Question

【题目】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, 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 served them cocoa 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 wornout slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (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.

【1】Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Lady, are you rich?

B．A story of Thanksgiving Day

C．Don't forget how rich you are

D．Does cups and saucers match well?

【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 showed great pity and care on them

C．she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party

D．she had the same experience as them in the past

【3】Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.

B．The writer had thought she wasn't rich because her supplies were not expensive.

C．If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.

D．After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.

【4】The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________.

A．show that she was a kindhearted lady

B．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is

C．remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was

D．prove that she had understood what meant being rich

【5】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 towards life

C．the way you help others

D．your social relationship

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

试题分析：什么是富有？也许它直接与我们自己的心灵有关，而与一切世俗的、物质的东西没有什么必然的联系。富有是一种感觉，只拥有一套茶具的人也可以是富有的吧，至少它们是相配的一套。

【1】A主旨大意题。通读文章可知本文介绍了在感恩节作者怜悯两个可怜的小孩，而他们的话，也让作者发现富有是一种感觉，与一切世俗的、物质的东西没有什么必然的联系。文章重在让人们感知生活中真正的“富有”，故正确答案：最佳标题应用文章中小孩的一句话：“Lady, are you rich? ”，既照顾到了文章中心“富有”，又关系到了所记叙的故事，且问句更能引起读者的兴趣，故正确答案为A.

【2】B推理判断题。根据文章第三段和第四段的细节陈述可知，尽管作者很忙，想说“no”但当看到他们在大雪天还穿着凉鞋时，作者让他们进来给他们喝热可可。由此可知，让他们进来、好好招待他们，是因为作者同情和关心这两个孩子。故该题正确答案为B.

【3】A推理判断题。根据文意可知，小女孩问作者“Lady, are you rich? ”及后面又说道“Your cups match your saucers.”只是询问和她眼中的情形，并没刻意让作者高兴之意，所以A．The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.“小女孩认为作者富有因为她想让作者高兴。”显然是不对的，即该题选A.

【4】C细节信息题。根据文章最后两句话“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. ”可知，作者让这些小凉鞋印依然在地板上，是为了防止自己开始忘了自己有多富有了。故正确答案为C.

【5】B推理判断题。根据文章第八段最后一句“They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.”和第九段“Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.”，可知尽管在物质上作者不富有，但生活中真正的富有与此无关，它是内心的一种感受。故正确答案为B.