华附、省实、广雅、深中2021届高三四校联考英语试题及答案

华附、省实、广雅、深中2021届高三四校联考

英语

命题学校定稿人

本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共11页，满分120分，考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的校名、姓名、考号、座位号等相关信息填写在答题卡指定区域内，并用2B铅笔填涂相关信息。

2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案；不能答在试卷上。

3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

We love food and drink.We love to celebrate the good stuff and criticize the bad. This is our take on the top three food cultures and destinations.It’s time to find out once and for all,which cuisine is king as you plan where you’ll travel next:

No.3France

You can spend an entire two-week vacation exploring combinations of wines and cheeses around the country.

Yum

Escargot---credit the French for turning garden-dwelling pests into a delicacy. Massive respect for making them taste amazing too.

Baguette---the first and last thing that you’ll want to eat in France.The first bite is superb;the last will be full of longing.

Dumb

Foie gras---it tastes like10,000ducks roasted in butter then reduced to a velvet pudding.

No.2China

The people who greet each other with“Have you eaten yet?”are arguably the most food-obsessed in the world.The Chinese almost cook and sell anything,and they also make it taste great.

Yum

Sweet and sour pork---a guilty pleasure that has taken on different forms.

Dim sum---a grand tradition from Hong Kong to New York.The best to start a day as breakfast.

Dumb

Shark’s fin soup---calling for Chinese restaurants to ban the dish has been a goal of green campaigners in recent years.

No.1Italy

Italian food has enslaved taste-buds around the globe for centuries,with its tomato sauces,and those clever things they do with wheat flour and desserts.

Yum

Pizza---simple yet satisfying dish.Staple diet of bachelors and college students.

Coffee---cappuccino is for breakfast?Forget it.We want it all day and all night.

Dumb

Buffalo mozzarella--those balls of water buffalo milk.The flavor’s so subtle you have to imagine it.

1.Which food would you not try as an environmentalist?

A.Shark’s fin soup

B.Foie gras

C.Sweet and sour pork

D.Escargot

2.Which will be the best choice for hungry students in Italy?

A.Pizza

B.Coffee

C.Buffalo mozzarella

D.Desserts

3.Which will be the best breakfast?

A.Cappuccino

B.Baguette

C.Cheese

D.Dim sum

B

That was how the adventures began.It was the sort of house that you never seem to come to the end of,and it was full of unexpected places.The first few doors they tried

led only into spare bedrooms,as everyone had expected that they would;but soon they came to a very long room full of pictures;and after that was a room all hung with green, with a harp in one corner;and then a kind of little upstairs hall and a door that led out on to a balcony.And shortly after that they looked into a room that was quite empty except for one big wardrobe,the sort that has a looking-glass in the door.

“Nothing there!”Everybody rushed out but Lucy stayed because she thought it would be worthwhile trying the door of the wardrobe,even though she felt almost sure that it would be locked.To her surprise,it opened quite easily,and two mothballs dropped out.

Looking into the inside,she saw several coats hanging up---mostly long fur coats. There was nothing Lucy liked so much as the smell and feel of fur.She immediately stepped into the wardrobe and got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them, leaving the door open,of course,because she knew that it is very foolish to shut oneself into any wardrobe...She took a step further in---then two or three steps,always expecting to feel woodwork against the tips of her fingers.But she could not feel it.

“This must be a simply vast wardrobe!”thought Lucy,going still further in.Then she noticed that there was something crunching under her feet.“Is that more mothball?”she thought,stooping down to feel it with her hand.But instead of feeling the hard, smooth wood,she felt something soft and powdery and extremely cold.“This is very queer,”she said,and went on a step or two further.

...And then she saw that there was a light ahead of her;...A moment later she found that she was standing in the middle of a wood at night-time with snow under her feet and snowflakes falling through the air.

4.What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A.The discovery of mysterious rooms.

B.The complex structures of the house.

C.The unexpected search of the house.

D.The adventurous exploration in a house.

5.Why didn’t Lucy go out of the room?

A.She wanted to explore the wardrobe.

B.She found her favourite fur coats.

C.She was attracted by mothballs.

D.She liked the smell of the room.

6.What can we infer about Lucy from the third paragraph?

A.Careful and cowardly.

B.Cautious and curious.

C.Foolish but brave.

D.Adventurous but casual.

7.What does the underlined word“queer”mean?

A.Terrifying.

B.Empty.

C.Strange.

D.Impressive.

C

Stories are shared in many ways.They are described in books and magazines.They are read around the campfire at night.They are randomly distributed from stand-alone booths.But what else?

To revive literature in the era of fast news and smartphone addiction,Short Edition, a French publisher of short-form literature,has set up more than30story dispensers（分发机）in the USA in the past years to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants, universities and government offices.

Francis Ford Coppola,the film director and winemaker,liked the idea so much that he invested in the company and placed a dispenser at his Cafe Zoetrope in San https://www.360docs.net/doc/4c16046721.html,st month,public libraries in some other cities announced they would be setting them up,too.There is one on the campus at Penn State.A few can be found in downtown West Palm Beach,Fla.And Short Edition plans to announce more,including at the Los Angeles International Airport.

“Everything old is new again,”said Andrew Nurkin,director of the Free Library of Philadelphia,which is one of the libraries that set up the dispensers.“We want people to be easily exposed to literature.We want to advance literacy among children and inspire their creativity.”

Here’s how a dispenser works.It has three buttons on top indicating choices for stories that can be read in one minute,three minutes or five minutes.When a button is pushed,a short story is printed.

The stories are free.They are chosen from a computer category of more than 100,000original submissions by writers whose works have been evaluated by Short Edition’s judges,and transmitted over a mobile network.Offerings can be tailored to specific interests,like children’s fiction or romance.Short Edition gets stories for its category by holding writing contests.

Short Edition set up its first booth in2016and has150machines worldwide.“The

idea is to make people happy,”said Kristan Leroy,director of Short Edition.“There is too much unhappiness today.”

8.What do we know about the stories sent by dispensers?

A.They are easily read.

B.They are short in form.

C.They can be bought from booths.

D.They can be found in magazines.

9.Which paragraph shows the popularity of story dispensers in America?

A.Paragraph3.

B.Paragraph5.

C.Paragraph6.

D.Paragraph7.

10.Why were the story dispensers set up according to Andrew Nurkin?

A.To introduce French literature.

B.To get rid of smartphone addiction.

C.To make people have access to literature.

D.To reduce the financial stress of libraries.

11.What is the best title for the text?

A.Everything Old Is New

B.Online Reading:a Virtual Tour

C.Short Edition Is Getting Popular

D.Taste of Literature,at the Push of a Button

D

Do you think you’re smarter than your parents and grandparents?According to James Flynn,a professor at a New Zealand university,you are!Over the course of the last century,people who have taken IQ tests have gotten increasingly better scores---on average,three points better for every decade that has passed.This improvement is known as“the Flynn effect”,and scientists want to know what is behind it.

IQ tests and other similar tests are designed to measure general intelligence rather than knowledge.Flynn knew that intelligence is partly inherited from our parents and partly the result of our environment and experiences,but the improvement in test scores was happening too quickly to be explained by heredity.So what was happening in the 20th century that was helping people achieve higher scores on intelligence tests?

Scientists have proposed several explanations for the Flynn effect.Some suggest

that the improved test scores simply reflect an increased exposure to tests in general. Because we take so many tests,we learn test-taking techniques that help us perform better on any test.Others have pointed to better nutrition since it results in babies being born larger,healthier,and with more brain development than in the past.Another possible explanation is a change in educational styles,with teachers encouraging children to learn by discovering things for themselves rather than just memorizing information.This could prepare people to do the kind of problem solving that intelligence tests require.

Flynn limited the possible explanations when he looked carefully at the test data and discovered that the improvement in scores was only on certain parts of the IQ test. Test-takers didn’t do better on the arithmetic or vocabulary sections of the test;they did better on sections that required a special kind of reasoning and problem solving.For example,one part of the test shows a set of abstract shapes,and test-takers must look for patterns and connections between them and decide which shape should be added to the set.According to Flynn,this visual intelligence improves as the amount of technology in our lives increases.Every time you play a computer game or figure out how to program a new cell phone,you are exercising exactly the kind of thinking and problem solving that helps you do well on one kind of intelligence test.So are you really smarter than your parents?In one very specific way,you may be.

12.The Flynn effect is_____.

A.not connected to our experiences

B.unknown in some parts of the world

C.an increase in IQ test scores over time

https://www.360docs.net/doc/4c16046721.html,ed to measure people’s intelligence

13.According to the article,newer educational techniques include_____.

A.improving test scores

B.exposure to many tests

C.memorizing information

D.children finding things out themselves

14.Why does the author mention computer games?

A.To encourage the reader to do more exercise instead of playing games.

B.To explain why more and more young people have poor vocabularies.

C.To give an example of technology improving our visual intelligence.

D.To show the fact that young people are not getting more intelligent.

15.Which statement would Professor Flynn agree with?

A.People today are taking easier tests.

B.People today have more visual intelligence.

C.People today have fewer problems to solve.

D.People today are more intelligent in every way.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Food waste is a huge problem,especially in grocery stores.Americans waste about 40%of their food every year.16There are several factors that contributed to this colossal amount of waste.

Misleading labels

There is a big difference between a sell-by date and a use-by date.When a sell-by date passes,it doesn’t mean that the food is unsafe to eat.However,many people still think that they have to toss it.Grocery stores sometimes throw away food simply because it’s getting close to the sell-by date.17The Daily Table is a non-profit grocery store in Massachusetts that collects food from other grocers that is close to its sell-by date and sells it at a deeply-discounted price.This both provides food to people at low costs and keeps it from being thrown away.

18Denmark has a volunteer-run food waste supermarket and is planning on opening two more.The Real Junk Food Project in the UK just opened its first food waste supermarket,where items have no set prices.Shoppers are allowed to pay what they can for the food.

Imperfect produce

19Yet in grocery stores most produce looks identical.Some food in grocery stores gets thrown out because it’s imperfect,or it doesn’t“look good.”The food is still fine to eat,but often ends up in the trash.The non-profit End Food Waste has a list of retailers all over America that sell imperfect produce.They also have a petition that you can sign which asks major grocery stores to consider selling imperfect food.

There are also subscription services where you can get“ugly”produce delivered to your door.Imperfect Produce and Hungry Harvest are both organizations working to recover food that would otherwise be thrown away.20

Consumer action

Not all the blame for food waste belongs to grocery stores.As consumers we can help to influence the type of food that stores sell.By buying food in less excess,food that is close to the sell-by date,and imperfect produce,we can help reduce food waste.

A.This idea has been gaining ground in Europe,as well.

B.Produce rarely grows in a way every plant looks the exact same.

C.There are several companies working to recover out-of-date food.

D.In2008,43billion pounds of perfectly good food were thrown out of grocery stores.

E.This is a great way to reduce the waste of short-lived foods,which food banks often can’t accept.

F.A new law passed by the Senate makes it illegal for supermarkets to throw away or destroy unsold food.

G.Just one quarter of all wasted food could feed the795million people around the world who suffer from hunger.

第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Levi Miller’s life changed during an ordinary dinner with his family.That evening, director Joe Wright called to21the11-year-old the starring role in Wright’s upcoming movie Pan.

The phone call led Levi to leave his home in Australia to22in London, England.His mother23her job to accompany him.

Levi began24when he was2or3.He joined in some of his older sister’s dance shows.He wanted to share the25she was getting.When he was5or6,he won a drama competition as Peter Pan.

26Levi still had a lot to learn on the set of his first movie.First,he had to change his27to sound like he was from London.He learned about life in London during World War II,which is when the movie28.He also needed to figure out how to cry on cue.His29was to think about his dog,who had died not long

before.

At first,Levi felt very awkward around the30actors he worked with.For example,it took him several weeks to feel31calling Hugh Jackman“Hugh.”Before that,he would32address him as“Mr.Jackman.”

Since that33experience,Levi has continued acting on34.His next movie was a smaller Australian production called Red Dog.And this year he has a starring role in the movie A Wrinkle in Time.

Levi loves the35that acting provides.He says,“Every time you go on a set, it’s a whole different world,and I love that.”

21.A.teach B.tell C.offer D.submit

22.A.film B.wander C.struggle D.explore

23.A.created B.quit C.refused D.continued

24.A.walking B.dancing C.traveling D.performing

25.A.applause B.burden C.memory D.money

26.A.So B.And C.Finally D.But

27.A.role B.lifestyle C.accent D.dialect

https://www.360docs.net/doc/4c16046721.html,es out B.takes place C.spreads out D.ends up

29.A.reaction B.advice C.trick D.sadness

30.A.nervous B.famous C.proud D.strange

31.A.free B.confident C.happy https://www.360docs.net/doc/4c16046721.html,fortable

32.A.only B.simply C.casually D.actually

33.A.personal B.long C.first D.relevant

34.A.screen B.stage C.demand D.purpose

35.A.awards B.jobs C.advantages D.possibilities

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many of us wonder what lies in outer space.When we look up36the night sky,we see stars,the twinkle of a moving satellite and37(occasion)a distant planet.But one thing we don’t see is the millions of pieces of junk filling up space.

The amount of space junk38(increase).Over the last few decades,satellites and rockets39(launch)into space,littering the cosmos as they go.The fear is that

40we don’t start taking this litter out of the sky soon,it will become a significant threat to active satellites.Nobu Okada,CEO of Astroscale,41company working on ways to clean up space junk,says“even a small paint fleck has enough power42 (blow)up other satellites.”

It’s clear43a solution is needed so a celestial deep clean can take place. 44(look)to the future,like any litter problem,we need to look at ways of creating 45(little).

第三部分写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

假定你是李华，春节里你的美国朋友Michael发邮件祝你新年快乐，并询问你的新年计划，请你给他回邮件，内容包括：

1.感谢他的祝福；

2.你的新年计划；

3.询问他的新年计划。

注意：

1.词数80词左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

第二节（满分25分）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Most young kids are very self-centered most of the time.It’s like their brain meters are stuck on“selfish.”This certainly described me,until I met my dear grandmother.

My father had been born in Japan,and he had many old,old photographs of the palatial(宫殿般的)estate that had belonged to his family through many generations.He told me stories of gorgeous rooms full of golden furniture and silk wall papers.He also described magnificent gardens,full of the sweet scents of exotic flowers and the gentle thin stream of graceful fountains.

From all these,I figured my grandmother must be rich.I had never met her before she came from Japan,but at eight,I reasoned that if I were nice to her,she would take me back to Japan to live in luxury.It was a good plan,I thought,and I vowed to spend

time with my grandmother so she would grow to love me and want me to accompany her upon her return.

We went to pick her up at the airport.“There she is!”my father called.I expected to see some royal kimono-clad(穿着和服的)creature like I’d seen in pictures.Instead,I saw a tiny woman with silver hair,wearing an ordinary blue suit.She did not look wealthy to me.Still,I vowed to be attentive,to make myself indispensable to her during her stay.

To get closer to her,I flattered her into telling me stories about old Japan.She enjoyed making needlecraft with delicate designs,and as she worked,she wove tales of Japanese legends and history as delicate and beautiful as the designs she created.I listened,fascinated.Her words were a mix of the two languages,so I didn’t completely understand everything at first.Interestingly,however,as her English improved,so did my understanding of Japanese.

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Para1:

No one spoke of her going back,and I was like an ant on a hot griddle.__________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

Para2:

My dreams of a luxurious life had been broken.____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

英语参考答案及评分标准　

第一部分　阅读理解（共两节，满分　５０　分）　

第一节（共　１５　小题；每小题　２．５　分，满分　３７．５　分）

　１－３　ＡＡ　Ｄ　４－７　ＢＡＢＣ　８－１１　ＢＡＣＤ　１２－１５　ＣＤＣＢ　

第二节（共　５　小题；每小题　２．５　分，满分　１２．５　分）

　１６－２０　ＤＣＡＢＥ　

第二部分　语言运用（共两节，满分　３０　分）　

第一节（共　１５　小题；每小题　１　分，满分　１５　分）

　２１－２５　ＣＡＢＤＡ　２６－３０　ＤＣＢＣＢ　３１－３５　ＤＡＣＡＤ　

第二节（共　１０　小题；每小题　１．５　分，满分　１５　分）

　３６．　ａｔ　／　ｉｎｔｏ　／　ｔｏ　３７．　ｏｃｃａｓｉｏｎａｌｌｙ　３８．　ｉｓ　ｉｎｃｒｅａｓｉｎｇ　／　ｈａｓ　ｂｅｅｎ　ｉｎｃｒｅａｓｉｎｇ　３９．　

ｈａｖｅ　ｂｅｅｎ　ｌａｕｎｃｈｅｄ　４０．　ｉｆ　４１．　ａ　４２．　ｔｏ　ｂｌｏｗ　４３．　ｔｈａｔ　４４．　Ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ　４５．　ｌｅｓｓ

　第三部分　写作（共两节，满分　４０　分）　

第一节（满分　１５　分）　

Ｄｅａｒ　Ｍｉｃｈａｅｌ，　

Ｔｈａｎｋ　ｙｏｕ　ｆｏｒ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｂｅｓｔ　ｗｉｓｈｅｓ　ａｎｄ　ｗｉｓｈ　ｙｏｕ　ａ　ｈａｐｐｙ　Ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ　Ｎｅｗ　Ｙｅａｒ，　ｔｏｏ．　Ａｃｔｕａｌｌｙ　Ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ｓｏ　ｍａｎｙ　ｐｌａｎｓ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｃｏｍｉｎｇ　ｙｅａｒ．　Ｍｙ　ｔｏｐ　ｐｒｉｏｒｉｔｙ　ｉｓ　ｔｏ　ｍａｋｅ　ｍａｘｉｍｕｍ　

ｅｆｆｏｒｔｓ　ｔｏ　ｈａｖｅ　ａｎ　ｏｕｔｓｔａｎｄｉｎｇ　ｐｅｒｆｏｒｍａｎｃｅ　ｉｎ　ｍｙ　ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ　ｅｎｔｒａｎｃｅ　ｅｘａｍｉｎａｔｉｏｎ．　Ａｎｄ　Ｉ　ａｍ　ａｌｓｏ　ｄｅｔｅｒｍｉｎｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｂｕｉｌｄ　ｕｐ　ｍｙ　ｂｏｄｙ　ｂｙ　ｅａｔｉｎｇ　ｌｅｓｓ　ｊｕｎｋ　ｆｏｏｄ　ａｎｄ　ｔａｋｉｎｇ　

ｒｅｇｕｌａｒ　ｅｘｅｒｃｉｓｅ．　Ｉ　ｉｎｔｅｎｄ　ｔｏ　ｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｅ　ｌｅａｒｎｉｎｇ　Ｆｒｅｎｃｈ，　ｔｏｏ．　Ｈｏｐｅｆｕｌｌｙ　Ｉ ｃａｎ　ｆｏｌｌｏｗ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｌａｎ　ａｎｄ　ｈａｖｅ　ａ　ｆｒｕｉｔｆｕｌ　ｙｅａｒ．　Ｈｏｗ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｙｏｕ？　Ｉ　ｃａｎ’ｔ　ｗａｉｔ　ｔｏ　ｋｎｏｗ ｙｏｕｒ　ｎｅｗ　ｙｅａｒ　ｐｌａｎ．　Ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ　ｆｏｒｗａｒｄ　ｔｏ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｒｅｐｌｙ．　

Ｙｏｕｒｓ，　

Ｌｉ　Ｈｕａ

第二节（满分　２５　分）　Ｏｎｅ　ｐｏｓｓｉｂｌｅ　ｖｅｒｓｉｏｎ　

Ｎｏ　ｏｎｅ　ｓｐｏｋｅ　ｏｆ　ｈｅｒ　ｇｏｉｎｇ　ｂａｃｋ，　ａｎｄ　Ｉ　ｗａｓ　ｌｉｋｅ　ａｎ　ａｎｔ　ｏｎ　ａ　ｈｏｔ　ｇｒｉｄｄｌｅ．　Ｂｕｔ　Ｉ　ｗａｓ　ａｎｘｉｏｕｓ　ｔｏ　ｃｏｍｍｅｎｃｅ　ｍｙ　ｌｉｆｅ　ｏｆ　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　ｌｕｘｕｒｙ，　ｓｏ　ｏｎｅ　ｅｖｅｎｉｎｇ　Ｉ　ｗｏｒｋｅｄ　ｕｐ　ｍｙ　

ｃｏｕｒａｇｅ．　“Ｗｈｅｎ　ｙｏｕ　ｇｏ　ｂａｃｋ　ｔｏ　Ｊａｐａｎ，　ｇｒａｎｄｍａ，　ｗｉｌｌ　ｙｏｕ　ｔａｋｅ　ｍｅ？”　Ｉ　ａｓｋｅｄ　ｔｉｍｉｄｌｙ．　Ｔｈｏｕｇｈ　ａ　ｂｉｔ　ｓｕｒｐｒｉｓｅｄ，　ｓｈｅ　ｌｏｏｋｅｄ　ｕｐ　ｆｒｏｍ　ｈｅｒ　ｅｍｂｒｏｉｄｅｒｙ，　ｈｅｒ　ｅｙｅｓ　ｐｅｅｋｉｎｇ　

ｌｏｖｉｎｇｌｙ　ａｔ　ｍｅ．　“Ｎｏ，　Ｉ　ｌｉｖｅ　ｈｅｒｅ　ｎｏｗ．　Ｂｕｔ　ｗｈｙ　ｄｏ　ｙｏｕ　ｗａｎｔ　ｔｏ　ｌｅａｖｅ？”　Ｓｏ　Ｉ　ｔｏｌｄ　

ｈｅｒ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｔｈｏｓｅ　ｓｔｏｒｉｅｓ．　Ｓｈｅ　ｓｍｉｌｅｄ，　ｓｔｒｏｋｉｎｇ　ｍｙ　ｈｅａｄ，　ａｎｄ　ｅｘｐｌａｉｎｅｄ．　Ｈｅｒ　ｇｒｅａｔ　

ｇｒａｎｄｆａｔｈｅｒ　ｄｉｄ　ｈａｖｅ　ｍｕｃｈ　ｗｅａｌｔｈ，　ｂｕｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｗａｒ　ｄｅｓｔｒｏｙｅｄ　ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ．　Ｎｏｗ　ｔｈａｔ　

ｇｒａｎｄｆａｔｈｅｒ　ｈａｄ　ｐａｓｓｅｄ　ａｗａｙ，　ｓｈｅ　ｗｉｓｈｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｒｅｍａｉｎ　ｈｅｒｅ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｆａｍｉｌｙ．　

Ｍｙ　ｄｒｅａｍｓ　ｏｆ　ａ　ｌｕｘｕｒｉｏｕｓ　ｌｉｆｅ　ｈａｄ　ｂｅｅｎ　ｂｒｏｋｅｎ．　Ａｔ　ｆｉｒｓｔ　ｓｏ　ｄｉｓａｐｐｏｉｎｔｅｄ　ｗａｓ　Ｉ　ｔｈａｔ　Ｉ　ｅｖｅｎ　ｌｏｃｋｅｄ　ｍｙｓｅｌｆ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｒｏｏｍ，　ｃｒｙｉｎｇ　ｆｏｒ　ｑｕｉｔｅ　ａ　ｗｈｉｌｅ．　Ｔｈｅｎ　ｓｕｄｄｅｎｌｙ　ｔｈｅ　ｆａｃｔ　ｔｈａｔ　ｇｒａｎｄｍａ　ｗａｓ　ｓｔａｙｉｎｇ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｕｓ　ｓｗｅｐｔ　ｍｙ　ｓａｄｎｅｓｓ　ａｗａｙ．　Ｉ　ｈａｄ　ｔｒｉｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｍａｋｅ　ｈｅｒ　

ｌｏｖｅ　ｍｅ　ｓｏ　ｔｈａｔ　Ｉ　ｃｏｕｌｄ　ｊｏｉｎ　ｈｅｒ　ｉｎ　Ｊａｐａｎ．　Ｉ　ｓｏｏｎ　ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔｏｏｄ　ｔｈａｔ　Ｉ　ｄｉｄｎ＇ｔ　ｎｅｅｄ　ｔｈｅ ｗｅａｌｔｈ　ｏｆ　Ｊａｐａｎ．　Ｍｙ　ｇｒａｎｄｍｏｔｈｅｒ　ｈａｄ　ｇｉｖｅｎ　ｍｅ　ｆａｒ　ｇｒｅａｔｅｒ　ｒｉｃｈｅｓ　ｒｉｇｈｔ　ｈｅｒｅ　ａｔ　ｈｏｍｅ　．