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(衣衫褴褛)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 coffee."
They walked in and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks on the floor. I served them coffee 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(家具套).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 the little sandals were still wet on my floor. Let them be for a while,I thought,just in case I should begin to forget how rich I was.
【小题1】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.Lady,Are You Rich? |
B.A Story of Thanksgiving Day |
C.The Meaning of Helping Others |
D.Do Cups and Saucers Match Well? |
【小题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 on them |
D.she had the same experience as them in the past |
【小题3】The writer left the muddy marks of the little sandals on the floor for a while to __________.
A.show that she was a kind-hearted lady |
B.remind her not to forget how rich she was |
C.leave room to think about what being rich is |
D.prove that she had understood what meant being rich |
【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that whether you are rich depends on __________.
A.how much money you have made |
B.what attitude you have towards life |
C.the way you communicate with others |
D.your social relationship |