It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the tradintional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang.I ___1___ the front door and saw two small children in __2__huddling together(挤在一起)inside the storm door on the top step.
“Any old__3__,,Lady?” asked one of them.I was busy.Iwanted to say “no”until Ilooked down at their feet.They were__4__thin little sandals(凉鞋),wet with heavy snow.”Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot __5__.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their __6__sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them coffee and bread with jam to fight against the cold __7__.Then I went back to the __8__and started again on my household budget.
The silence in the front room __9__me.I looked in. The girl held the __10__cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat__11__,“Lady, are you rich?”“Am I rich? Mercy, no!”
I looked at my shabby slipcovers(家具套).The girl__12__her cup back in saucer(茶杯碟) carefully and said,“Your__13__match your saucers.” Her voice was hungry with a need __14__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 __15__to.They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be __16__.Plain blue china cups and saucers were __17__worth five pence. But they match.
I moved the chair back from the fire and cleaned the living room. They muddy prints of small sandals were left 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.A.opened B.closed C.crossed D.fixed
2.A.debt B.rags C.tears D.sickness
3.A.clothes B.blankets C.papers D.toys
4.A.selling B.enjoying C.tearing D.wearing
5.A.wine B.beer C.tea D.coffee
6.A.giant B.fluent C.wet D.loose
7.A.upwards B.outside C.downtown D.indoors
8.A.kitchen B.bedroom C.living-room D.dining-room
9.A.struck B.melt C.recognized D.varied
10.A.glass B.empty C.valuable D.broken
11.A.noise B.sound C.voice D.respnd
12.A.called B.brought C.went D.put
13.A.cups B.chairs C.plates D.slipcovers
14.A.which B.that C.where D.whether
15.A.dare B.forget C.need D.regret
16.A.crazy B.mysterious C.ripe D.grateful
17.A.well B.only C.too D.instead