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 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 （涼鞋）, 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 saved them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking. [來源:學(xué)§科§網(wǎng)]
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 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.
【小題1】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 give them some presents
C．she showed great pity and care on them
D．she wanted to show her thanks to them
【小題2】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 she shouldn’t forget how rich she was
C．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is
D．call up her memories of the good old days
【小題3】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 toward life
C．the way you help others
D．your social relationship

.
【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】B

解析試題分析：本文介紹了在感恩節(jié)之夜，一對來要舊報(bào)紙的男孩和女孩給我?guī)淼娜松伎肌?br />【小題1】推理題。根據(jù)文章5,6,7行I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa. 在如此寒冷的天氣里，遭受這樣的痛苦，說明我很同情他們，故C正確。
【小題2】推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段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.說明我想讓這樣的腳印提醒我，故B正確。
【小題3】推理題。根據(jù)文章中女孩子的那句話“Your cups match your saucers.”讓我們思考著幸福還是不幸福取決于我們對生活的態(tài)度。故B正確。
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B．Because he was driving too fast.
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A．Leaving the young man alone in the desert.
B．Being considered a fool.
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C．he was sure of the coming sufferings
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【小題5】The following part might probably ________.
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