Question

That Easter day ( 復活節) 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 .

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. the 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

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是在復活節的時候，作者一家收到了給貧窮家庭的補貼，作者覺得很難堪。他們一家人不知道用這個錢來干什么，最后把錢捐了出去，去幫助別人。這個故事告訴我們，即使窮，你也有能力幫助別人。

1.推理判斷題。通過短文第一段的描述可知，在復活節的時候，作者的家里收到了給貧窮家庭里的補貼，作者知道自己的家是很窮的。他說他不喜歡窮，還擔心學校里的同學是否知道自己家很窮。由此我們可以看出，作者因為自己家窮，收到補貼的錢而感到難堪。故應該選D。

2.細節理解題。根據短文第三段的描述可知，星期天的時候，媽媽帶著作者和其他孩子們去了教堂，他們不知道用這個錢做什么，所以去教堂把錢捐給其他窮人。故應該選B。

3.詞義猜測題。根據文意和劃線單詞所在的句子可知，大家都把捐的錢放在了箱子里，最后把箱子里捐的錢總計一下，一共是500美元多一點。牧師要把這個結果公布給大家，所以announce的意思就是宣布，公布。因此A選項“在公眾場合大聲的說”這個釋義最符合文意。故選A。

4.推理判斷題。A選項在短文中并沒有說作者出生在非洲的國家，故A不對；根據短文第一段的內容可知，在學校里，作者是他們班里拔尖的學生，所以他不可能不喜歡上學，故B也不對；C選項在短文中并沒有提到；根據短文第四段的內容可知，媽媽決定把這些錢都捐出去，所以媽媽是樂于助人的。故C是正確的。

5.推理判斷題。這篇短文講述的是在復活節的時候，作者一家收到了給貧窮家庭的補貼，作者覺得很難堪。他們一家人不知道用這個錢來干什么，最后把錢捐了出去，去幫助別人。從這個故事我們可以知道，即使你很窮，你也可以去幫助別人。故應選B。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。