Brennan Gould is a high school student. He has an 84-year-old friend, Ms. Ann. How did they become friends?

It all started with a “Kindness Week Challenge” given to Brennan by his 8th grade teacher, Ms. Watkins. In this challenge, he needed to send Ms. Ann small presents every day for a week. Finally, the challenge developed into a habit of checking up on her and giving her gifts often. Their friendship (友谊) has now lasted for over five years. Now, Brennan still visits Ms. Ann every month with flowers, chocolates and more.

They talk about everything from his high school life to his college goals. The pair has found that they both like chocolate. Ms. Ann always wants to hear about what he’s doing. She loves to share her own stories from a different time. They have become the best of friends, with Brennan treating her like a great-grandmother.

“The best thing a teenager can do is become a friend of someone elderly (年长的). I’m so glad our son has added more sunshine to her life. I hope he always remembers the joy he’s brought her, and his fun talks with her, keeps his kind heart, and thinks of others!” said Brennan’s mom, Traci.

Ms. Ann’s family is thankful (感激的) for Brennan’s friendship, as they cannot always be with her. Brennan’s kind heart has brought more sunshine into Ms. Ann’s life, and her encouraging words have helped him in return.

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1.What is the challenge about?

A Giving Ms. Ann presents for seven days.

B Making friends with an 84-year-old woman.

C Going to an old people’s home to check his/her health.

D Working in the old people’s home for 7 days.

解析：选A。A细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“In this challenge, he needed to send Ms. Ann small presents every day for a week.”可知，布伦南将在一周内每天给安女士送一些小礼物。故选A。

2.What do Brennan and Ms. Ann have in common?

A They like staying at home.

B They like chocolate.

C They have the same goal.

D They enjoy their school life.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“The pair has found that they both like chocolate.”可知，他们都喜欢吃巧克力。故选B。

3.What is Traci’s attitude (态度) to Brennan’s making an elder friend?

A She is against it.

B She is for it.

C She doesn’t care about it.

D She thinks it’s crazy.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。根据第四段第一句“The best thing a teenager can do is is become a friend of someone elderly.”可知，他妈妈认为一个青少年能做的最好的事情就是和一个上了年纪的人交朋友，由此可知她很赞成布伦南的做法。故选B。

4.What may Ms. Ann’s family say to Brennan?

A Sorry.

B That’s all right.

C See you.

D Thank you.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据第五段第一句“Ms. Ann’s family is thankful for Brennan’s friendship”可知，安女士的家人很感激布伦南，因为他们不能经常陪她，而布伦南的出现，让她不再孤独。故选D。

5.What can be learned from the passage?

A Go to the sea, if you would fish well.

B A bird may be known by its song.

C Never offer to teach fish to swim.

D Where there is kindness, there is goodness.

解析：选D。D主旨大意题。根据最后一段“Brennan’s kind heart has brought more sunshine into Ms. Ann’s life, and her encouraging words have helped him in return.”可知，布伦南善良的心给安女士的生活带来了更多的阳光，她鼓舞人心的话语也反过来激励了他，因此“有善良的地方就会有美德”符合题意。故选D。