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It was Thanksgiving morning and m 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 shaking inside the storm door on the
top step.
" Anyoldpapers ,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?Mercy , no ! "
I looked at the old furniture in the room. The girl put her cup back in its saucer
carefully and said, " Your cupsmatchyoursaucers. " Theyleftafter 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 the meat soup. Potatoes and brown 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.
1. Two children came to the lady's front door because_______
A. it was Thanksgiving Day
B. it was too cold outside that day
C. they wanted to collect old papers
D. they wanted to have a cup of cocoa
2. Why did the lady let the children in?______
A. Because she showed great pity on them.
B. Because she had old papers to sell to them.
C. Because she knew them and wanted to make them hot cocoa.
D. Because she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party.
3. The girl thought the lady was rich perhaps in that______
A. she saw that the lady's room was comfortable
B. she saw the cups matched the saucers
C. the furniture in the riving room looks new
D. the boy with her told her about that
4. From the passage , we can infer that whether you are rich or not depends on.______
A. how much money you have
B. what jobs you are doing
C. how you help others
D. how you feel about your life
