Two children stood outside the door with old coats. "Any old papers, Lady?" asked one of them. I was busy. I wanted to say no, but I saw that their shoes were broken and wet. "Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot tea" They came in, saying nothing. Their shoes left prints on the floor. I gave them tea and bread. Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again. The silence in the living room surprised me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked me in a low voice, "Lady, are you rich?"

Am I rich? Oh, no! I looked at my old things in my room. The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶碟) carefully. "Your cups match your saucers."

They left then, holding their papers against the wind. They hadn't said thank you. They didn't need to. They had done more than that. They had reminded me that I had so much to thank for. The blue cups and saucers were simple. But they said they matched. The potatoes and meat before me, roof over my head, my husband with a job—these things matched, too. I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor. I let them be. I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was.

1.The writer let the two children in to __________.

A.offer them some warm clothes B.show them how rich she was

C.sell them some old papers D.serve them tea and food

2.Why did the children think the writer was rich?

A.liked the saucer. B.The room was quite large

C.The cups matched the saucers. D.She was kind and ready to give.

3.We can learn from the passage that __________.

A.the children talked happily in the room B.the writer felt everything matched

C.the writer's husband was out of work D.the two children thanked a lot before leaving

4.The underlined sentence "I let them be" means "__________"

A.I loved them B.I didn't want to see them again

C.I didn't like them D.I left them there

5.According to the passage, whether you are rich depends on ___________.

A.what job you are doing B.how you feel about your life

C.how much money you have D.what you have

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