In her small home in the capital of Greece, Athens, 93-year-old Ioanna Matsouka has knit (编织) thousands of brightly colored scarves for children in need. She has no plans to stop just yet.

Since she took up knitting in the 1990s, Matsouka has easily made over 3,000 scarves. By the door to her home, bags are filled with her latest creations. They are waiting for their new owners. A knitted blanket is thrown over a large chair where she spends her days.

In the beginning, the scarves were gifted to friends. As the number of scarves grew, they were given away to children’s homes across Greece. Then, through people she knew, they reached children in Bosnia and Ukraine. The latest 70 scarves went to a refugee (难民) camp near Athens this winter, via the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR.

“The fact that we give them away gives her strength (力量),” said her daughter Angeliki. She talked about simple artwork and mail her mother received over the years: “Thank you, be well, keep going. You gave joy to children; you gave joy to people...”

Angeliki says her mother is an example of strength and hope. Matsouka wakes up every morning, drinks a glass of milk, puts on her jewelry (珠宝) and gets to work. She takes a break for lunch and a short sleep, then knits into the night. Matsouka knits one scarf a day now.

She may have even found the secret to a long life in it “Until I die, I will be knitting. It brings me joy to share them. It’s the happiness I get from giving,” she said, sitting beside a big blue bag filled with the knitting materials.

1.Whom did Matsouka knit scarves for at first?

A Friends.

B Family.

C Refugees.

D Children.

解析：选A。A细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“In the beginning, the scarves were gifted to friends.”可知，一开始，这些围巾是送给朋友的礼物。故选A。

2.What does the underlined word “them” refer to?

A Owners.

B Bags.

C Camps.

D Scarves.

解析：选D。D词意指代题。根据划线部分上一句的“The latest 70 scarves went to a refugee camp near Athens this winter”以及第一段的“thousands of brightly colored scarves for children in need”可知，送给需要帮助的孩子的是围巾。故选D。

3.What doesn’t Matsouka do every morning?

A Drink milk.

B Get dressed.

C Knit scarves.

D Visit refugees.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第五段第二句的“Matsouka wakes up every morning, drinks a glass of milk, puts on her jewelry and gets to work.”可知，Matsouka每天早上醒来，喝一杯牛奶，戴上珠宝，就开始工作（编织围巾）。故选D。

4.What does Matsouka think of knitting?

A Interesting.

B Boring.

C Good.

D Terrible.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据最后一段的“It brings me joy to share them.”和“It’s the happiness I get from giving”可知，分享这些她编织的围巾给她带来了快乐，由此可知她觉得编织很棒。故选C。

5.Where can we read the passage?

A In a cookbook.

B In a newspaper.

C In a health report.

D In an introduction.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，本文主要讲了93岁希腊老奶奶为需要帮助的儿童织出数千条爱心围巾的故事，我们可以在报纸上读到。故选B。