阅读理解ItwasThanksgivingmorningandinthecrowdedkitchenofmysmallhomeIwasbusypreparingthetraditionalThanksgivingturkeywhenthedoorbellrang．Iopenedthefrontdoorandsawtwosmallchildreninragshuddling

　　阅读理解

　　ItwasThanksgivingmorningandinthecrowdedkitchenofmysmallhomeIwasbusypreparingthetraditionalThanksgivingturkeywhenthedoorbellrang．Iopenedthefrontdoorandsawtwosmallchildreninragshuddlingtogetherinsidethestormdooronthetopstep．

　　“Anyoldpaperslady?”askedoneofthem．

　　Iwasbusy．Iwantedtosay“no”untilIlookeddownattheirfeet．Theywerewearingthinlittlesandalswetwithheavysnow．

　　“ComeinandI’llmakeyouacupofhotcocoa．”

　　Theywalkedoverandsatdownatthetable．Theirwetsandalsleftmarksuponthefloor．Iservedthemcocoaandbreadwithjamtofightagainstthecoldoutside．ThenIwentbacktothekitchenandstartedagainonmyhouseholdbudget．

　　Thesilenceinthefrontroomstruckme．Ilookedin．Thegirlheldtheemptycupinherhandslookingatit．Theboyaskedinaflatvoice“Ladyareyourich?”

　　Ilookedatmyshabbyslipcovers．Thegirlputhercupbackinitssaucercarefullyandsaid“Yourcupsmatchyoursaucers．”Hervoicewashungrywithaneedthatnoamountoffoodcouldsupply．Theyleftafterthatholdingtheirbundlesofpapersagainstthewind．Theyhadn’tsaid“Thankyou．”Theydidn’tneedto．TheyhadremindedmethatIhadsomuchforwhichtobegrateful．Plainbluechinacupsandsaucerswereonlyworthfivepence．Buttheymatched．

　　Itastedthepotatoesandstirredthemeatsoup．Potatoesandbrownmeatsouparoofoverourheadsmymanwithagoodsteadyjob－thesematchedtoo．

　　Imovedthechairsbackfromthefireandcleanedthelivingroom．Themuddyprintsofsmallsandalswerestillwetuponmyfloor．LetthembeforawhileIthoughtjustincaseIshouldbegintoforgethowrichIam．

　　(1)

　　Twochildrencametothewriter’sfrontdoorbecause________．

　　[]A．

　　itwasThanksgivingDay

　　B．

　　theywerebeggars

　　C．

　　theywantedoldpapers

　　D．

　　theywantedacupofcocoa

　　(2)

　　Whydidthewriterletthechildrenin?

　　[]A．

　　Sheshowedgreatpityonthem