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It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the
traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I1 the front door and saw two small children in
2 huddling(挤作一团)together on the top step.
'Any old3 , lady ?'asked one of them. I was busy. I wanted to say 'no' until I looked down at their
feet. They were4 thin little sandals(凉鞋), wet with heavy snow.
'Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot5 '.
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their6 sandals left marks upon the floor I served them
coffee and bread with jam to fight against the cold7 . Then I went back to the8 and started again on
my household budget.
The silence in the front room9 me, so I looked in. The girl held the10 cup in her hands, looking at it.
The boy asked in a flat11 ,'Lady, are you rich?' 'Am I rich? Mercy, no!'I looked at my shabby slipcovers(破旧的沙发套). The girl12 her cup back in saucer(茶托)carefully and said, 'Your13 match you saucers.'Her voice was hungry with a need that large amount of food could supply. They left after that,14 their
bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn't said 'Thank you'. They didn't15 to. They had reminded
me that I had so much for which to be16 . Plain blue china cups and saucers were17 worth five pence.
But they matched.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy18 of small sandals were
19 wet upon my floor. 'Let them be for a while, 'I thought. Just20 I should begin to forget how rich I am.
( ) 1．A．opened
( ) 2．A．needs
( ) 3．A．clothes
( ) 4．A．selling
( ) 5．A．wine
( ) 6．A．big
( ) 7．A．upwards
( ) 8．A．kitchen
( ) 9．A．struck
( )10．A．glass
( )11．A．noise
( )12．A．called
( )13．A．cups
( )14．A．grasping
( )15．A．dare
( )16．A．crazy
( )17．A．well
( )18．A．road
( )19．A．already
( )20．A．in case B．closed
B．rags
B．blankets
B．enjoying
B．beer
B．black
B．outside
B．bedroom
B．melt
B．empty
B．sound
B．brought
B．chairs
B．holding
B．forget
B．mysterious
B．only
B．images
B．really
B．even ifC．tied
C．tears
C．papers
C．borrowing
C．tea
C．wet
C．downtown
C．living room
C．moved
C．valuable
C．voice
C．went
C．plates
C．catching
C．need
C．ripe
C．quite
C．prints
C．never
C. as

D．fixed
D．sickness
D．toys
D．wearing
D．coffee
D．loose
D．indoors
D．dining room
D．shocking