get here Miss,”Papa would call.
They left us the milking
