This story is about a 92-year-old, short, well-behaved and proud lady. She is fully dressed each morning by eight, with her hair fashionably done and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is totally blind. She is moving to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she moved to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet(观察孔) sheets that had been hung on her window.“I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old girl having just been presented with a new puppy.
“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet. Just wait.” “That doesn’t have anything to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged, it’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up.”
“I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting(叙述) the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away, just for this time in my life. Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw(收回) from what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit(储蓄) a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank. I am still depositing.”
1.Which is the direct reason for the lady’s move to a nursing home?
A. She is totally blind. B. She can not dress herself any more.
C. She is 92 years old. D. Her husband has passed away.
2.When I described the room in which the lady would live, she was .
A. disappointed B. angry C. happy D. sad
3.From the third paragraph we can infer that .
A. the lady’s attitude towards life was positive
B. the lady wanted the furniture well arranged
C. the lady disliked the writer’s description
D. the lady decided to get up early every day
4.The best title of the passage would be “ ”.
A. Life Is like a Bank Account B. Saving More Money for Your Life
C. Life Is Full of Sorrow and Happiness D. Coming Out from the Shadow of Life
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
During my second year of college I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter’s room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.
To be 21 , I really didn’t want to stay with “the pastor’s family”. He told me how much the 22 would be — a very low figure that 23 one home-cooked meal a day. I thought about the 24 and decided to move in.
At the end of the term I had planned to find 25 living place, since the daughter was to 26 home. To my delight, they 27 that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their 28 —her people. I 29 accepted the offer.
As I emptied the daughter’s bedroom, I thought it might be 30 to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I 31 that she was more independent than I first 32 .
We finally feel in love, 33 , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more 34 than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go 35 largely because we knew that we are deeply 36 .
It isn’t about marriage …it’s about 37 . It’s about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as 38 as family. It’s about anybody who can say, “I’ll be 39 —you can count on me. I’ll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.”
Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is 40 to look after, and when someone is looking after us.
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21. |
A. honest |
B. surprised |
C. friendly |
D. please |
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22. |
A. price |
B. rent |
C. money |
D. pay |
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23. |
A. had |
B. included |
C. made |
D. contained |
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24. |
A. idea |
B. plan |
C. service |
D. offer |
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25. |
A. same |
B. different |
C. another |
D. extra |
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26. |
A. return |
B. go |
C. get |
D. leave |
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27. |
A. ordered |
B. agreed |
C. arranged |
D. suggested |
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28. |
A. house |
B. family |
C. group |
D. friends |
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29. |
A. happily |
B. sorrowfully |
C. evidently |
D. efficiently |
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30. |
A. bad |
B. exciting |
C. nice |
D. strange |
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31. |
A. realised |
B. thought |
C. knew |
D. doubted |
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32. |
A. saw |
B. told |
C. imagined |
D. believed |
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33. |
A. separated |
B. parted |
C. left |
D. married |
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34. |
A. smooth |
B. challenging |
C. hard |
D. different |
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35. |
A. backward |
B. eastward |
C. forward |
D. westward |
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36. |
A. hated |
B. cared |
C. felt |
D. liked |
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37. |
A. friendship |
B. relation |
C. love |
D. family |
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38. |
A. close |
B. good |
C. far |
D. long |
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39. |
A. away |
B. out |
C. in |
D. around |
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40. |
A. nobody |
B. somebody |
C. anybody |
D. everybody |
— The education system rather than the teachers to answer for the heavy burden on the students.
— I agree. I hope the reform being carried out in our country at present will bring about the
results.
A. are; desired B. is; desired
C. are; desiring D. is; desiring
Being disabled is not terrible, because we can still lead wonderful lives we don’t give up ourselves.
A. even if B. as long as C. so that D. now that
Students in this school don’t have classes on Wednesday afternoon, which is , for teachers have a meeting.
A. practice B. action C. experience D. sense
It is required that the students mobile phones in their school, so seldom them using one.
A. should not use; you will see B. don’t use; will you see
C. not use; will you see D．not use; you will see
