A famous story about happiness
Mrs Jones, a 92—year—old lady, dresses__1___ well each morning before 8 o’clock. This morning she got up early, dressed up as before, because she would move to a nursing home.
After many hours of waiting in the lobby(通道)，she __2__ sweetly when a young lady told her that her room was ready,.“ I love it,”she answered___3___ , like a 8---year---- old girl who has just received a new gift.
“Mrs Jones, you haven’t seen the room……just wait. You __4__here for such a long time, I’m very sorry……”
“It doesn't matter” ,she said.“ Happiness is something you decide on. I don’t mind how the furniture(家具) is placed or anything else in the room. I have already ____5___ to love it. Every morning I get out of the bed, feeling thankful for my body parts that work,. Each day is a _6_. As my eyes open, I’ll focus on (专注于) the __7__day and all the happy things……”
Please _8__:Happiness is an attitude(心态)。
小题1:用下列词语的正确形式填空（每空1分）
gift decide wait her smile remember happy new
小题2:回答下列问题， 每题 1 分
（1）why did this old lady move to the nursing home?
_____________________________________________.
（2）What do you think about happiness?
_________________________________________________.
小题1:
1. herself 2, smiled 3. happily 4. have waited
5. decided 6. gift 7. new 8.remember
小题2:
1. Because she was so old that she couldn’t look after herself.
2. 答案不一。
小题1:
题目分析：
1. 结合语境可知她每天早晨把自己打扮的相当好，故填her的反身代词herself，她自己。
2. 联系下文描述，可知她甜美的笑了，结合语境可知描述的是过去动作，故用过去时态，填smile的过去时态smiled。
3. 联系上文描述，可知她是高兴地回答，故填happy的副词形式happily。
4. 联系下文for such a long time,可知本句为现在完成时态，结合语境可知句意为，你已经等了很久，故填have waited 。
5. 联系上文描述可知句意为：我已经决定喜欢它。故填decide的过去分词decided。
6. 联系上下文可知这个老人认为每天都是一件礼物，故填单数名词gift，礼物。
7. 结合语境可知此处指的是新的一天，故填形容词new新的。
8.联系下文可知句意为：请记住。祈使句中动词一般用原形。故填remember，记住。
点评：由于本题已经给出所需单词，故完成比较简单。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据上下文及时间状语，主语的人称与数，判断出动词的时态和数的变化，然后进行适当的词形变换，完成阅读。
小题2:
题目分析：
1. 联系上文可知这是一个92岁的老人，因此她不能照顾自己了。
2. 本小题问的是，你认为什么是幸福？可以根据本短文回答，也可自己发挥，符合题意即可。
点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文中中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。书写答案时，注意首字母大写，因为是回答问句，即使只有一个单词也是一个句子。为避免不必要的错误，只要能使用原文的就尽量使用原文回答问题，即使自己总结也尽量使用短句。同时并注意人称和数的变化。