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It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home 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. “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 with jam to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.

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?”

I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply. They left after that, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn’t said “Thank you.” They didn’t need to. 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 good steady job—these matched, too.

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.

1.Two children came to the writer’s front door because _________________.

A.it was Thanksgiving Day                   B.they were beggars

C.they wanted old papers                   D.they wanted a cup of cocoa

2.Why did the writer let the children in?

A.She showed great pity on them

B.She had old papers to sell

C.She wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving feast

D.She wanted them to see how rich she was

3.The girl thought the writer was rich perhaps because ________________.

A.she saw that the lady’s room was comfortable

B.she saw the cups matched the saucers

C.the writer’s slipcovers were very new

D.the writer was preparing a big meal while she was too hungry.

4.From the passage, we can infer that whether you are rich depends on ________.

A.how much money you have had

B.how you feel about your life

C.how you have helped others

D.what job your husband is doing

5.The writer left the muddy prints of small sandals on the floor for a while to ____________.

A.show her husband that someone had come

B.remind her that she had helped two children

C.remind her that she was very rich in the neighborhood

D.remind her how life should be

 

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析:本文介绍了在感恩节之夜,一对来要旧报纸的男孩和女孩给我带来的人生思考。

1.C 细节题。根据第一段最后一句“Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.说明他们敲门是想要一些旧报纸,故C项正确。

2.A 推理题。根据文章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.说明我很同情他们,在如此寒冷的天气里,遭受这样的痛苦,故A正确。

3.B 细节题。根据文章倒数第二段3,4行The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.”说明B正确。

4.B 推理题。根据文章中女孩子的那句话“Your cups match your saucers.”让我们思考着我们的生活究竟幸福还是不幸福。故B正确。

5.D 推理题。根据文章最后一段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.说明我想让这样的脚印提醒我,故D正确。

考点:考查人生哲理类短文

点评:本文介绍了在感恩节之夜,一对来要旧报纸的男孩和女孩给我带来的人生思考。要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系,结合自己的生活常识和经验,再通过逻辑推理和判断,理解文章的言外之意,从而揭示文章的深层涵义。任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的,读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到,因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文,在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据,即:已知部分-推论的前提,从中推测出未知部分-推理的结论,切忌妄加评论,把自己的观点当成作者的观点。

 

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