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细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一、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."可知他的穿着很整洁，但是眼睛已经看不见了。故A项正确。

2. D推理判断题。根据文章第三段第二句"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."可知他很喜欢养老院给他提供的房间。故D项正确。

3. B词义猜测题。根据文章第四段的"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."可知这里的h就是指前Ifij—句中的my room。他在来之前就做出了决定，要真正喜欢这个房间。故B 项正确。

4. A主旨大意题。根据文章的主题段最后一段"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."可知本文通过介绍琼斯先生对待生活的乐观态度告诉我们每一天都是上帝给我们的礼物，我们要乐观对待。故A项正确。