Question

                                 (十三) (中考•宜昌) 

        It is the happiest thing to go to the nursing home. A group of five sit at a table in the main room,happily waiting for us. They make our volunteer work worthwhile (值得的) . But it can also be the saddest, or at least,it used to. One day we knocked on the door of Room 9. There was no answer,so we walked in to see if she was sleeping. There was just a note on the table. “Greta went to the doctor. ” The next month when we came to the nursing home,Greta wasn’t on our list. When we walked by her room,I looked at the closed door with sadness. Back in the car,Sara and I were quiet.

        After going to the nursing home,we go to an apartment building. The lady is hardly ever in when we drop off her meal. One day when we buzzed (按門鈴) her apartment we got no answer. The door was locked,so we knocked. Luckily,a woman saw us as we were going to give up.

       “We're here for Mary”Sara said to her.

       “Use the buzzer. ”

       “She didn't answer. We have her meal. ”

       “Oh ,”the lady said ,“just set it in her room. ”

        So we dropped off her meal. The next house was new on our list and we had trouble finding it. When we called out,nobody answered. I was never more scared in my life. When you call out for an old woman and donH get an answer,you only think one thing: she's dead. Sara and I shouted a few more times. Just then an old man was comingtowardus. “I didn't know you were here,”heex-plained. He wasn't dead!And the “she” we thought the meal was for was really a “he”.

() 1. What is the writer and Sara's job?

   A. Looking after old people in the nursing home.

   B. Cooking delicious food and sending it to old people.

   C. Taking meals to old people as volunteers.

   D. Collecting information of different old people.

() 2. Why does the writer describe going to the nurs- ing home as the happiest thing?

   A. They can see the old people happily waiting for them.

   B. It is convenient for them to take the meals to the right people.

   C. It takes them a shorter time to finish their work.

   D. They can do their work better for the old people.

() 3. Which of the following is true about Greta?

   A. She was the oldest woman living in Room 9.

   B. Her death made the writer and Sara very sad.

   C. Her door was never locked when falling a-sleep.

   D. She died in the hospital of the nursing home.

() 4. What do you think can describe Mary?

   A. She never answers the buzzer.

   B. She lives alone and her neighbors don't know who she is.

   C. She leaves her key in her neighbors 9 room.

   D. She is often out at the meal time.

() 5. What came to the writer's mind when she got no answer?

   A. She mistook a man for a woman.

   B. Something dangerous would happen.

   C. The old woman might have died already.

   D. She had to wait until someone came for the meal.

Answer 1

1.C 2.A 3.B 4.D 5.C