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I was sitting at a station when I overheard(无意中听到) a woman seated behind me say,
“What’s the best present you ever got?”
“Well,” the young man said, “maybe the gold coin I got for graduation(毕业).”
“What?” I thought about the question. For me it is a high school graduation present.
“Congratulations,” my grandfather said.
“Wow,” I said, “a spade(铁锹)?”
“Yes, it’s a spade,” he said, gently but surely. “Stay close to the land. Don’t be afraid to dig(挖) in and get a little dirt(灰尘) on you.”
“Oh, I won’t,” I said. I laughed at how it sounded. He didn’t.
That autumn, I went off to college, and that bright new spade stayed untouched on the wall in my parents' home. A few years later, I got an office job and had a family. And that graduation spade made its way from my parents' house into my own. I dug gardens and planted trees and bushes. The spade was nothing but a tool(工具). I was just glad to have it. Glad I didn’t have to buy one.
Now, 40 years after I got the present, I still dig hard into the earth, more often than ever. It’s more than a present. It’s a reminder of my family. If I got a gold coin that day, I would spend it. But a useful tool with a message about staying close to the earth? Priceless.
A few months from now my daughter will finish school. I have something to give her before she moves away. And of course, when she opens it, she will say, “Wow, ?”
()23. What does the underlined word “reminder” mean in Chinese?
A. 提醒 B. 照片 C. 礼物 D. 建议
()24. 新考法 事件排序 In which order do the following things happen to the writer?
a. He heard a gold coin story. b. He got a spade as a graduation present.
c. He used the spade to dig the garden. d. He went to study at a college.
A. a-b-c-d B. a-b-d-c C. b-c-d-a D. b-d-c-a
()25. 新考法 补全文章 Which of the following is best for “” in the last paragraph?
A. a key B. a spade C. a coin D. a book
()26. 语言能力 推断能力 What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
A. The spade is more than a tool to the writer.
B. The spade costs Grandfather a lot of money.
C. The writer's daughter will throw away the spade soon.
D. The writer's daughter will give her children a spade too.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者在高中毕业时得到了一份珍贵的礼物——来自祖父的一把铁锹。
23. A 词义猜测题。根据第六段“Stay close to the land.”和倒数第二段“I still dig hard into the earth”可知，作者的祖父送铁锹给作者是为了让他亲近大地，而作者现在仍然在用这把铁锹挖地，在作者眼里，祖父送的铁锹不仅仅是一个礼物，它还提醒自己想着家人，由此猜测，reminder 意为“提醒”。故选 A。
24. D 事件排序题。根据第二段“‘Well,’ the young man said, ‘maybe the gold coin I got for graduation.’”，第四段“‘Congratulations,’ my grandfather said.”，第五段“‘Wow,’ I said, ‘a spade?’”和第八段“That autumn, I went off to college ... And that graduation spade made its way from my parents' house into my own. I dug gardens and planted trees and bushes.”可知，正确的顺序是：作者收到祖父送的毕业礼物——作者去上大学——作者大学毕业后成家立业，用铁锹来打理花园——作者听到金币的故事，由此勾起回忆。故选 D。
25. B 补全文章题。根据第三段“For me it is a high school graduation present.”，第四段“‘Congratulations,’ my grandfather said.”以及第五段“‘Wow,’ I said, ‘a spade?’”可知，作者认为祖父送的铁锹是最好的礼物；结合最后一段“Wow ...?”可推知，作者也打算送给女儿一把铁锹作为毕业礼物，而他的女儿收到礼物的反应应该和他当年一样。因此，空处应填 a spade。故选 B。
26. A 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“It's more than a present. It's a reminder of my family.”可推知，这把铁锹对于作者来说不仅仅是一个工具。故选 A。