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【题目】 Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题.

Each and every year, during Chongyang Festival, citizens of China celebrate the elders in their families and communities. It’s a special tradition which is rooted in the deep value that Chinese culture places on honouring their elders.

Sadly, many of our aging population are seniors without sons, daughters or grandchildren to visit. While they may have great friends, they no doubt miss the tender and loving relationships unique to families. To fill this void（空虚）, many volunteers turned up on October 28 at nursing homes around the country in order to spend time with the residents. In some cases, they performed humble（谦逊的） gestures of kindness, such as combing their hair or washing their feet.

While the kind acts were appreciated, one embarrassing story out of Anhui province raised a valuable question. Reportedly, one old gentleman had his feet washed seven times during the day by different volunteers. Is this genuinely（真诚地） caring for the elderly? Many of the residents at the home said that those gestures do not make them feel cared for at all. Their family members or community volunteers may drop by for a few hours of token time, but soon they disappear back into their busy lives.

There is nothing we can give that is more valuable or appreciated than our time. While you may feel like there is barely enough time to care for your many responsibilities, might it be possible to spare just a moment as you walk home from school to sit with a senior who lives in your community? Just five minutes is not going to prevent you from getting your homework done, but it may totally change a day of loneliness into a day of joy for one old man or woman. Do you live far from your grandparents? Why not pick up the phone and let them know you’re thinking of them? Or maybe you could remind them of the “good old days” and mail them a short letter. Imagine their surprise and joy!

We live in a complicated（复杂的） and busy world, but kindness and caring is still a very simple thing.

【1】People in China celebrate the elders at Chongyang Festival, don’t they?

【2】Who appeared at nursing homes to spend time with the residents?

【3】How many times did one old gentleman have his feet washed during the day?

【4】Which gestures can make elders feel cared for ?

【5】What did the family members of the residents at the home do?

【6】Have you been to any nursing homes before? What did you do for the residents there?

If you haven’t, please tell us what you did for the elders around you in the past.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, they do.

【2】Many volunteers

【3】7/7times.

【4】To sit with a senior who lives in your community

【5】Their family members may drop by for a few hours of token time.

【6】Yes, I have. I performed for them and told funny stories to them.

No, I haven’t. I helped the elders do some cleaning in the past.

【解析】

试题分析：本篇文章介绍了重阳节是老人们的节日。我们可以为老人们做些什么事情。虽然我们生活在一个复杂的和忙碌的世界，但是善良和爱心仍然是一个很简单的事。

【1】细节理解题。根据Each and every year, during Chongyang Festival, citizens of China celebrate the elders in their families and communities.可知中国人是在重阳节庆祝老人们的节日。故回答为Yes, they do.

【2】细节理解题。根据To fill this void（空虚）, many volunteers turned up on October 28 at nursing homes around the country in order to spend time with the residents.可知为了填补这一空虚，许多志愿者在10月28日出现在疗养院周围目的是为了与居民度过这一段时光，所以回答为Many volunteers.

【3】细节理解题。根据Reportedly, one old gentleman had his feet washed seven times during the day by different volunteers可知据报道，一位老先生在白天被不同的志愿者洗了七次脚。所以回答为7/7times.

【4】句意：哪个手势能叫老人们感觉到被关心了？故回答为To sit with a senior who lives in your community和生活在你们这个社区的老人们坐一坐。

【5】细节理解题。根据Their family members or community volunteers may drop by for a few hours of token time, but soon they disappear back into their busy lives.可知他们的家庭成员或社区志愿者可能腾出几个小时的时间，但很快他们就消失在他们忙碌的生活中。故回答为Their family members may drop by for a few hours of token time.

【6】句意：你以前去过护理院吗？你为老人做过些什么？如果没做过，告诉我们在过去你为周围的老人们做过什么？故回答为Yes, I have. I performed for them and told funny stories to them. No, I haven’t. I helped the elders do some cleaning in the past.