Passage 12

福建省漳州市2017屆高三10月檢測

No one likes the“old people” smell. No one. Not even the　 1 　people. Trust me, I know.

I　 2 　at a rest home of Alzheimer’s（老年癡呆癥）care. My health book paints a pretty picture of the rest home, describing it as a home where family members and the sick can work together in　 3 　incurable（無法治愈的）illnesses. It shows pictures of　 4 　patients speaking to doctors, with　 5 　loving ones around them.

That’s　 6 　what a rest home is. There aren’t family members, only cards sent occasionally during the year. The　 7 　I help hardly smile because they’re fighting to　 8 　where they are, what year it is, even their own　 9 　.

And they don’t like the“old people” smell—the smell of disease, of medicine and sweat, or of the loss of self-respect. They don’t like it. But they　 10 　it.

Next week is my　 11 　. I’m moving soon and I won’t have to smell that rest home. I won’t have to　 12 　a woman who can’t even close her mouth, or calm a man who’s crying because he can’t stop shaking　 13 　to tie his shoes. I won’t have to run　 14 　a nurse when Evelyn falls out of her wheelchair.

But I feel far from　 15 　. After four years of volunteering, the place is the same as the day I started. All the　 16 　keeps fresh, never to be cut through by youthful spirits.

17 visit. Some bring cake and puppy dogs and flowers.　 18 　only some. When you were born, loving arms held you. Shouldn’t you　 19 　that way too? Shouldn’t the elderly, who’ve lived their lives, raised their children and contributed to society be cared about? Shouldn’t they end feeling　 20 　? Why don’t they?

1. A. nice　B. similar　C. old　D. kind

2. A. volunteered　B. worked　C. rested　D. researched

3. A. preventing　B. accepting　C. measuring　D. understanding

4. A. puzzled　B. complaining　C. smiling　D. good-mannered

5. A. of course　B. as usual　C. for example　D. in a nutshell

6. A. really　B. always　C. possibly　D. not

7. A. parents　B. patients　C. nurses　D. doctors

8. A. learn　B. ask　C. say　D. remember

9. A. homes　B. names　C. families　D. children

10. A. talk about　B. think of　C. depend on　D. live in

11. A. time　B. turn　C. luck　D. holiday

12. A. feed　B. carry　C. teach　D. strike

13. A. long enough　B. right away　C. once again　D. at once

14. A. after　B. with　C. for　D. past

15. A. unhappy　B. comfortable　C. satisfied　D. light-hearted

16. A. violence　B. hopelessness　C. kindness　D. friendship

17. A Some　B. Many　C. Few　D. Several

18. A However　B. And　C. Though　D. But

19. A. think　B. die　C. work　D. live

20. A. sorry　B. well　C. loved　D. sad