Ellie lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a few houses were washed away, but Ellie’s house was high enough to keep them safe.
Many families lost everything in the flood. And Ellie took in one of the families. She shared her home with them until the family could build their own new house. Ellie’s friends could not understand why she did so because she already had so many children to look after.
“Well,” Ellie said to her friends, “At the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now.”
“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We will not be able to have much for Christmas. I am going to get just one present for us all. Now I will go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who had no parents, ‘Here is our present,’ she said to her own children.”
“The children were very excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sisters. I was that Christmas present.”
小题1:How many children did Ellie had in total?
A．Five.
B．Six.
C．Seven.
D．Eight.小题2:What happened in the winter?
A．There was a flood.
B．There was an earthquake
C．There was a rain storm.
D．There was a fire.小题3:What did Ellie do to help other families?
A．She gave them food.
B．She bought many Christmas present for them.
C．She took in one of the families.
D．She took in a girl.小题4:What did the poor woman in German bring to her children for Christmas?
A．Many beautiful presents.
B．Nothing.
C．A girl.
D．A daddy.小题5:What do we learn about Ellie in the passage?
A．She had no children.
B．Her husband was killed.
C．She had no parents.
D．She gave much money to others.
