The 92-year-old, thin, calm and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, even though she is nearly blind, moved 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 smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.

As she walked slowly to the elevator, I provided a true description of her tiny room, including the old sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she said with the happiness of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room…just wait.”

“That doesn’t matter.” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged. It’s how I arranged my mind. I have already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. 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.” She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account. You take what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to put in a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank.” And with a smile, she said, “All my memories are happy ones.”

Mrs. Jones was always happy in the nursing home and she died at the age of 108.

1.We can infer from the passage that the author________.

A. is one of Mrs. Jones’ children

B. is a relative of Mrs. Jones

C. works in the nursing home

D. is the owner of the nursing home

2.Mrs. Jones was very happy when told about her room because she________.

A. couldn’t see what her room was like

B. thought the nursing home was her home

C. had already made up her mind to be happy

D. would have to live in the nursing home

3.Which of the following words can best describe Mrs. Jones?

A. Proud.

B. Determined

C. Pleasant.

D. Honest

When Jeanne Calment entered the world in 1875, telephones and automobiles still lay in the future. Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso were not yet born. The Eiffel Tower was 14 years from being built. As a teenager, she met Vincent Van Gogh, near her home in Arles, in the south of France. He was “very ugly, ungracious, impolite, sick—I forgive him, they called him loco (精神失常的)”, she recalled. When she died last week at age 122, she was the world’s eldest person. (There are others who claimed to the title, but only Calment had the official documents to prove her age.)

Each February 21, her birthday, she would share the secrets of long life. Some years it was “a sense of humour”, others it was “keeping busy”. “God must have forgotten me,” she once explained. The truth probably was that her mother reportedly lived to be 86 and her father 94.

Her life had its sadness: she outlived her husband, her only daughter and her grandson. According to a friend, she was imperturbable. “If you can’t do anything about it,” she reportedly said, “don’t worry about it.”

In her last years she was nearly blind and deaf, but her health remained good. She ate a few bars of chocolate each week and continued smoking until a few years ago, when she could no longer light her own cigarettes. She never lost her sense of humour. On her 110th birthday, she commented, “I’ve only ever had one wrinkle, and I’m sitting on it. “Her longevity made her famous; her spirit made her eternal (永恒的).

1.Why does the author mention Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and the Eiffel Tower?

A. To show that Calment had seen famous people and things.

B. To emphasize that Calment was born a long time ago.

C. To indicate that Calment is just as famous.

D. To admire the knowledge that Calment had.

2.The author believed that Calment’s longevity is mainly due to ______.

A. a sense of humor B. being kept busy

C. belief in God D. good genes

3.What is the meaning of the underlined sentences?

A. She paid much attention to the wrinkle.

B. She felt sad for the wrinkle.

C. She just put the wrinkle aside.

D. She sat down and some one helped her deal with the wrinkle.

1.Brother James Kimpton,an Englishman,has been planting trees for a lifetime and doesn't plan on stopping now.The founder of Reaching the Unreached (RTU) has been serving among the poorest and most disadvantaged communities of India for the last 50years.
It's difficult to describe Brother Kimpton's work.He digs wells,builds homes,run schools,dresses wounds,helps the disabled,feeds the hungry,trains the unskilled,and shelters the abandoned.At 27,he was sent on foreign duty to Sri Lanka.For 12year,he taught in the slums(贫民窟).In 1964when the government ordered all foreigners to leave the country,he caught a ship to India and travelled to the city of Madurai."The minute I got there I knew I'd come home."
Brother Kimpton founded an orphanage(孤儿院)in Madurai,a huge organization modeled after Nebraska's Boys Town.But this was only a beginning.The suffering and helplessness he saw in India led him to start RTU.What began as a single,modest medical clinic has today developed into a diverse network of highly efficient programs aimed at comprehensive and sustainable (可持续的)rural development.
There're many wonders at RTU.As an architect,artist,educator,economist,medical worker,James did a lot:over 2000wells have been dug in this area bringing clean,safe water to the villages; over 6000homes have been built and given away to the very poor; daycare centers have been set up that now feed and treat close to 2000poor children every day; over 2000receive free education in the schools he built and runs…
In his last will,Brother Kimpton has requested to be buried at Anbu Illam.Speaking to the audience gathered to celebrate his 50th year of service in Asia,he said,"I'm an Indian by choice."
He's smiling,but there's something touching in his words.
51.Which of the following is TRUE about James Kimpton?D
A.He went to Madurai on a business trip.
B.He founded an orphanage in Sri Lanka.
C.He does many kinds of jobs to make a living.
D.He has devoted most of his life to helping others.
52.What did James Kimpton mean by saying"I knew I'd come home.B"?
A.He was warmly welcomed there
B.He fell in love with it
C.He was familiar with it
D.He was born there.
53.From the text,we can learn that RTUC.
A.began as a medical school
B.was modeled after Nebraska's Boys Town.
C.focus on the development of rural areas in India.
D.aims at helping the poor around the world.
54.What is Paragraph 4mainly about?A
A.RTU's achievements  
B.James Kimpton's plan
C.RTU's development            
D.James Kimpton's success.

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