阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。
Catia, a 73-year-old woman, is a hummingbird(蜂鸟)nurse. Her story with hummingbirds began in 2011, at a very difficult time in her life.
She lost her husband in 2009. Two years later, she herself got cancer(癌症). To fight against her illness, she sold her five shops but it didn’t help much. So she felt depressed.
One day, she was walking on the street when she noticed a tiny hummingbird with a serious eye problem. The kind woman took it home and named it Gucci. At first, she knew nothing about taking care of a bird. To look after Gucci, she studied the birds and their habits. Finally, Gucci got well.
Later, Catia’s friends began to bring her sick and homeless hummingbirds. She never turned them away. Then, more and more hummingbirds were sent to her. So she used her apartment as a hospital and Safe House for them. Since then, her home has been a hummingbirds’ home.
Now Catia is considered as an expert on hummingbirds and lives happily with hummingbirds. People think she is a protector of hummingbirds, but she thinks it is the tiny birds that save her. She told others the hummingbirds managed to pull her out of sadness and hopelessness. She always says, “The hummingbirds wrote me a new life.”
(1)When did Catia get cancer?
A. |
In 2007. |
B. |
In 2009. |
C. |
In 2011. |
(2)What does the underlined word “depressed” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. |
Bored. |
B. |
Down. |
C. |
Angry. |
(3)What is the correct order of the following events?
①Catia lost her husband.
②Catia is considered as an expert.
③Catia’s home has been a hummingbirds’ home.
④Catia helped a hummingbird with an eye problem.
A. |
①④③② |
B. |
②③④① |
C. |
④③②① |
(4)What is the main idea of the text?
A. |
It’s important to protect animals. |
B. |
We should face difficulties bravely. |
C. |
Helping animals is helping humans. |