Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水), and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high enough to escape (1)it.

Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to take care of.

“Well,” Elizabeth explained to her friends, “at the end of World War Ⅱ, there was a poor woman in a town in England. 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 won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one present for us all. Now I’ll go and get it.” She came back with a little girl who had no parents. “Here’s our present,” she said to her own children.

(2) The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas present.

【小题1】任务一：请根据短文内容，回答问题。
(1)  How many children did Elizabeth have?
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(2)  Did Elizabeth have parents at the end of World War Ⅱ?
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【小题2】任务二：请找出（1）处画线单词it指代的内容。
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【小题3】任务三：请将文中（2）处画线句子译成汉语。
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【小题4】任务四：请在文中找出与“Elizabeth had six children to look after so her friends didn’t understand her.”意思相同或相近的句子。
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【小题5】任务五：请选择文章的最佳标题。_______________

A．A story about a little girl

B．A special Christmas present

C．Christmas