105岁老人想要生日贺卡，结果等来了一场派对

It's 2022 now. A North Carolina woman had her very first birthday party at 105 years old. She also wished to receive 105 birthday cards.

Lorene Summey lives at an assisted living center in Cherryville, North Carolina. Two months ago, a staff member named Jodie Lankford asked Summey what she would like for her upcoming birthday in November. He knew Summey has never had a big birthday party before, so he asked her several months ago what she would like to do for her birthday. She said she would love to have square dancing at her birthday party. She added her sister could always go but she had to stay home most of the time to take care of the younger ones. She wanted to have her hair and makeup done and would love to wear the dress like they wore. She also wanted 105 birthday cards, but she didn’t think she would receive so many.

Last Friday night, line dancers and square dancers gave some performances to make the birthday girl happy. Summey wore a jeweled tiara(宝石冠) on her head and a beautiful pink Western dress. She has received more than 1,200 birthday cards from people all over the country. There’s at least one card from every U.S. state. Other cards have arrived from as far away as England.

“From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to each and every one of you who took the time to write a birthday card and make Ms. Lorene’s birthday wish come true!” the assisted living center wrote in a Facebook post.

“I can’t believe it,” Summey said. “It’s so unreal.”

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1.When was Summey born?

A In 1907.

B In 1917.

C In 1927.

D In 1937.

解析：选B。B数字计算题。根据第一段第一句的“A North Carolina woman had her very first birthday party at 105 years old.”可知，萨默今年105岁，因此她出生于2022-105=1917年。故选B。

2.Why did Summey stay at home most of the time?

A Because her sister asked her to stay at home.

B Because she liked to stay at home watching TV.

C Because she was too weak to play outside.

D Because she needed to care for younger families.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第二段的“she had to stay home most of the time to take care of the younger ones”可知，大多数时候，她不得不待在家里照顾年龄小的家人。故选D。

3.What is Paragraph 3 about?

A How people prepared so many birthday cards.

B Why people helped with Summey’s birthday party.

C What people decided to do at Summey’s birthday party.

D How people helped with Summey’s birthday party.

解析：选D。D段落大意题。该段主要讲了人们是如何帮助萨默举办她人生中的第一次生日派对的：排舞演员和广场舞演员表演了一些节目；人们给她准备了好看的服饰；她收到了来自全国各地的1200多张生日贺卡。故选D。

4.How did Summey feel when seeing the birthday cards?

A Excited.

B Surprised.

C Sad.

D Touched.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据最后一段的“I can’t believe it”和“It’s so unreal.”可知，萨默一开始觉得自己可能连105张生日贺卡都收不到，没想到最后她收到了一千两百多张贺卡，她感到难以相信，由此可知她很惊讶。故选B。

5.Where can we read the passage?

A In a life magazine.

B In a history textbook.

C In an instruction book.

D In a school schedule.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。本文主要介绍了105岁老人生平第一次举办生日派对的故事，我们可以在生活类杂志读到。故选A。