Question

That Easter day ( 复活节 ) I found out we were so poor . The minister brought us the money for the poor family , so we must be poor , I thought . I didn’t like being poor . Everyone there probably already knew we were poor ! I thought about school . I was in the ninth grade and at the top of my class over 100 students . I wondered if the kids at school knew that we were poor .

We sat in silence for a long time . Then it got dark , and we went to bed . All that week ,we girls went to school and came home , and no one talked much . Finally , on Saturday , Mom asked us what we wanted to do with the money . What did poor people do with the money ? We didn’t know . We didn’t want to go to the church on Sunday , but mom said we had to . Although it was a sunny day , we didn’t talk on the way . Mom started to sing , but no one joined in .

At church we had a speaker . He talked about how churches in Africa built schools and houses for the poor people , but they needed more money to buy foods . The speaker said ,“ Can’t we all give away some money to help those poor people ?” We looked at each other and smiled for the first time in a week .

Mom reached into her purse and pulled out the envelope . She passed it to Darlene , Darlene gave it to me , and I put it into the offering .

When the offering was counted , the minister announced that it was a little over 500 dollars . The speaker was excited . He hadn’t expected such a large offering from our small church . He said ,＂ You must have some rich people in this church .” Suddenly it struck us ! We had given 420dollars of that “ little over 500 dollars .“

We were the rich family in the church ! Hadn’t the speaker said so ? From that day on , I’ve never been poor again .

1.When the writer’s family was given the money for the poor , she probably felt ____________ .

A．thankful B．surprised

C．fair D．embarrassed ( 难堪的 )

2. The mother decided to go to the church to ________________

A．hang out with her kids

B．donate ( 捐赠 ) the money to poor people

C．cheer her kids up

D．show other people they were not poor

3.What does the underlined word “announced” mean ?

A. Spoke loudly in public

B. Made a hard decision

C. Host a good program

D. Discovered an exciting result

4. Which of the statements is true ?

A.The writer was born in an African country

B. The writer didn’t like going to school

C. The mother was helpful to others

D. he mother didn’t want the money given by others

5.What can we learn from the article ?

A. It’s not good to receive other’s money

B. Being poor ,you still can help

C. Churches are good places to learn

D. We should regard difficulties as challenges

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了在复活节时牧师给穷人发了钱。这使我们这些孩子非常难过，认为自己非常贫穷。但是星期天去教堂的募捐使我们的感觉变了，从那时起贫穷的感觉在也没有了。

1.推理判断题。根据短文第一段和第二段的描述可知作者对于在复活节给穷人钱，感到非常的难堪，故选D

2.第四段描述可知妈妈从钱包了拿出来钱，捐赠了出去，故选B

3.后文牧师所说的话，可知是牧师在宣布结果，故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据对比其他的几个选项，没有提及作者的出生地，排除A，根据短文可知作者是因为怕其他人认为自己贫穷而不愿意去上学，故排除B。根据短文描述妈妈问我们怎么处理拿钱，故排除D。根据短文描述可知妈妈是个乐于主人的人，故选C。

5.短文中作者家境贫穷但是还是乐于帮助其他人，对比其他选项，故选B

考点：故事类短文阅读。