Wan Zuocheng and his wife Xiong Gengxiang had run a restaurant near a cancer hospital in Nanchang, Jiangxi since 1993. They later set up a breakfast stall(摊) after the restaurant was closed.

In 2003, a woman whose child was suffering from bone cancer went to their stall, asking to borrow their stove to cook food. She said her kid wanted to eat food cooked by her. From then on, more and more families of patients began coming to their stall to cook. The “cancer kitchen” started in the same year.

The couple allowed people to use their cooking tools for free. With the costs of water, electricity and coal rising, people started paying. However, the couple only accepted 0.5 yuan for each dish cooked, and rose to 1 yuan in 2016.

The son of the couple once tried to stop them serving the patients, worrying the tiring work would affect their health. But the couple think that helping the patients makes them happy.

Having seen too many deaths over the years, the couple have found their meaning of life. “For us, without the patients, we would feel lonely, and for the patients, they would face difficulties without us.” said Wan.

The elderly couple has been honored as “People Who Moved China in 2020” for their kind heartedness. However, they were absent from the award ceremony(颁奖典礼) because they wanted to keep providing kitchen services for the patients during the Spring Festival holiday.

【小题1】When did the “cancer kitchen” start?

A．In 1993.

B．In 2000.

C．In 2003.

D．In 2016.

【小题2】What’s probably the meaning of life in the couple’s eyes?

A．To be happy and try not to see deaths.

B．To be healthy and try not to feel lonely.

C．To be healthy and try to help those in need.

D．To be happy and try to deal with difficulties.

【小题3】What does the underlined phrase “were absent from” mean in the last paragraph?

A．didn’t attend

B．wanted to watch

C．were invited to

D．worried about

【小题4】What’s the correct order of the story?
①The couple set up a breakfast stall.
②The couple ran a restaurant near a cancer hospital.
③People borrowing the stoves started to pay the couple money.
④The couple was honoured as “People Who Moved China in 2020”.

A．①②④③.

B．③②①④.

C．②①③④.

D．④②①③.

【小题5】What’s the best title for the passage?

A．‘Cancer Kitchen’ Warms Patients	B．An Elderly Couple Cook for Patients
C．An Award Ceremony Took Place Again	D．An Elderly Couple Bring Doctors Hope