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 called 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. There were six children in her home and she was the oldest, so she had to stay at home most of the time to take care of the younger ones. Until now, she had never really been to a party. She wanted to have her hair and makeup done and would love to wear the dress like they wore. She’s never received a birthday present. She said she wanted 105 birthday cards this year, but she didn’t think she would receive so many.

Last Friday night, Summey wore a jeweled tiara(宝石皇冠) on her head and a beautiful pink Western dress. Members of the Cherryville Police Department and town firefighters escorted(护送) her into her party. Line dancers and square dancers gave some performances to make the birthday girl happy. 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.Why couldn’t Summey go out to dance like others?

A Because she thought the outside world was too noisy.

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“so she had to stay at home most of the time to take care of the younger ones”可知，萨默是家里六个孩子中最大的一个，她不得不经常呆在家里照顾她的弟弟妹妹们，因此她没有时间去跳广场舞。故选D。

2.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：给她准备好看的服饰；护送她参加派对；排舞演员和广场舞演员表演为她节目；她收到了来自全国各地乃至其他国家的1200多张生日贺卡。故选D。

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

A Annoyed.

B Surprised.

C Disappointed .

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，她感到难以相信，因此她很惊讶。故选B。

4.In which section of a newspaper can we read the passage?

A Inspirational stories.

B Interesting jokes.

C Greatest heroes.

D Cute animals.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。本文主要介绍了众人为105岁老人举办生日派对助其实现生日愿望的故事，这是一个有启发性的故事，它鼓励我们要善良。因此我们可以在“有启发性的故事”版块读到。故选A。