Question

【题目】第二节 阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯，意思完整。

I’ve been singing and performing poetry since I was six years old. I used to sing for my mother’s friends. 【1】

I have written three books of poetry and songs. I gave all the money from the books to children’s charities(慈善). 【2】

Money from the second book was spent on homeless children in Bosnia.

I visit patients at a local hospital every Saturday morning. I talk and sing for them. I guess that’s really fulfilling (令人满意的) to me, when I sing to someone who is dying, and someone who is really sick and who doesn’t even know what’s happening. 【3】

Everyone can give love, and love is what everyone wants. That’s a really important lesson to me.

【4】

Making someone happy makes you happy, and they go on and make others happy and it’s like a chain(链).

【5】

When you are 7, 13, or 102 years old, love is the same.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 E

【2】 B

【3】 A

【4】 D

【5】 C

【解析】

本文介绍了我写了三本诗集，我把这些书赚的钱捐给了孩子们。我给生病的人唱歌，看见他脸上的微笑，我感到非常骄傲。爱是可以传递的，让别人高兴也会让你自己高兴。

【1】E

此处与used to过去常常相对比，故表示现在我的情况，故选E。

【2】B

根据Money from the second book was spent on homeless children in Bosnia.可知应先提到第一本书赚到的钱，再提第二本书赚到的钱，故选B。

【3】A

推理判断题。根据when I sing to someone who is dying, and someone who is really sick and who doesn’t even know what’s happening.可知我对某人唱歌，因此能看到那个人脸上的微笑，因此我感到骄傲，故选A。

【4】D

根据Making someone happy makes you happy, and they go on and make others happy and it’s like a chain(链).可知让别人高兴也会让你自己高兴，这样循环下去，就像一个链条。因此这是一个的爱的链条，故选D。

【5】C

根据When you are 7, 13, or 102 years old, love is the same.“当你是7岁，13岁或者102岁时，爱是一样的。”因此爱是没有年龄限制的。故选C。