Question

That Easter day ( 復活節(jié) ) I found out we were so poor . The minister brought us the money for the poor family , so we must be poor , I thought . I didn’t like being poor . Everyone there probably already knew we were poor ! I thought about school . I was in the ninth grade and at the top of my class over 100 students . I wondered if the kids at school knew that we were poor .

We sat in silence for a long time . Then it got dark , and we went to bed . All that week ,we girls went to school and came home , and no one talked much . Finally , on Saturday , Mom asked us what we wanted to do with the money . What did poor people do with the money ? We didn’t know . We didn’t want to go to the church on Sunday , but mom said we had to . Although it was a sunny day , we didn’t talk on the way . Mom started to sing , but no one joined in .

At church we had a speaker . He talked about how churches in Africa built schools and houses for the poor people , but they needed more money to buy foods . The speaker said ,“ Can’t we all give away some money to help those poor people ?” We looked at each other and smiled for the first time in a week .

Mom reached into her purse and pulled out the envelope . She passed it to Darlene , Darlene gave it to me , and I put it into the offering . h

When the offering was counted , the minister announced that it was a little over 500 dollars . The speaker was excited . He hadn’t expected such a large offering from our small church . He said ,＂ You must have some rich people in this church .” Suddenly it struck us ! We had given 420dollars of that “ little over 500 dollars .“

We were the rich family in the church ! Hadn’t the speaker said so ? From that day on , I’ve never been poor again .

( ) 1 When the writer’s family was given the money for the poor , she probably felt ____________ .

A．thankful 　 B．surprised 　 C．fair　 D．embarrassed ( 難堪的 )

( ) 2. The mother decided to go to the church to ________________

A．hang out with her kids B．donate ( 捐贈 ) the money to poor people

C．cheer her kids up D．show other people they were not poor

( ) 3. What does the underlined word “announced” mean ?

Ａ. Spoke loudly in public B. Made a hard decision

C . Host a good program D . Discovered an exciting result

( ) 4. Which of the statements is true ?

A .The writer was born in an African country

B. The writer didn’t like going to school

C. The mother was helpful to others

D . he mother didn’t want the money given by others

( ) 5. What can we learn from the article ?

A . It’s not good to receive other’s money B. Being poor ,you still can help

C. Churches are good places to learn D. We should regard difficulties as challenges

Answer 1

1D   2B   3A   4C   5B