Meyer Mixdorf of Arkansas was diagnosed with brain cancer. Part of his treatment included spending over six long weeks at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, to receive a stem cell transplant (干细胞移植).

There’s only so much for a 5-year-old to do in a small hospital room, so Meyer’s family began decorating his window with Post-it Note art to cheer him up. One day, a group of “mystery friends” across the street from the hospital noticed his masterpieces and decorated their own window in response.

The neighboring artists turned out to be staff members at another hospital, Truman Medical Centers. Employee Johnna Schindlbeck said they were “just doing something fun.” “I was just kind of looking out the window and there was a little Post-it Note smiley face up there,” she said. “I thought it was cute and grabbed some notes and put up a little winking face.”

“There are children over there, and I don’t know what they’re going through, and if I can make them smile a little bit, that’s all that mattered,” added Cheryl Grey, a fellow Truman Medical Centers employee.

Meyer was delighted by their reply and got right to work making more sticky note art. Soon, they were exchanging murals (壁画) on their separate eighth-floor windows every single day. “Every morning he would hop out of bed. As soon as someone would switch them, he knew,” said Meyer’s mom, Liz Mixdorf. “Other patients on the floor enjoyed them as well.”

Dozens of Post-it masterpieces later, Meyer finally finished his treatment and was ready to head home. After all those weeks of interaction, he put up a simple goodbye note for his mystery friends: “C-U later, thanks.”

The employees across the street were able to meet little Meyer before he traveled home to Arkansas. Meyer’s family was thrilled to get to know the strangers who helped them through such a difficult time, and the feeling was mutual.

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1.What does the underlined part refer to?

A Some kind patients.

B Meyer’s family.

C A group of artists.

D Workers from another hospital.

解析：选D。D词意指代题。根据第三段The neighboring artists turned out to be staff members at another hospital, Truman Medical Centers.可知，附近的艺术家原来是另一家医院（杜鲁门医疗中心）的工作人员。故选D。

2.What’s the purpose of Johnna Schindlbeck’s action?

A To kill the time.

B To have some fun.

C To cheer Meyer up.

D To express her concern.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第三段Employee Johnna Schindlbeck said they were “just doing something fun.”可知，员工Johnna Schindlbeck表示，他们只是在做一些有趣的事情。故选B。

3.What can we learn from Paragraph 5?

A Meyer couldn’t stop his desire to create note art.

B More patients also participated in the art creation.

C Exchanging murals represented their feelings.

D Eighth-floor windows drew the attention of passers-by.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据第五段可知，迈耶对对面的回应感到很高兴，并马上开始制作更多的便签艺术。很快，他们每天都在八楼的窗户上交换壁画。由此说明迈耶无法阻止自己创作便签艺术的欲望。故选A。

4.What happened to Meyer in the end?

A He left the notes to the future patients.

B He conquered the disease due to the note art.

C He met with the neighboring artists with joy.

D He didn’t have time to say goodbye and went home.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，街对面的医务人员在小迈耶返回阿肯色州之前见了他。迈耶全家很高兴能认识那些帮助他们度过艰难时期的陌生人。故选C。