5.It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang.I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags(破旧衣服) huddling together inside the storm door on the top step.
"Any old papers,lady?"asked one of them.
I was busy.I wanted to say"no"until I looked down at their feet.They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋),wet with heavy snow.
"Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa."
They walked over and sat down at the table.Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor.I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside.Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
The silence in the front room struck me.I looked in.The girl held the empty cup in her hands,looking at it.The boy asked in a flat voice,"Lady,are you rich?"
"Am I rich?no!"
I looked at my shabby slipcovers(旧家具套).The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶托;浅碟)carefully and said,"Your cups match your saucers."Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply.They left after that,holding their bundles of papers against the wind.They hadn't said"Thank you."They didn't need to.They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china(瓷的) cups and saucers were only worth five pence.But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup.Potatoes and brown meat soup,a roof over our heads,my man with a good steady job--these matched,too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room.The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my floor.Let them be for a while,I thought,just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
21.Why did the writer let the children in?A
A.She showed great pity on them.
B.She wanted to sell old papers.
C.She knew them and wanted to make them a cup of cocoa.
D.She wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party.
22.The girl thought the writer was rich perhaps becauseB
A.she saw that the lady's room was comfortable
B.she saw the cups matched the saucers
C.the writer's slipcovers were very new
D.the woman had expensive clothes
23.What was the weather probably like when the story happened?D
A.cloudy B.sunny C.windy D.snowy
24.From the passage,we can infer that whether you are rich depends onB
A.how much money you have had B.how you feel about your life
C.how you have helped others D.what job you are doing.
分析 本文写了作者在感恩节的时候帮助了两个孩子,也从孩子那里明白了富有的真正意义.
解答 21.A 推理判断题.根据文中句子I wanted to say"no"until I looked down at their feet.They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋),wet with heavy snow.本来是想说"没有"的,但是看到他们的脚,穿着凉鞋是湿的还有厚厚的雪,可以推断出作者是出于同情让孩子进来喝咖啡,所以答案选A.
22.B 细节理解题.根据文中句子The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶托;浅碟)carefully and said,"Your cups match your saucers"小女孩说你的杯子和碟子相配,可见她认为作者富有是因为她的碟子和杯子相配,所以答案选B.
23.D 细节理解题.根据文中句子They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋),wet with heavy snow穿着凉鞋是湿的还有厚厚的雪,可见外边是下着雪的天气,所以答案选D.
24.B 推理判断题.根据句子They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.他们提醒我,我有许多值得感激的东西.可以推断出作者从孩子们的话中感受到富有不是你有多少钱,而是你对于生活的感觉,所以答案选B.
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