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

阅读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容回答问题。

The Forbidden City is also called “Zijincheng (purple forbidden city)”. It is the largest and greatest palace in China today. Under Ming Emperor ,people began to build the Forbidden City in 1406,and it took 14 years to finish it.

The palace is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east to west. It has 9,900 rooms under a total roof area 150,000 square meters. A 52-meter-wide-moat(护城河) encircles a 9.9 –meter- high wall which encloses the complex(综合设施).

The Forbidden City in Beijing was the emperors’ palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Though its walls are red and its roofs are yellow, the palace’s name mentions the color purple. How did it get this name? In fact, this has more to do with what the palace stands for than what it looks like.

The character “ zi ” refers to (指代) the Ziwei star. According to ancient Chinese astronomy (天文学), the Ziwei star was surrounded (包围) by 28 other stars, meaning it was the heart of the sky. People believed that the palace of the God Emperor, which is called Ziweigong, or Ziwei palace, was located on this star.

Chinese emperors were believed to be the sons of the God Emperor. It was believed that their palace on the earth should be like the Ziweigong in the sky. That’s how the Forbidden City got its name.

In Chinese culture, the color purple stands for good luck. This belief began with Laozi, the founder of Taoism (道教) who lived around 2,500 years ago. One day, when Laozi was traveling through the Hangu Pass (函谷关) in Henan from the east, a purple mist suddenly appeared in the air. This “purple air from the east” (紫气东来) story led people to connect the color to great sages (圣人), and it also stands for nobility (高贵).

1.When did people finish building The Forbidden City?

2.Does the name of “Zijincheng” have more to do with what it looks like?

3.How wide is the moat which encircles the high wall?

4.Where was the God Emperor’s palace located according to ancient Chinese belief?

5.What does the color “purple” stand for in Chinese culture?

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