Question

What is Christmas all about? Has it ever crossed your mind? Are we teaching our children the true meaning of Christmas? Do they know that a single gift of kindness can touch an endless number of hearts forever?

We met a little girl seven years ago during one of my daughter’s occasional hospital stays. Her name was Beth and she was my daughter’s roommate for a week. My daughter had an incurable kidney disease. Beth was a very happy girl, despite the fact that she had cancer. I was amazed at her will and determination to never give up, however sick her treatment made her. She was always concerned about my daughter and the other children with cancer.

My daughter’s hospital treatment was completed in a week and we were waiting for her final discharge orders when Beth appeared. She said “I want you to have this. I know you need a new kidney, so keep this angel pin with you till you get better. She will watch over you and make you smile. My friend, John, gave it to me to watch over me. When you get your new kidney and smile, you can give this angel to someone that needs her, too”. My daughter thanked her and the girls exchanged hugs and big smiles. Later that year, Beth passed away.

We kept that angel for six more years. My daughter had gone beyond what medical journals had studied and expected from her disease. Finally, a kidney became available and she received a transplant.

Now she felt it was time to give it to someone who needed to be watched over until he or she could smile again. She gave it to an elderly man trying to recover from a heart problem.

How many families and hearts this angel has touched, no one knows for sure. But all that it took was a single gift of kindness. So in this Christmas season, create a tradition with your children or maybe someone you love. Give them a gift that keeps on giving. It’s a gift from your heart. After all, isn’t that Christmas is all about?

1.Why did Beth give an angel pin to the author’s daughter? (No more than 8 words )(2 marks)

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2.How does a single gift of kindness affect people? (No more than 6 words ) (2 marks)

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3.What did the girl impress the author with? (No more than 8 words )(3 marks)

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4.How do you understand “the true meaning of Christmas” in the passage? (No more than 8 words ) (3 marks)

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Answer 1

1.She wanted to cheer her up. / She wanted to make her happy.

2.It moves / touches many people.

3.Great courage, / bravery, optimism and kindness /goodness.

4.We should pass our kindness / love /goodness on.

Being kind to others is the best Christmas gift.

Helping others is the best Christmas gift.

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講述的是圣誕節(jié)的真正含義。一個小禮物可能會感動無數(shù)人。做題時需要對文中的信息進行總結(jié)概括，題目的答案具有一定的開放性。

1.so keep this angel pin with you till you get better. She will watch over you and make you smile.”可知，Beth送給作者女兒天使別針是希望讓她守護作者的女兒，讓作者的女兒變得開心，故填She wanted to cheer her up. / She wanted to make her happy.

2.Do they know that a single gift of kindness can touch an endless number of hearts forever?”可知，一個看似不起眼的禮物可能會感動無數(shù)人，故填I(lǐng)t moves / touches many people.

3.Beth was a very happy girl, despite the fact that she had cancer. I was amazed at her will and determination to never give up...She was always concerned about my daughter and the other children”可知，Beth非常樂觀，并且有著很強的意志力，Beth不僅勇敢，而且對別的孩子也很關(guān)心，故填Great courage, /bravery, optimism and kindness/goodness.

4.a single gift of kindness can touch an endless number of hearts forever”和最后一段“Give them a gift that keeps on giving. It’s a gift from your heart. After all, isn’t that Christmas is all about?”可知，圣誕節(jié)的真正含義是把愛傳遞給他人，或者說是關(guān)心他人，也可以說是幫助他人，故填We should pass our kindness / love /goodness on./ Being kind to others is the best Christmas gift./ Helping others is the best Christmas gift.

考點：故事類短文閱讀