It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy prepari

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 huddling together. “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, 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?”
I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer 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 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.
【小题1】Two children came to the writer’s front door because .A．it was Thanksgiving DayB．they were beggars C．they wanted old papersD．they wanted a cup of cocoa【小题2】Why did the writer let the children in?A．She showed great pity on themB．She had old papers to sellC．She wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving feastD．She wanted them to see how rich she was【小题3】The girl thought the writer was rich perhaps because .A．she saw that the lady’s room was comfortableB．she saw the cups matched the saucersC．the writer’s slipcovers were very newD．the writer was preparing a big meal while she was too hungry.【小题4】From the passage, we can infer that whether you are rich depends on .A．how much money you have hadB．how you feel about your lifeC．how you have helped othersD．what job your husband is doing【小题5】The writer left the muddy prints of small sandals on the floor for a while to .A．show her husband that someone had comeB．remind her that she had helped two childrenC．remind her that she was very rich in the neighborhoodD．remind her how life should beC

(答案→)C 解析：本文介绍了在感恩节之夜，一对来要旧报纸的男孩和女孩给我带来的人生思考。【小题1】C 细节题。根据第一段最后一句“Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.说明他们敲门是想要一些旧报纸，故C项正确。【小题2】A 推理题。根据文章5,6,7行I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.说明我很同情他们，在如此寒冷的天气里，遭受这样的痛苦，故A正确。【小题3】B 细节题。根据文章倒数第二段3,4行The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.”说明B正确。【小题4】B 推理题。根据文章中女孩子的那句话“Your cups match your saucers.”让我们思考着我们的生活究竟幸福还是不幸福。故B正确。【小题5】D 推理题。根据文章最后一段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.说明我想让这样的脚印提醒我，故D正确。

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