It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home 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 inside the storm door on the top step. 'Any old papers, lady?' asked one of them. I was busy. I wanted to say “no” __ __ looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin scandals (凉鞋),wet with heavy snow. “Come in and I'11 you a cup of hot cocoa.” They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet shoes left on the floor．I __ them cocoa and toast with jam the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget. The silence in the front door __ __ me. I looked in. The girl __ the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat ,' Lady ．．． are you rich?' 'Am I rich? Mercy, ! '  I looked at my shabby slipcover(家具套)．The girl put her cup back in its saucer（茶碟） . “Your cups match your saucers．” Her voice was ___  __ with a need that no amount of food could supply．They left after that, holding their against the wind．They hadn't said thank you． They didn’t to. They had done more than that. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they __  __ . I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a __ over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these things matched, too． I moved the chairs back from the fire and the living room．The muddy prints of small scandals were still on my floor. “ them be for a while,” I thought. Just I should begin to forget how I am. 小题1: A．when B．after C．while D．until 小题2: A．make B．provide C．do D．cook 小题3: A．signs B．signals C．marks D．symbols 小题4: A．showed B．served C．carried D．supplied 小题5: A．against B．from C．on D．in 小题6: A．beat B．struck C．got D．noticed 小题7: A．watched B．lifted C．held D．put 小题8: A．word B．method C．state D．voice 小题9: A．yes B．sure C．no D．always 小题10: A．suddenly B．carefully C．quickly D．anxiously 小题11: A．hungry B．satisfied C．pleased D．curious 小题12: A．books B．papers C．dishes D．drinks 小题13: A．dare B．plan C．want D．need 小题14: A．shone B．matched C．broke D．equaled 小题15: A．house B．ceiling C．roof D．curtain 小题16: A．washed B．rubbed C．wiped D．tidied 小题17: A．dry B．gone C．wet D．new 小题18: A．Made B．Let C．Got D．Kept 小题19: A．in case B．as if C．if only D．only if 小题20: A．nice B．free C．busy D．rich