新素养 价值导向 This story is about an old lady, Mrs Jones. She is fully dressed each __1__ at eight, with her hair fashionably done, although she is blind. She is moving to a nursing home（疗养院）today. Her husband recently died of an illness, making the move __2__.
After one hour of __3__ patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she moved to the lift for her room. I started to __4__ her tiny room to her. “I love it,” she said with the __5__ of an eight - year - old girl having just been given a new little dog.
“Mrs Jones, you haven't entered the room yet. Why are you so happy?”
She smiled and said, “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't __6__ on how the table or the bed is placed. It's a decision I make every morning when I __7__ up.
“I can spend the day in bed crying about the parts of my body that no longer work, but I don't. Instead, I get out of bed and am __8__ the body parts that work. How you look at your life matters. For me, each day is a __9__. I'll enjoy the new day and all the happy memories I have had. Old age is like a bank account（账户）, and you get what you've put in. So, my __10__ to you is to save a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank.”
1. A. afternoon B. night
C. noon D. morning
2. A. interesting B. comfortable
C. necessary D. different
3. A. waiting B. living
C. sleeping D. working
4. A. take B. describe
C. discuss D. share
5. A. joy B. pity
C. fear D. worry
6. A. depend B. live
C. keep D. carry
7. A. give B. put
C. wake D. set
8. A. sorry for B. sad about
C. angry for D. happy with
9. A. lesson B. gift
C. test D. race
10. A. purpose B. plan
C. dream D. advice

1. D
2. C
3. A
4. B 【解析】根据第一段中“she is blind”可知，此处应用 describe sth to sb，意为“向某人描述某物”。
5. A
6. A 【解析】根据后句“It’s a decision I make every morning when I 7 up.”可知，此处指“我是否喜欢我的房间并不取决于桌子或床如何摆放”。depend on 意为“取决于”，符合语境。
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. D 【解析】根据空后的“to save a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories”可知，此处表示“建议”，用 advice。