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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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】
试题分析：文章主要讲述的是圣诞节的真正含义。一个小礼物可能会感动无数人。做题时需要对文中的信息进行总结概括，题目的答案具有一定的开放性。
1.so keep this angel pin with you till you get better. She will watch over you and make you smile.”可知，Beth送给作者女儿天使别针是希望让她守护作者的女儿，让作者的女儿变得开心，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，一个看似不起眼的礼物可能会感动无数人，故填It 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非常乐观，并且有着很强的意志力，Beth不仅勇敢，而且对别的孩子也很关心，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，圣诞节的真正含义是把爱传递给他人，或者说是关心他人，也可以说是帮助他人，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.
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