Question

I may not be the wisest person on this planet. but I will tell you a little secret to happiness: Help other,, and live life. It is that simple. Just help a friend study for a test, or volunteer at a nursing home . I learned this after a long, hard search.

I was feeling really down because my long4ime friend had died. Then I started a six-week volunteering at a nursing home all day every Saturday. My routine was to serve the meal and clean up. After that, I would wait for the head nurse to tell me what to do.

One day I was told to go to Room 117 to make sure the patient was all righL. In the room I found a boy of eight sitting in his bed watching a movie. I was shocked to see a child in this seemingly forgotten nursing home for the old. He was so small and weak that you had to look closely to find him. He motioned for me to sit down. I grabbed his medical chart from which later I found out he had a terminal illness.

We started to talk, and I found out that his family rarely visited, and all he did ever7 day was watch TV. I wanted to cry for him, and for my lost friend. As we talked, he had a smile on his face, and I asked him why.

"The entire two hours I've been here you've never lost that smile. With this horrible disease, how do you still manage to stay happy?"

He thought for a moment, and then said that too many people are dead even before they die.

They walk around feeling that God has cursed (詛咒) them and that they have nothing to live for.

The boy said that he would not be like that. He wakes every morning thankful to see another sunrise. He keeps his window open so that he can smell the flowers and feel the heat of the sun. He also said that he has hope.

"Too many people haven't seen much of that around here," he said," Life is full of hope and we need to live life before it is gone. "

I don’t know what happened to him. I assume he passed away, but his lesson lives on. I now wake up and live each day to the fullest. The key to life is not money or fame, but the lessons we learn from it.

1.The nursing home in the passage is mainly for _

A. the elderly B. the homeless

C. the disabled D. the abandoned

2.The boy stayed happy mainly due to .

A. wonderful TV programs

B. his positive attitude

C. good medical condition

D. others' encouragement

3.The writer participated in the volunteering job in order to .

A. find out the secret

B. search for help

C. enrich experiences

D. get out of sadness

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Lesson in Hope

B. The Life of a Sick Boy

C. A Voluntary Job

D. The Meaning of Life

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇故事類短文，通過(guò)講述作者自己的一段經(jīng)歷來(lái)告訴人們快樂(lè)的秘密就是要去幫助別人，好好生活。作者在朋友去世后，心情悲痛，于是去養(yǎng)老院做義工。在那期間他遇到了一個(gè)身患重病的小男孩，是這個(gè)小男孩的快樂(lè)和感恩讓作者學(xué)會(huì)了如何去對(duì)待生活。

1. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段內(nèi)容I was shocked to see a child in this seemingly forgotten nursing home for the old可知這家療養(yǎng)院是為老人開(kāi)辦的，選A。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段和第三段內(nèi)容可知這個(gè)男孩對(duì)生活充滿了希望，而且充滿了感恩之心，這是他快樂(lè)的根源，由此判斷選B。

3. 推理判斷題。從文章第二段I was feeling really down because my long4ime friend had died. Then I started a six-week volunteering at a nursing home all day every Saturday.可知作者在朋友去世后來(lái)到療養(yǎng)院是為了走出悲痛，選D。

4.主旨大意題。文章首段作者介紹給人們快樂(lè)的秘密就是要幫助別人，好好生活。提到自己學(xué)到這一點(diǎn)是通過(guò)自己的一段經(jīng)歷，而且在下文中介紹了這段經(jīng)歷，由此可知A選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容可以概括中心，選A。

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