Question

Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水) ,and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high enough to escape it.
Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to take care.
"Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England .Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now .The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, “We won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one present for us all .Now I’ll go and get it. She came back with a little girl who had no parents .Here’s our present, she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grow up as their sister. I was that Christmas present."

小题1: How many children did Elizabeth have?, 小题2: What did Elizabeth do after the flood? 小题3:The Christmas present was Elizabeth herself, wasn’t it? 小题4: What do you learn from the story?

Answer 1

小题1:She had six children / Six
小题1:She helped one of the family which had lost everything. (She shared her home until the family could build a new house.)
小题1:Yes, it was.
小题1:We should try to help those who are in trouble.

小题1:根据Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house.可知她有六个孩子。故答：She had six children / Six
小题1:根据第二段Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything.描述，可知答：She helped one of the family which had lost everything. (She shared her home until the family could build a new house.)
小题1:根据短文最后一段描述，可知这个所谓的圣诞礼物就是伊丽莎白自己，故答：Yes, it was.
小题1:这篇短文主要讲述了伊丽莎白努力帮助别人的故事，故我们应从中学会帮助他人，故答：We should try to help those who are in trouble.