Question

  Busy as I am every day,I always open my com?puter and check my email. Most of the time I am sim?ply doing finger exercises,another form of piano prac?tice without beautiful tones. Sometimes,however,I ,receive a gift,reminding me of the gifts in my life. The following passage is one of those gifts.

  Peter Jones is a 92-year-old,short,calm and proud man. Every morning he is fully dressed by eight o'clock,with his hair fashionably combed and face per?fectly shaved even though he is unable to see anything. He would move to a nursing home today. His wife of 70 years old has recently passed away,making the move necessary.

  After hours of waiting patiently in the entrance hall of the nursing home,he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. As he moved his walking stick skilfully to the elevator,the nurse provided a visual de?scription of his tiny room. "I love it," he stated with enthusiasm. "Mr Jones,you haven't been to the room," said the nurse.

  "That doesn't have anything to do with it”， he re?plied. "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 but how I arrange my mind. I have already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice ： I can spend the day in bed complaining of 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 we are alive,we'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories we've stored just as Mr Jones does.

1. What do we know about Mr Jones?

   A. He is blind but very neat.

   B. His wife died many years ago.

   C. He likes playing the piano.

   D. His room in the nursing home is big.

2. How did Mr Jones feel about his room in the nurs?ing home?

   A. Worried.     B. Curious.

   C. Disappointed.  D. Content.

3. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 4 refers to“      ”

   A. the furniture   B. the room

   C. a decision      D. a gift

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

   A. Each day is a gift

   B. Be always grateful

   C. Living in a nursing room

   D. Arrange your mind every day

Answer 1

1. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一、二句"Peler Jones is a 92-year-old,short,calm and proud man. Every morning he is fully dressed by eight o'clock,with his hair fashionably combed and face perfectly shaved even though he is unable to see anything."可知他的穿著很整潔，但是眼睛已經(jīng)看不見了。故A項正確。

2. D推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段第二句"As he moved his walking stick skilfully to the elevator,the nurse pro?vided a visual description of his tiny room. ' I love it,，he stated with enthusiasm."可知他很喜歡養(yǎng)老院給他提供的房間。故D項正確。

3. B詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第四段的"Whether IHke my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is ar?ranged but how I arrange my mind. I have already decided to love it."可知這里的h就是指前Ifij—句中的my room。他在來之前就做出了決定，要真正喜歡這個房間。故B 項正確。

4. A主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章的主題段最后一段"Each day is a gift,and as long as we are alive,we'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories we've stored just as Mr Jones does."可知本文通過介紹瓊斯先生對待生活的樂觀態(tài)度告訴我們每一天都是上帝給我們的禮物，我們要樂觀對待。故A項正確。