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For much of my childhood, my mother filled in the evening hours doing something for someone else. Sometimes she knitted(编织) hats for babies, and at other times, she cooked chicken soup for sick neighbors. Therefore, I wasn’t surprised when one evening my mother announced she had undertaken a new project.

“I am going to telephone seniors,” said my mother. “Every night? But you don’t even know these people.” “It doesn’t matter,” she said. “What’s important is that I listen.” I was sixteen years old and couldn’t understand why my mother was willing to spend her evenings talking to strangers. She had friends and my two older sisters to call if she felt lonely. “They will talk your ear off. Some people didn’t even stop to catch breath,” I said.

My attitude didn’t decrease my mother’s enthusiasm for the project. That evening, she settled on the sofa and dialed. For a while, I listened as she asked the woman on the other line about her day and what she had eaten for dinner. When she finished the call, I said, “Why do you care whether she had cookies or rice pudding for dessert?” My mother grasped one of my hands and gave it a slight squeeze. “I’m the only person she talked to today.”

It took me more than thirty years to fully understand the significance of that statement. Now, as my mother is nearing eighty, I find myself thinking about those nightly calls she used to make. I am often the only person who telephones my mother, and sometimes I’m the only person she speaks to all day. I ask her what she cooked for dinner, but mostly I just listen as she describes a walk she took, or how her dog Lucky stole foods from the refrigerator. I realize that my mother’s calls were lifelines that ensured housebound seniors remained connected to the world. Without her, their world would have been empty.

24. The writer wasn’t surprised about her mother’s decision because her mother _____.

  A. was a very creative person

  B. always devoted herself to helping others

  C. had nothing to do in the evening

  D. always got along well with the old

25. What’s the mother’s purpose of calling the seniors?

  A. To teach them how to make desserts.

  B. To kill some time in the boring night.

  C. To introduce some new friends to them.

  D. To make those old people feel less lonely.

26. What does the underlined sentence “They will talk your ear off.” in Paragraph 2 mean?

  A. They will criticize the wrongdoings.

  B. They will be tired of listening to others.

  C. They will talk all the time on the phone.

  D. They will make you feel really satisfied.

27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

  A. The author is going to be eighty years old.

  B. The author thinks highly of her mother’s calls.

  C. The author is the only person who speaks to her mother.

  D. The author’s dog likes stealing foods from the refrigerator.

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