It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey____the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in ____ clothes and thin little sandals(凉鞋), staying together at the door on the top step.
“Any old____, lady?” asked one of them.
I was ____. I wanted to say “no” until my eye____their sandals, which were wet with heavy snow.
“____and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked ____and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the____. I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight____the freezing cold outside.____I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget for Thanksgiving Day.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice,“Lady, are you____?”
I looked at my old sofa covers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer(托盘)____and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was____with a need that no amount of food could supply.They left after that,____their papers against the wind.They hadn’t said“Thank you.”They didn’t need to.They had____me that I had so much for which to be grateful.Plain blue china cups and saucers were____worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these____, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and____the living room. The muddy(沾上泥的)____of small sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to____how rich I am.
1.A. before B. while C. when D. as
2.A. worn B. strange C. ordinary D. smart
3.A. clothes B. papers C. cups D. shoes
4.A. sad B. nervous C. busy D. happy
5.A. fell upon B. came at C. went through D. got into
6.A. Stand back B. Turn around C. Get out D. Come in
7.A. over B. out C. off D. on
8.A. door B. floor C. ground D. wall
9.A. about B. against C. for D. in
10.A. Thus B. But C. Then D. So
11.A. rich B. kind C. helpful D. healthy
12.A. curiously B. hopefully C. carefully D. silently
13.A. hungry B. pleasant C. deep D. cold
14.A. turning B. delivering C. pushing D. holding
15.A. reminded B. promised C. persuaded D. told
16.A. really B. even C. well D. only
17.A. matched B. worked C. mixed D. agreed
18.A. decorated B. equipped C. emptied D. cleaned
19.A. lines B. prints C. signs D. steps
20.A. realize B. doubt C. forget D. prove
Now their talks have reached a key stage________one side must give in to the other.
A.which B.that C.where D.how
There is a big garden in the residential buildings,________actually has become a good place for people to meet and communicate.
A.where B.in which C. that D.which
She was so________that she wouldn’t give in until she received a full apology.
A.simple B.lucky
C.stubborn D.proper
________life in a new country can be difficult, it can broaden a person’s view of the world.
A.If B.Although C.Because D.While
The professor gives every one of us the impression________he is a real expert in this field.
A.which B. that C.where D.what