2024届高考英语一轮总复习仿真高考检测二

仿真高考检测(二)

(时间100分钟，满分120分)

第一部分：阅读(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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

The Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concerts

It's long been a tradition for the Vienna Philharmonic to send people all over the world a New Year's greeting through music in the spirit of hope，friendship and peace. Tickets to the three traditional concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic — the Preview Performance (December 30), the New Year's Eve Concert (December 31), and the New Year's Concert (January 1) — are in extremely high demand every year.

Applications

Tickets to the three concerts are drawn lots (抽签) on the Vienna Philharmonic website. In this way, music lovers from all over the world have an equal chance to purchase these highly desired tickets. Between February 1st and 28th, applications will be accepted to take part in the drawing. Requests submitted through the postal system, by e­mail or by any other means will not be considered.

Register a user account, log in (登录) and then in the “My Account” section enter the desired tickets under the “New Year's Concerts Ticket Drawing”. In March, all participants will be informed of the results of the drawing in the “My Account” area by e­mail.

Tickets

The ticket prices range between 35 and 1,200 for the New Year's Concert, 25 and 860 for the New Year's Eve Concert, and 20 and 495 for the Preview Performance. You can make one application for each of the three concerts. For the New Year's Concert you can apply for up to two tickets. For the New Year's Eve Concert and the Preview Performance each you can apply for up to four tickets.

Notices

•The conductor and the program are the same for all the three concerts.

An application made on February 1st has the same chance as an application made on February 28th.

•Should you have further questions, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions about New Year's Concerts.

1．What might a fan of the Vienna Philharmonic do on the last day of the year?

A．Pay for the concert tickets.

B．Enjoy the New Year's Eve Concert.

C．Apply for a ticket on the website.

D．Appreciate the New Year's Concert.

解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第一段尾句中的“the New Year's Eve Concert (December 31)”可知，在一年的最后一天，维也纳爱乐乐团的粉丝们可以欣赏新年前夜音乐会。

2．How can you get tickets for the concerts?

A．By drawing lots online.

B．By placing an order.

C．By visiting the Help Center.

D．By applying on the spot.

解析：选A　细节理解题。根据Applications部分中的“Tickets to the three concerts are drown lots on the Vienna Philharmonic website.”可知，这三场音乐会的门票是在维也纳爱乐乐团的网站上抽签获得的。

3．How many tickets can you apply for once at most?

A．Four.　 B．Six.　　C．Eight.　　D．Ten.

解析：选D　细节理解题。根据Tickets部分中的“For the New Year's Concert ... four tickets.”可知，新年音乐会最多可以申请两张票；新年前夜音乐会及预演每人每场最多可申请四张门票。由此可知，三场音乐会最多可以申请十张票。

B

Eliana Yi dreamed of pursuing piano performance in college, never minding that her fingers could barely reach the length of an octave (八度音阶). Unable to fully play many works by Romantic­era composers including Beethoven and Brahms, she tried anyway — and in her determination to spend hours practicing a Chopin concerto, wound up injuring herself.

The efforts of Professor Carol Leone from the Southern Methodist University (SMU) have changed all that: Twenty years ago, the school became the first major university in the US to introduce smaller keyboards into its music program, leveling the playing field for Yi and other piano majors.

Yi, 21 years old, tried one of the smaller Keyboards, “I remember being really excited, because my hands could actually reach and play all the right notes，” she said.

For decades, few questioned the size of the traditional piano. For those with small hand spans (掌距), it's difficult to properly play many works of Beethoven and Brahms. Those who attempt to play them either get used to skipping notes or risk injury with repeated play. Leone is familiar with such challenges. Born into a family of musicians, she favored classical music and pursued piano despite her small hand spans and earned a doctor in musical arts.

The idea of smaller keyboards first met resistance from some traditionalists. Leone also said that when she raised the issue with one Viennese professor, he told her there were already too many pianists anyway.

Though such resistance is fading, there are some very traditional people who think of piano as a competitive thing. Leone said, “This is art. It's not sport. It's about making as much beautiful art as possible, and we should give everybody the opportunity to do that.”

语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。为了给钢琴专业的学生提供公平的竞争环境，SMU大学的Carol Leone教授引进了小琴键钢琴，帮助Eliana Yi实现了弹奏钢琴的梦想。

4．Why did Eliana Yi find it hard to play a Chopin concerto well?

A．Her fingers got injured.

B．It was time­consuming.

C．Her hand spans were small.

D．The traditional piano was out of tune.

解析：选C　推理判断题。根据第一段中的“她的手指几乎不能达到八度音阶的长度”以及第四段中的“小掌距很难弹奏贝多芬和勃拉姆斯的很多作品”可推知，Eliana Yi因她的掌距小而无法很好地弹奏肖邦协奏曲。

5．What is Paragraph 4 intended to do?

A．Summarize the previous paragraphs.

B．Provide some advice for pianists.

C．Introduce a new topic for discussion.

D．Add some background information.

解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知，第四段的目的是介绍Leone引进小琴键钢琴的背景信息。

6．What is the Viennese professor's attitude towards smaller keyboards?

A．Unclear.　　　　　　　 B．Objective.

C．Disapproving.  D．Positive.

解析：选C　观点态度题。根据第五段第二句可知，当Leone 提出小琴键钢琴的问题时，Viennese教授说：“无论如何都已经培养出了太多的钢琴家了。”由此可知，他不赞成引进小琴键钢琴。

7．Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A．A Hard­working SMU Professor

B．The Story Behind Smaller Keyboard Pianos

C．Traditional Piano: a Competitive Thing

D．Yi's Road to a Brilliant Artist

解析：选B　标题归纳题。本文主要讲述了Eliana Yi使用了被引进的小琴键钢琴后，实现了弹奏钢琴的梦想的故事。故B项最适合作文章标题。

C

If you were to throw, say, a banana peel out of your car while driving along the motorway, that would be a completely harmless action, due to the fact that it's part of a fruit — right? Actually, no. A banana peel can take up to two years to be naturally processed, and with a third of motorists admitting to littering while driving, that's a whole lot of discarded banana peels. An orange peel and a cigarette butt have a similar biodegrading (生物降解) term to that of a banana peel, but tin cans last up to 100 years; and plastic bottles last forever, so do glass bottles.

Despite the fact that longer­lasting materials will serve to damage the environment and its animals for longer, we can't merely measure the severity of a certain type of rubbish by its lifetime. For example, despite having a fairly short length of biodegrading time, more than 120 tons of cigarette­related litter is discarded in the UK every day.

It's not a cheap habit either: to keep our streets clean annually costs UK taxpayers ￡500 million, and when you include our green spaces, that goes up to ￡1 billion. So, it's not surprising that if caught fly­tipping you could face a ￡20,000 fine or even jail time and, if you dispose of something dangerous, the court could give you five years to serve. Regardless of how severe these punishments might seem, however, among the reported cases only 2,000 were found guilty out of 825,000, so we still have some way to go in making sure people obey the rules.

语篇解读：本篇文章说明在我们所扔的垃圾中，不同的垃圾被分解所需的时间不同，我们不能仅凭垃圾被分解所需的时间判断其严重性，我们要爱护环境，合法扔垃圾。

8．What does the underlined word“discarded”in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．Harmless.　　　　　 B．Processed.

C．Thrown.  D．Long­lasting.

解析：选C　词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“admitting to littering”可知，此处表示被丢弃的香蕉皮。

9．Which of the following has the longest biodegrading term?

A．Glass bottles.  B．Tin cans.

C．Cigarette butts.  D．Banana peels.

解析：选A　推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句可知，塑料瓶和玻璃瓶的生物降解时间最长。

10．What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The severity of rubbish can be measured only by its lifetime.

B．Quite a few people were found guilty of illegally littering.

C．Every year UK taxpayers spend ￡500 million keeping streets free of dirt.

D．Cigarette­related litter and peels can be ignored for their fairly short lifetime.

解析：选C　细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“to keep our streets clean annually costs UK taxpayers ￡500 million”可知，每年英国纳税人需花费5亿英镑来保持街道干净。

11．What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To inform readers of different biodegrading terms.

B．To call for people not to litter illegally.

C．To encourage people to use fewer plastic bags.

D．To stress the importance of good behavior.

解析：选B　目的意图题。根据全文所述可知，在我们所扔的垃圾中，不同的垃圾被分解时需要的时间不同，我们不能仅凭垃圾被分解时需要的时间判断其严重性。故该篇文章旨在号召大家合法扔垃圾。

D

In the struggle to survive the ever hotter deserts of California, there are winners and losers. Among the losers are desert birds, whose populations have fallen among the heat stress of climate change. The winners, it turns out, are small burrowing mammals (穴居哺乳动物), which take refuge from the sun underground. Researchers noted that the stable mammals populations formed a striking contrast to the extremely bad condition of birds.

But why? Birds had a higher evaporative (蒸发) heat loss. Birds were more exposed to the effects of warming, so they had higher energy costs to maintain their body temperature. However, mammals were able to reduce their body temperature by using burrows during the day.

Temperatures have risen about 4 degrees Fahrenheit on average across the area studied, but the heat affects birds and small mammals differently. As part of the study, scientists modeled each species' body temperature and cooling needs under different desert conditions. To calculate that, they measured the conductivity (传导率) of the animals' fur or feathers, and used information on their heat reducing behaviors.

The models showed that in the fight against climate change, there was not a level playing field for furred and feathered desert animals. Cooling costs — or the resources needed to maintain stable body temperature — were about 3.3 times higher for birds than they were for small mammals, the study reported.

Small mammals have shown this remarkable stability. It's really quite interesting that, in the same region, with the same level of climate change, these two species have responded very differently to the changes taking place. Insights into the status of different species can help scientists take steps to protect them, such as increasing fire prevention in high desert areas, and enhancing water sources in those areas. The study also demonstrates that climate change is already reshaping the California desert.

语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。随着全球变暖，沙漠的温度也随之上升。研究发现，在同样温度下，沙漠地带的穴居动物和鸟类面临的危机差别很大，前者占有一定的生存优势。

12．Why can desert burrowing mammals survive better than desert birds?

A．Burrowing mammals prefer to live in deserts.

B．Burrowing mammals eat less during the day.

C．Burrowing mammals' caves are natural shelters.

D．Burrowing mammals live in the same community.

解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第一段第三句可知，穴居动物有其洞穴做遮蔽物，相当于拥有属于自己的天然屏障。

13．What can we learn from the third paragraph?

A．Birds and small mammals respond differently to climate changes.

B．Birds in the desert were defeated by climate changes.

C．Animals living underground have higher cooling costs.

D．Temperature rise affects the burrowing mammals little.

解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第三段第一句中的“but the heat affects birds and small mammals differently”可知，鸟类和小型穴居动物对气温上升的反应不同。

14．What is the possible meaning of the new finding?

A．Burrowing mammals may help birds during the day.

B．Governments will improve water quality.

C．Man will reshape the deserts to save themselves.

D．Scientists can save species with scientific means.

解析：选D　细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Insights into the status ... protect them”可知，研究人员在发现了不同生物对气温变化的反应不同之后，可以采取相应的措施保护更多的动物。

15．What do we know from the text?

A．It's time to change the deserts into green fields.

B．Desert birds are more likely to survive in deserts.

C．Burrowing mammals' habitat needs improving greatly.

D．Burrowing mammals survive climate change underground.

解析：选D　推理判断题。文章介绍了一项研究，发现虽然气温变化对沙漠地带的穴居动物和鸟类有不同的影响，但是穴居动物在地下求得了生存。

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可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to Break Bad Habits

Habits are ways of dealing with issues in your environment. You often do not think about them. James Clear, in his book AtomicHabits, describes a four­step process by which habits are made. These steps are cue (提示), craving (渴望), response, and reward.

A cue is a signal. __16__. A craving is a desire for something. The response, or reaction, is the habit that you perform. The response gives you a reward.

__17__. Perhaps you are learning new words or expressions. But then you feel the need to check your phone. You return to your studies, only to look again at your phone a short time later. This process, when repeated many times, could reduce your ability to learn new material. __18__ — a custom or repeated action that has a negative effect on you or your goals.

James Clear notes that to break bad habits, you need to think about each step in the habit­making process. In the cell phone example, the cue is seeing the cell phone. The craving is the desire or urge to check your phone. __19__. The reward might be seeing something interesting on social media. To break a habit, he writes, you should think about making the bad habit invisible, unattractive, difficult and unsatisfying by hiding it away, stopping checking, increasing the space between you and your phone, making a habit contract (合同) and so on.

The important thing to remember is that people can change their habits. Habit changes take time. __20__.

A．Imagine you are studying English

B．It is what you might call a bad habit

C．The response is checking your phone

D．You may realize that this is a mistake

E．Let's say you're always looking up words on your phone

F．But with patience, planning, and repetition, you can do it

G．It tells your brain to do something to begin a behavior

16．解析：选G　根据上一句可知，提示是一个信号，故G项“它告诉你的大脑去做某件事以开始一种行为”承上启下，符合语境。

17．解析：选A　根据下一句“也许你正在学习新的单词或表达方式”可知，此处表达的是，想象一下，你们正在学习英语。故A项符合语境。

18．解析：选B　根据下一句“一种对你或你的目标有负面影响的习惯或重复的行为”可知，此处说的是：这就是你所说的坏习惯。故B项符合语境。

19．解析：选C　根据空处上下文可知，渴望是查看手机的欲望或冲动，奖励可能是在社交媒体上看到一些有趣的东西，故C项“反应是查看手机”承上启下，符合语境。

20．解析：选F　根据上一句可知，习惯的改变需要时间。故此处表达的是，但只要有耐心，有计划，有重复，你就能做到。故F项承接上文，符合语境。

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。

Have you ever lost something precious and thought you'd never get it back? A woman named Thomas from Oregon found a bag from a bargain shop. However, little did she know that bag would change someone's life for the __21__.

It looked brand­new so she bought it without __22__. After taking it home, she noticed something interesting and turned the bag over to __23__ it, and something heavy moved. She started to think negative thoughts in fear of what was left there. Thomas also __24__ why the last owner would throw away such a valuable item. Curiously, she __25__ further down through a hole in the lining (内衬). Slowly she pulled a brand­new __26__ out with astonishment! That __27__ her with more questions. For example, who did it on earth __28__？ On seeing picture after picture, she assumed it was a mother and her child, __29__ that such a loss must have got a mother upset all her life. Therefore, she shared the photos online, hoping someone would __30__ them! Meanwhile, she doubted whether they remained here.

__31__， the owner Conner was nearby. Thomas __32__ her that she had her camera with timeless photos. She nearly burst into tears the moment she saw the photos Thomas sent her. Thomas arranged a(n) __33__ with Conner. “Thank you! It never occur to me that my camera should return to my __34__；after all, seven years.” Conner blurted (脱口说出) as she walked up to Thomas with __35__.Thanks to Thomas, all her past memories were back in her hands and heart.

语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Thomas在购买的包里发现了一台相机，里面有一名母亲和她孩子的许多照片。她在网上分享了这些照片，并最终找到了相机的主人。相机归还后，相机的主人Conner十分感动，因为这台相机让Conner找到了往事的记忆。

21．A.richer　　　　　 B．better

C．easier  D．harder

解析：选B　根据该句中的“change someone's life”并结合下文讲述的Thomas将相机归还给失主后失主找到了往事的记忆可知，这个包让某人的生活更美好。

22．A.doubt  B．mercy

C．hesitation  D．regret

解析：选C　根据该句中的“It looked brand­new”可知，包看起来是全新的；结合常识可以判断，她毫不犹豫地买下了包。without hesitation为固定搭配，意为“毫不犹豫地”。

23．A.examine   B．open

C．match   D．sew

解析：选A　根据该句中的“she noticed something interesting”可知，她注意到包里有有趣的东西，所以把包翻过来检查(examine)。

24．A.understood   B．reflected

C．recalled   D．wondered

解析：选D　根据该句中的“why the last owner ... a valuable item”可知，她想知道(wonder)为什么包的主人会在包里遗留下这么贵重的物品。

25．A.looked   B．reached

C．bent   D．stretched

解析：选B　根据该句中的“further down through a hole”可推知，出于好奇，她通过内衬里的一个洞往下摸。reach意为“伸手”。

26．A.camera   B．photo

C．record   D．phone

解析：选A　根据下文中的“camera”可知，她惊讶地从包里掏出了一台崭新的相机。

27．A.left   B．changed

C．amused   D．disappointed

解析：选A　根据该句中的“with more questions”并结合下文内容可知，这台相机留给她更多疑问。

28．A.take to   B．stick to

C．belong to  D．respond to

解析：选C　根据该句中的“who did it on earth”可知，她好奇这台相机究竟属于(belong to)谁。

29．A.anxious   B．aware

C．curious   D．sensitive

解析：选B　根据该句中的“that such a loss must have got a mother upset all her life”可知，看到相机里的照片，她意识到，这台相机的丢失一定让这位母亲遗憾终身。

30．A.recognize   B．confirm

C．contact   D．observe

解析：选A　根据该句中的“she shared the photos online ... them”可知，她在网上分享了这些照片，希望有人能认出照片上的人。

31．A.Unfortunately   B．Eventually

C．Hopefully  D．Thankfully

解析：选D　根据该句中的“the owner Conner was nearby”可知，相机主人Conner就在附近。thankfully意为“幸亏”。

32．A.begged   B．reminded

C．informed   D．convinced

解析：选C　根据该句中的“her that she had her camera ...”可知，Thomas告诉主人说那台相机在她这里。inform sb. that ... 为固定搭配，意为“告知某人……”。

33．A.meeting   B．interview

C．celebration   D．conference

解析：选A　根据该句中的“with Conner”并结合常识可知，在联系上了相机的主人后，Thomas安排了和Conner见面(以归还相机)。

34．A.charge   B．possession

C．name   D．collection

解析：选B　根据该句中的“return to”可知，她从来没想到这台丢失的相机会重归她所有(possession)。

35．A.dignity   B．surprise

C．relief   D．excitement

解析：选D　根据下句中的“all her past memories were back”并结合常识可知，重新得到相机后Conner应是激动地走向Thomas。

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。

A group of wild Asian elephants have wandered more than 500 km across China over the last 15 months. Already famous at home, they have received a lot of __36__ (globe) attention as well.

Some famous foreign social networking sites are full of clips (片段) of the elephants. Clips that show them __37__ (lean) close together, as well as one clip of older elephants helping two little elephants that fell into a ditch (沟), __38___(be) particularly popular. “We should be more like the elephant, take family vacations and care for __39__ other，” reads one comment on a social networking site.

The world has seen China's efforts to protect the wild elephants. For over a month, authorities have sent police __40__(protect) the elephants, cleared roads to help them pass, and used food to lead them to safe __41__ (place)．They also use drones (无人机) to watch them __42__ (close)．

“The attitude of Chinese people toward the elephants is not only fascinating, __43__ also offers key lessons for Africa，” founder of Save the Elephants said. “They treat the wild animals with respect.”

An assistant professor at The City University of New York says the event has had __44__ positive effect. He hopes that it will draw __45__ (much) attention to the greater coexistence of humans and animals.

语篇解读：本文报道了亚洲象群北迁的相关情况。中国政府在保护大象方面所做的努力吸引了全世界的目光，产生了积极的影响。

36．global　考查形容词。根据语境可知，这些大象受到了全世界的关注。attention是名词，故其前应用形容词修饰。

37．leaning　考查非谓语动词。根据语境可知，视频短片显示这些大象互相依偎在一起。that引导的定语从句中已有谓语动词show, them与lean在逻辑上是主动关系，故用现在分词形式。

38．are　考查时态和主谓一致。as well as连接两个主语时谓语动词遵循“就远原则”。根据“Clips”可知，谓语动词应用复数；再根据全文使用了一般现在时可知，空处应填are。

39．each　考查固定短语。each other是固定短语，意为“互相”。此处表示我们应该像大象一样互相照顾。

40．to protect　考查非谓语动词。send sb.to do sth.是固定搭配，意为“派遣某人去做某事”。

41．places　考查名词复数。place作“位置，地点，地方”讲时为可数名词，此处表示不止一个地方，故用复数。

42．closely　考查副词。此处修饰动词watch，应用副词。

43．but　考查固定句型。not only ... but also ...是固定句型，意为“不仅……而且……”。此处表示中国人对待大象的态度不仅吸引人，而且还为非洲上了关键性的一课。

44．a　考查冠词。have a(n) ... effect“有……影响”，为常用搭配，此处表示该事件已经产生了积极影响。

45．more　考查形容词的比较级。此处表示他希望这次事件会吸引人们更多关注到人和动物共存的问题上。

第三部分：写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(满分15分)

上周六你校英语俱乐部组织成员去市博物馆观看了中国绘画艺术展。请你用英语写一篇新闻报道，内容包括：

1．活动的时间和地点；

2．展览的内容；

3．你的感受。

注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考范文：

A visit to City Museum

Last Saturday, the members of our school's English Club went to the City Museum to appreciate a large Chinese painting exhibition.

A large number of Chinese paintings are on show, all of which are the works of famous Chinese painters. Besides, we watched a video about the achievements in painting of the last few centuries. All of us were amazed at our colorful culture, saying that this visit was really a cultural feast.

In my view, the visit not only enriched our life, but also helped us learn more about Chinese painting culture.

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。

Two things changed my life: my mother and a bike basket. It's true. I would be a different person if my mom hadn't turned a bike basket into a life lesson I carry with me today — a lesson about the value of efforts.

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 don't know how she did it. Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task, but she made it look effortless. If we complained about not having what other kids owned, we'd hear something like, “I don't care what so­and­so got for his birthday. You are not getting a TV in your room or a big party.” We had to earn our allowance (零用钱) by doing chores (家庭杂务) around the house. I can still remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table. My brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house. We had to keep track of our belongings, and if something was lost, it was not replaced.

It was one summer 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 had to have it. “It's beautiful，” my mother said when I pointed it out to her. “What a neat basket.”

I tried to hold off at first，but then I couldn't stand it any longer. “Mom, please can I get it? I'll do anything, please, Mom, please？” I was desperate.

“You know，” she said, gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I believed was the coolest thing ever, “if you save up, you could buy this yourself.”

“By the time I have earned enough, it'll have gone! Someone else will buy it. Please, Mom, please？”

“There might be another way，” she said.

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；

2．请按如下格式作答。

Paragraph 1：

“I'llbuyitnowbutyouonlygetitafter 3 weeksofdoublechores，”Momexplained.　

Paragraph 2：

Finally, Igotmydreambasket, butsoonIsadlyfoundthesamebasketonothers' bikes! 　

参考范文：

Paragraph 1：

“I'llbuyitnowbutyouonlygetitafter 3 weeksofdoublechores，”Momexplained. I agreed immediately and Mom bought the flowery basket and kept it somewhere I couldn't find. Each day, I finished my new routine of double household chores with passion and enthusiasm. Each night, I crossed off another day on the calendar as I counted down to the day.As the days passed, the basket seemed to become even more beautiful in my imagination. The extra chores didn't bother me. The basket was worth it. The anticipation grew stronger as the days ticked away.

Paragraph 2：

Finally, Igotmydreambasket, butsoonIsadlyfoundthesamebasketonothers' bikes! So shocked and upset was I that I immediately went home to report this disaster to my mom. Seeing my sulky face，she gently wiped away my tears. Holding my little face in her warm hands, she spoke out what has become the lesson I still carry with me today. “Your basket is not the same basket. It's unique because it was not obtained by mere money but by your worthwhile effort and waiting.”