Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey   1the 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   2, lady?” asked one of them

I was   3. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin scandals(便鞋), wet with heavy snow.

“Come in and I’ll   4you a cup of hot cocoa.”

There was no conversation. Their wet scandals  5marks upon the floor. I   6them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the   7and started again on my household budget.

The silence in the front room struck through to me. I   8in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked   9a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”

“Am I rich? Mercy, no!”

I looked at my shabby(寒酸的) slipcovers. The girl put her   10back in its saucer(茶碟) carefully and said.

“Your cups match your saucers.”

Her   11was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply. They left then, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn’t said “Thank you”. They didn’t   12to. They had done   13that. Plain blue pottery cups and saucers were only worth five pence.   14they matched.

I   15the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these things  16, too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy prints of small scandals were still   17upon my floor. Let   18be for a while. I want them there   19I forget again how   20I am.

1.A. while         B. as            C. when             D. until

2.A. clothes          B. books         C. shoes            D. papers

3.A. busy             B. confused      C. impatient        D. free

4.A. cook             B. make          C. do               D. give

5.A. left             B. kept          C. held             D. wiped

6.A. sent             B. took          C. served           D. showed

7.A. study            B. bedroom       C. living room      D. kitchen

8.A. turned           B. gave          C. looked           D. checked

9.A. at               B. in            C. with             D. to

10.A. food            B. spoon         C. toast            D. cup

11.A. voice           B. coat          C. story            D. memory

12.A. expect          B. know          C. need             D. mean

13.A. less than    B. more than     C. rather than         D. other than

14.A. And             B. So            C. Then             D. But

15.A. tasted          B. peel          C. washed           D. cut

16.A. separated    B. matched           C. were the same    D. were different

17.A. strange      B. new               C. deep             D. wet

18.A. it              B. them          C. that             D. one

19.A. in case      B. as if             C. although        D. in order that

20.A. happy        B. lucky          C. rich             D. moved

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.A    

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.D    

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A    

16.B

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C