Question

【題目】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】

試題分析：什么是富有？也許它直接與我們自己的心靈有關，而與一切世俗的、物質的東西沒有什么必然的聯(lián)系。富有是一種感覺，只擁有一套茶具的人也可以是富有的吧，至少它們是相配的一套。

【1】A主旨大意題。通讀文章可知本文介紹了在感恩節(jié)作者憐憫兩個可憐的小孩，而他們的話，也讓作者發(fā)現(xiàn)富有是一種感覺，與一切世俗的、物質的東西沒有什么必然的聯(lián)系。文章重在讓人們感知生活中真正的“富有”，故正確答案：最佳標題應用文章中小孩的一句話：“Lady, are you rich? ”，既照顧到了文章中心“富有”，又關系到了所記敘的故事，且問句更能引起讀者的興趣，故正確答案為A.

【2】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段和第四段的細節(jié)陳述可知，盡管作者很忙，想說“no”但當看到他們在大雪天還穿著涼鞋時，作者讓他們進來給他們喝熱可可。由此可知，讓他們進來、好好招待他們，是因為作者同情和關心這兩個孩子。故該題正確答案為B.

【3】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)文意可知，小女孩問作者“Lady, are you rich? ”及后面又說道“Your cups match your saucers.”只是詢問和她眼中的情形，并沒刻意讓作者高興之意，所以A．The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.“小女孩認為作者富有因為她想讓作者高興。”顯然是不對的，即該題選A.

【4】C細節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章最后兩句話“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，作者讓這些小涼鞋印依然在地板上，是為了防止自己開始忘了自己有多富有了。故正確答案為C.

【5】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)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.”，可知盡管在物質上作者不富有，但生活中真正的富有與此無關，它是內(nèi)心的一種感受。故正確答案為B.