Question

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This story is about Mrs. Jones, an 82-year-old lady. _________ her life was hard, she was always nicely dressed every day.

This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the nursing home（养老院）. The nursing home was very _________. After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready. _________   the way to her room. I told her what the room was like.

Suddenly she said, “I love  _________ !”

“_________  Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet!” I was surprised at her reply.

She stopped and said, “Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is placed. It depends on how I decide to  _________    the room. I have already decided to love the room before I _________  see it .”

Then she continued, “I have a choice. I can spend the day in bed and consider how tiny my room is. Or I can just get out _________  bed and be thankful that I can also enjoy a new day. Each day is a _________  , I’ll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored in my bank account( 账户) before.”

Life is like a bank account. You can take out what you’ve put in. If you have put a lot of

_________ in your bank account, you can take out some of it when you feel sad.

Attitude（态度）is everything.

1.A. When           B. Since           C. If               D. Although

2.A. beautiful     B. busy            C. old              D. small

3.A. By             B. In              C. On                D. Through

4.A. them          B. her             C. you               D. it

5.A. But           B. So             C. And              D. Or

6.A. take up        B. tidy up        C. think about       D. ask for

7.A. clearly        B. actually       C. carefully         D. nearly

8.A. of             B. to             C. in               D. for

9.A. journey       B. mess          C. lesson            D. gift

10.A. love          B. courage         C. kindness          D. happiness

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是一位八十二岁的老妇人琼斯夫人的故事。她的生活很艰难，但是她每天总是穿得漂漂亮亮的。还未见到养老院的房间时，她就说自己喜欢自己的房间。她说一个人可以躺在床上抱怨自己房间的狭小，也可以起床感激自己可以享受新的一天。态度决定一切。

1.D考查连词及语境理解。句意：虽然她的生活艰难，但是她总是每天穿得漂漂亮亮的。A. When当……时，表示时间；B. Since既然，表示原因；自从，表示时间的起点；C. If如果，表示条件；是否，表示疑问；D. Although虽然，表示条件。虽然她82岁了，但是她总是穿得漂亮。故选D

2.2】B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：养老院非常忙碌。A. beautiful美丽的；B. busy忙碌的； C. old旧的，老的；D. small小的；由后句：After hours of waiting等了几小时后，可以推测出很忙。故选B。

3.3】C考查介词及语境理解。句意：在去她的房间的路上，我告诉她房间像什么样。A. By通过，以……方式；B. In用……语言；在……里面；C. On在……上，关于；D. Through通过。根据句意：在去房间的路上，在去……的路上：on one’s way to，介词用on，故选C。

4.4】D考查代词及语境理解。句意：突然她说：“我喜欢它”。A. them他们；B. her她；C. you你；D. it它。根据语境，谈论的是房间，指事物，用it指代。故选D。

5.5】A考查连词及语境理解。句意：但是，琼斯夫人，你还没有见到房间啊。A. But但是，表示转折；B. So因此，表示结果；C. And并且，表示并列、递进；D. Or或者，表示选择。琼斯夫人在未看到房间时说喜欢房间，作者感到惊奇，所提问题表示含义转折，用but，故选A。

6.6】C考查动词短语及语境理解。句意：它取决于我决定怎样看待这个房间。A. take up从事；B. tidy up整理；C. think about考虑；D. ask for请求，要求。根据下文，可以呆在床上天天抱怨房间的狭小，也可以起床去感激可以享受新的一天。不同的感受取决于怎样考虑，怎样认为。故选C。

7.7】B考查副词及语境理解。句意：在我实地看之前，我已经决定喜欢这个房间。A. clearly清楚地；B. actually事实上，实际上；C. carefully小心地，仔细地；D. nearly几乎，差不多。老人在未见到房间之前就说了喜欢房间，即在实际看之前就决定喜欢房间，实际上：cactually。故选B。

8.8】A考查介词及语境理解。句意：句意：或者我可以起床并且感激我还可以享受新的一天。A. of……的；B. to向，朝，对于；C. in在……里；D. for为。从……出来/起来：get out of。故选A。

9.9】D考查名词及语境理解。句意：每一天都是一个礼物，我会享受我的生活及我以前存入帐户里的所有的快乐的记忆。A. journey旅行，行程；B. mess脏乱；C. lesson功课，教训；D. gift礼物。八十多岁的老人觉得每一天都是上苍给予的礼物。故选D。

10.0】D考查名词及语境理解。句意：如果你的银行帐户里存有大量的幸福，感到悲伤时你就可以取一些出来。A. love爱；B. courage勇气；C. kindness和蔼；D. happiness幸福。与sad（伤心的）含义相反是“快乐”，作put的宾语，用名词形式：happiness。故选D。

考点：考查故事类短文。