《2025年启东中学作业本八年级英语上册译林版连云港专版》

七、阅读表达。
阅读短文,回答下列问题。
Almost every Thursday morning, an old lady, Wu Pinxian, plays beautiful piano music for people to relieve their stress(缓解压力) at the Guangzhou Panyu Central Hospital.
Wu started to be a volunteer(志愿者) piano performer at the end of 2023. The hospital holds a piano performance every Thursday to create a relaxing environment and cheer up patients.
Wu’s music is effective(有效的): Many patients and their friends sing along with her piano music and some even become her fans. They don’t feel so worried or scared in this way. Wu performs there every Thursday for 1.5 hours with just a short break.
Though Wu helps others feel better through her music, she herself feels sad because she lost her husband in December 2023. But life has to go on. She finds that it’s meaningful(有意义的) to work as a volunteer in the hospital, because it can make others relaxed and happy.
“I believe playing the piano can make the patients enjoy the music. Though I do not play the piano for a long time every Thursday, I always do my best,” Wu wrote down in her diary.
注:每题答案不超过5个词。
1. When did Wu Pinxian become a volunteer?At the end of 2023.
2. How often does the hospital hold a piano performance?Once a week.
3. How long does Wu perform each time?For 1.5 hours.
4. What does Wu think of working as a volunteer in the hospital?It's meaningful.
5. How do you like Wu Pinxian?She is very kind.

答案： 1. At the end of 2023. 2. Once a week. 3. For 1.5 hours. 4. It's meaningful. 5. She is very kind.（答案不唯一）