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It was Thanksgiving morning. 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 (挤) together 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 to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
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? Pity, no!"
I looked at my worn-out slipcovers (椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶碟) carefully and said,
"Your cups match your saucers." They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. 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 (搅动) the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads,
my man with a regular job? These matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little 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. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Lady, are you rich?
B. A story of Thanksgiving Day.
C. Don't forget how much you are rich.
D. Does cups and saucers match well?
2. The writer let the two children come in and served them well because _____.
A. she wanted to sell old papers to them
B. she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party
C. she showed great pity and care on them
D. she had the same experience as them in the past
3. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to _____.
A. show that she was a kind-hearted lady
B. remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was
C. leave room for readers to think about what being rich is
D. prove that she had understood what being rich meant
4. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on _____.
A. how much money you have made
B. what attitude you have had towards life
C. the way you help others
D. your social relationship
