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18．Two children stood outside the door with old coats．"Any old papers，lady？"asked one of them．
 I was busy．I wanted to say no，but I saw that their shoes had holes in them and they were wet．"Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot tea．"They came in，saying nothing．Their shoes left prints on the floor．
    I gave them tea and bread to protect （防止） them from the cold outside．Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again．
    The silence in the living room surprised me．I looked in．
    The girl held the empty cup in her hands，looking at it．The boy asked me in a low voice，"Lady，are you rich？"
    Am I rich？Oh，no!I looked at the old things in my room．
    The girl put her cup back in its saucer （茶碟） carefully and said，"Your cups match （相配） your saucers．"
    Then they left，holding their papers against the wind．They hadn't said thank you．They didn't need to．They had done more than that．They had reminded me that I had so much to thank for．The blue cupsand saucers were simple，but they matched．The potatoes and meat before me，a roof over my head，my husband with a job-these things matched，too．
    I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room．The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor．I let them be．I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was．

36．The writer let the two children in toA    
A．serve them tea and food                 
B．sell them some old papers
C．show them how rich she was             
D．offer them some warm clothes
37．Why did the boy think the writer was rich？C
A．He liked the saucer．
B．The room was quite large．
C．The cups matched the saucers．
D．She was kind and ready to give．
38．We can learn from the passage thatA
A．the writer felt everything matched     
B．the writer's husband was out of work
C．the children talked happily in the room   
D．the children thanked a lot before leaving
39．The underlined sentence"I let them be．"means"B"
A．I loved them．
B．I left them there．
C．I didn't like them．
D．I didn't want to see them again．
40．According to the passage，whether you are rich depends onD．
A．what job you are doing                 
B．what you have
C．how much money you have              
D．how you feel about your life．

Answer 1

分析 这篇短文讲的是作者招待了两个贫穷的孩子，通过这次经历他们使作者意识到什么是真正的富有，精神的富有要比物质富有重要得多．
两个穿着旧大衣的孩子站在门外，其中一个问（我），"你有一些旧报纸吗？"
我很忙，我想说"不"，但是我看见他们的鞋子上有洞并且他们的鞋子湿了，"进来，我给你们倒杯热茶．"他们进来，什么也没说．他们的鞋子在地板上留下了印记．
我给他们茶和面包，来让他们抵御外面的寒冷．然后我回到厨房，又开始做家务．
客厅里的寂静使我感到惊讶，我（往里面）看了看．
女孩手里拿着空杯子，看着它．男孩低声问我："女士，你是富有的吗？
我富有吗？不，我看着我房间的旧东西．
女孩把自己的杯子小心地放回盘子里，说："您的杯子和碟子相匹配．"
然后，他们顶着烈风，拿着旧报纸离开了．他们没有说："谢谢"．他们不需要说．他们已经做的比这些还要多．他们提醒我，我有那么多需要感谢的．蓝色的杯子和碟子很简单，但是它们相匹配．在我面前的土豆和肉，我有自己的栖身之处，有一份固定工作的丈夫等，这些也是相匹配的．
我把椅子从火炉旁搬回并且打扫了客厅．留在地板上的他们的小脚印仍然是湿的，我让它们（脚印）保留着，我想让它们在那儿提醒我有多么富有．

解答 36．答案：A；细节理解题；根据文中原句I gave them tea and bread to protect them against the cold outside．（我给他们茶和面包来让他们抵御外面的寒冷．）；可知此题选A．
37．答案：C；细节理解题；根据短文内容The girl put her cup back in its saucer （茶碟） carefully and said，"Your cups match （相配） your saucers．可知因为两个孩子看到"杯子和碟子相匹配"，得知这位女士很富有；故选C；
38．答案：A；细节理解题；根据短文内容The blue cupsand saucers were simple，but they matched．The potatoes and meat before me，a roof over my head，my husband with a job-these things matched，too．可知作者感到每样东西都是匹配的；故选A；
39．答案：B；句意猜测题；根据短文内容I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was．可以推知该句句意：我想把它们留在那儿；故选B；
40．答案：D；推理判断题；根据短文中"They had reminded me that I had so much to thank for．The blue cupsand saucers were simple，but they matched．The potatoes and meat before me，a roof over my head，my husband with a job-these things matched，too"以及"I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was．"等细节可知，作者感悟到：你是否富有取决于你对你的生活的感受；故选D．

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