2017届高考英语阅读素材：世界地图是怎么拼起来的？

　　世界地图是怎么拼起来的？

　　There was a man who had a little boy that he loved very much. Everyday after work the man would come home and play with the little boy. He would always spend all of his extra time playing with the little boy. One night, while the man was at work, he realized that he had extra work to do for the evening, and that he wouldn't be able to play with his little boy. But, he wanted to be able to give the boy something to keep him busy. So, looking around his office, he saw a magazine with a large map of the world on the cover. He got an idea. He removed the map, and then patiently tore it up into small pieces. Then he put all the pieces in his coat pocket. When he got home, the little boy came running to him and was ready to play. The man explained that he had extra work to do and couldn't play just now, but he led the little boy into the dining room, and taking out all the pieces of the map, he spread them on the table. He explained that it was a map of the world, and that by the time he could put it back together, his extra work would be finished, and they could both play. Surely this would keep the child busy for hours, he thought. About half an hour later the boy came to the man and said, "Okay, it's finished. Can we play now?" The man was surprised, saying, "That's impossible. Let's go see." And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every piece in its place. The man said, "That's amazing! How did you do that?" The boy said, "It was simple. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together the whole world fell into place." 这是一对父子，父亲对儿子疼爱有佳，每天下班之后父子俩都一起玩耍。父亲把所有的业余时间都花在了儿子身上，和他一起玩。 一天傍晚，在下班前父亲发现他晚上必须得加班，那样他就没有时间跟孩子玩了。于是，他想办法要使孩子有事可做。环顾办公室，他发现了一本杂志，封面上是一个大大的世界地图。他灵机一动，把地图撕下来，耐心地撕成小块。然后装进大衣口袋里。 回到家，小男孩飞奔向父亲，准备开始玩耍。父亲解释道他得加班，现在不能陪他玩。他把儿子带到餐厅，拿出口袋里的碎片，摊在桌子上。他解释说这是一幅世界地图，当小男孩把它拼在一起时，他就能加完班，和儿子一起玩了。他确信这能让他的儿子忙活上几个小时。 大概一个半小时以后，儿子来到父亲面前，说：“好了，拼完了，我们现在能玩了吗？” 父亲很惊讶，说道："不可能。让我去看看"。千真万确，那幅世界地图已经拼在了一起，每一块都各就其位。 父亲说：“了不起！你怎么做到的？”儿子说道：“很简单，地图的背面是一幅人像，当我把那个人的图像拼在一起时，世界就拼完了。”

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