How many dolls(洋娃娃)can you stuff(塞)into a spare room? The 1
2,300-comes from Gali Little and Katie Banman, both 11, and Katie’s 9-year-old sister, Sarah．They know 2 they just did it．
The girls weren’t trying to 3 it into the Guinness(吉尼斯)Book of World Records．They want to 4 children who lost so 5 during hurricanes(飓风)Katrina and Rita．
“My mom and I were 6 the news and I saw a lot of children, and 7 of them had amy possessions(私人物品)…I thought they might 8 a doll to hold onto and tell secrets to,”Gali said．
Gali 9 her idea of collectin dolls with Katie and Sarah, who are friends as well as neighbors, and the project was 10 way．The girls start their 11 at their schools first．They also collected 12 in their neighborhood．
The girls were very 13 with their success．“I thought we would get only about 100 dolls．”Sarah said．
When the three-week 14 time is over, the dolls are shipped to a charity group．It will then 15 the dolls to children still in shelters(庇护所)in hurricane-hit areas．
16 do the girls feel about kids having new 17 friends to hold onto because of their actions?“Proud,”the three said with one 18 ．
This story has a 19 ending in more than one way．Not only will thousands of kids be getting new dolls, but Gali’s mom now also has her spare 20 back．
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)
The room in which the old lady will live _________．
[ ]
A．
is very comfortable
B．
is fairly big
C．
isn’t well equipped
D．
is equipped with new furniture
(3)
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．
would have to live in the nursing home
D．
had already made up her mind to be happy
(4)
Which of the following words can best describe Mrs．Jones?
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)
The room in which the old lady will live ________．
[ ]
A．
is very comfortable
B．
is fairly big
C．
isn't well equipped
D．
is equipped with new furniture
(3)
Mrs．Jones was very happy when told about her room because she ________．
Under her bed, Mrs．Chang kept a box containing some jewellery which had belonged to her mother．The jewellery was the only 1 thing she had, and she always said she would keep it and only sell it for a very important person．Well, this was an important reason, wasn't it?She said nothing to Mary, 2 went secretly into the city and sold the jewellery for ＄2,750．Over half the money!But where could she 3 the other half?
During the next few months, Mrs．Chang was always busy．She went out four mornings a week and 4 other people's houses．She 5 until late in the night and sewed dresses and trousers for the people in the village．She broidered()colorful birds and flowers on a piece of silk for the 6 who came through the village． 7 , her pile of money under her bed began to 8 ．Mary noticed that her mother was very 9 , but her mother just said," I want to have some new clothes for your 10 ．I'll need to buy cloth．And I want to be able to 11 you another good present．"
By June, Mrs．Chang had ＄4,250 under her bed．She went to a relative in Yuen Long, who had a small business．"Tsun Man," she said, "I badly(very much) 12 ＄750．" Her relative was 13 ．Mrs．Chang had 14 asked anyone for money before．But he lent her the money．Mrs．Chang 15 her best clothes, went to the city and 16 a return ticket from London to Hong Kong．After putting it in a nice 17 , she began to write 18 address on it and posted it．"What a surprise this will be for David．"She said to 19 ．"How happy he will be!And how happy Mary will be too, to 20 her brother with her on her wedding day．"
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner． 1 woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made 2 impossible to visit her very often．That night I called to 3 her to go out for dinner．
“What’s wrong? Are you 4 ?”she asked．“I thought that it would be 5 to spend some time with you．Just the two of us,”I answered．She thought about it 6 moment, and agreed．
That Friday after work, 7 I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous．When I arrived at her house, I 8 that, she, too, seemed to be 9 about our date．She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to 10 her last wedding anniversary．
We went to a restaurant that, 11 not elegant, was very nice and cozy．When I read the menu, Mom sat there 12 at me．A nostalgic(怀旧的)smile was 13 her lips．During the dinner, we had a(an) 14 conversation－nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life．
A few days 15 , my mother died of a heart attack．It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do 16 for her．Sometime later, I received an envelope with a note 17 “You will never know what that night meant to me．I’m looking forward to the 18 dinner．I love you, Son．”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”．Nothing in life is more important than your 19 ．Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be 20 till“some other time”．