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　　SACRAMENTO(New York Times)－The 2005 Best Ten Citizens of Charity have been honored today by the city government, one of whom is Ms Myrtle Smith．To answer our reporter’s why-question, she told us the following　story which, as she put it, had led her to the work for the less fortunate people：

　　“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 inside the storm door 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 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?”

　　“Am I rich? Mercy, no!”

　　I looked at my shabby slipcovers(家具套)．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．And from then on I can’t help doing more．

　　Ms．Smith concluded her story with a very sweet smile that was worth millions of dollars, even an amount no one could figure out how large!

　　Sure enough, sometimes a very small matter counts much when it is big enough to change one’s life a little and great enough to make one feel moved and eager to do things one has even never thought of, which oftentimes brings benefits．

1．Why did the girl think Ms Smith was rich?(Please answer within ten words．)

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2．What’s the main idea of the passage?(Please answer within ten words．)

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3．What do you think is the standard to judge whether you are rich or not?(Please answer within ten words．)

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4．Which sentence can be replaced by the following?

Ms Smith finished her story with a remark that is greatly valuable．

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5．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．

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