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1、阅读理解Unit1(1)MemoryLaneIsn'tWhatItUsedtoBeAboutthistimeeveryyear,Igetverynostalgic.Walkingthroughmyneighborhoodonafallafternoonremindsmeofatimenottoolongagowhensoundsofchildrenfilledtheair,childrenplayinggamesonahill,andthrowingleavesaroundinthestreetbelow,Iwasoneofthosechildren,carefreea
2、ndhappy.Iliveonastreetthatisonlyoneblocklong.Ihavelivedonthesamestreetforsixteenyears.Ilovemystreet.Onesidehassixhousesonit,andtheotherhasonlytwohouses,withasmallhillinthemiddleandahugecottonwoodtreeononeend.WhenIthinkofhome,Ithinkofmystreet,onlyIseeitasitwasbefore.Unfortunately,thingsch
3、ange.Oneday,notlongago,Ilookedaroundandsawhowdifferenteverythinghasbecome.Lifeonmystreetwillneverbethesamebecauseneighborsarequicklygrowingold,friendsaregrowingupandleaving,andthecityisplanningtodestroymyprecioushillandsellthepropertytocontractors.Itishardformetoacceptthatmanyofmywonderf
4、ulneighborsarcgrowingoldandwon'tbearoundmuchlonger.Ihavefondmemoriesofthecoupleacrossthestreet,whosattogetherontheirporchswingalmosteveryevening,thewidownextdoorwhoyelledatmybrotherandmeforbeingtooloud,andthecrazyoldmaninablacksuitwhodroveanoldcar.Incontrasttothosepeople,thepeopleIseetod
5、ayareveryoldneighborswhohaveseenbetterdays.Themanintheblacksuitsayshewantstodie,andanotherneighborjustsoldhishouseandmovedintoanursinghome.Theladywhousedtoyellatusistootiredtobotheranymore,andthecoupleacrossthestreetrarelygoouttotheirfrontporchthesedays.Itisdifficulttowatchthesepreciousp
6、eopleastheyneartheendoftheirlivesbecauseatonetimeIthoughttheywouldliveforever.The“comingsandgoings”oftheyoungergenerationofmystreetarenowmostly“going”asfriendsandpeersmoveon.Onceuponatime,mylifeandthelivesofmypeersrevolvearoundhome.Theboundaryofourworldwasthegutterattheendofthestreet.Weg
7、otpleasurefromplayingnightgames,orfromabreathtakingrideonabicycle.Thingsaredifferentnow,asmyfriendsbecomeadultsandmoveon.Childrenwhorodetricyclesnowdrivecars.Thekidswhoonceplayedwithmenowhavenewinterestsandvaluesastheygotheirseparateways.Somehavegoneawaytocollege,afewgotm
