Question

I was feeling really down because my long-time friend had died. Then I started a six-week volunteering at a nursing home all day even Saturday. My duty was to serve the meal and clean up. One day I was told to go to Room 117 to make sure the patient was all right. I found a boy of eight sitting in bis bed watching a movie. I was shocked to see a child in this seemingly forgotten nursing home for the old. He was so small and weak that you had to look closely to find him. I grabbed his medical chart and found out :he had a terminal（絕癥的) illness.

We started to talk, and I found out that his family rarely visited, and all he did every day was watching TV I wanted to cry for him, and for my lost friend. As we talked, he had a smile on his face, and I asked him why and how he still managed to stay happy.

He thought for a moment, and then said that too many people were dead even before they died. They walked around feeling that God had cursed(詛咒) them and they had nothing to live for.The boy said that he would not be like that. He woke 'every morning thankful to see another sunrise. He kept his window open so that he could smell the flowers and feel the heat of the sun

He also said that he had hope."Too many people haven't seen much of that around here." He said, "Life is full of hope and we need to live life before it is gone."I don't know what happened to him. I guess he passed away, but his lesson lives on. I now wake up and live each day to the fullest. The key to life is not money or fame, but the lesson we learned from it.

1.The nursing home in the passage is mainly for

A. the elderly B. the homeless C. the disabled D. the abandoned(披遺棄)

2.The boy stayed happy mainly due to

A. wonderful TV programs. B. his positive attitude

C. good medical condition D. others' encouragement

3.The writer took part in the volunteering job in order to

A. find out the secret B. search for help

C. enrich experiences D. get out of sadness

4.The underlined word ,"rarely", can be replaced by

A. often B. sometimes C. seldom D. always

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. A lesson in Hope B. The life of a Sick Boy

C. A Volunteer Job D. The meaning of life

Answer 1