Howdoyoufeelwhenyoustayinhospitalalone?Jenny13aUSstudentfeelsbored.Sheknowsthefeelingbecauseshehasbeeninhospitalmanytimesherself.Onedayshethoughtofanidea—ifpatientscouldgetsomebookstoreadtheywouldfeelbetter.SofromMaysheandmanyofherfriendsbegantocollectbooksforhospitalpatients.

Insixmonthsthestudentscollected1250booksatschool.TheydecidedtodonatethebookstotheNorthShoreMedicalCentreachildren’shospitalnextdoortotheirschool.“Therearebooksforkidsofallagesfrombabiesuptohighschoollevel.”saidJenny.

Thestudentsputthebooksinto“earlyreaders”“middlereaders”and“advancedreaders”.Thentheywrotetheirbestwishestopatientsonbookmarks(书签)andlettersputthebooksinbigboxesanddonatedthemtothehospital.

“Wewrotethingslike“Keeponreading!’and‘Hopeyoufeelbetter!”saidJohn14Jenny’sbrother.“Andwealsowrotesomefunnythingstomakethemlaugh.”

Frank12andSteven14helpedcarry16largeboxesofbooksintoacar.“Ithinkthesebookswillmakemealotofpatientsfeelhappy.”saidFrank.Stevensharedhisopinion.“ItisreallythemostmeaningfulthingthatIhaveeverdoneinmylife.”

1.Whofirstthoughtoftheideaofhelpingthoseboredpatientsinhospital?

A.John.

B.Frank.

C.Steven.

D.Jenny.

2.Fromthearticlewecanlearnthat_______.

A.inhalfayearJennyandherfriendsbought1250books

B.theNorthShoreMedicalCentreisfarfromJenny’sschool

C.Jennyandherfriendswerewillingtohelpboredpatients

D.StevenhadadifferentopinionfromFrankandJohn

3.Thebesttitleforthearticlemightbe“_______”.

A.Collectingbooksforboredpatients

B.Writingalettertoamedicalcentre

C.Donatingbookstopoorstudents

D.Readingbooksforhospitalpatients

4.Whichofthefollowingwordscanbeusedtodescribethosestudents?

A.Politeandhard-working

B.Lazyandstubborn

C.Selfishandproud

D.Thoughtfulandhelpful