I work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderly.
This year, a very sweet old lady that I cared for, Alice, had gone through a difficult time. She got dementia and so she had been in the hospital twice. In November I was finally able to get her back to her “home”.
Alice had thought her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days. When she finally realized that that happy moment was not going to happen, she was very sad. Knowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy, I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!
On Christmas Eve, I gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church that night.
Instead of taking her to my church, I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were. We got there early and I got her a seat where her friends could see her as they came in. Then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit with her.
The candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there.
The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alice’s face.
小題1:The underlined word “dementia” in Paragraph 2 probably is _____.
A．a(chǎn)n illnessB．a(chǎn) letter C．a(chǎn) houseD．a(chǎn) plan
小題2:What was the best gift that the author got on Christmas Eve?
A．The candlelight service.B．Praise from Alice’s friends.
C．Thanks from Alice’s daughter.D．Alice’s happiness.
小題3:Which of the statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Alice’s daughter came to visit her on Christmas Eve.
B．None of Alice’s friends came to the church.
C．The candlelight Christmas Eve made Alice really happy.
D．Alice’s family never got together on Christmas Day in the old days.
小題4:What is the best title for this passage?
A．A special candlelight Christmas EveB．The dream of an old lonely lady
C．My special jobD．The true love
   
小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題解析：本文大意：我看護的一個老太太生病住院了兩次，她認為她的女兒會在圣誕節(jié)來看望她，但在圣誕節(jié)后來看她的消息沒有讓她開心。在圣誕前夕，我以問她是否想那晚在教堂來個燭光禮拜的方式給她個驚喜，我?guī)チ怂信笥讯荚诘哪莻�老社區(qū)，不久一些她的朋友就來了，跑過來向她問候并和她坐在一起。這個故事的真相是我是收到最好禮物的人，艾麗絲臉上的微笑。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)so she had been in the hospital twice所以她已經(jīng)住了兩次醫(yī)院了，可知選A
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alice’s face.這個故事的真相是我是收到最好禮物的人，艾麗絲臉上的微笑，可知選D
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)the smile on Alice’s face.艾麗絲臉上的微笑，可知選C
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)On Christmas Eve, I gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church that night.在圣誕前夕，我以問她是否想那晚在教堂來個燭光禮拜的方式給她個驚喜，可知選A
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