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hin little sandals, wet with heavy snow. “Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.” They walked over and sat down at the wet sandals left marks upon the served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget. The silence in the front room struck looked girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at boy asked in a flat voice, “Lad y, are you rich? ” I looked at my shabby slipcovers(家具套 ). The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.”Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could left after that, holding their bundles of papers against the hadn’t said “Thank you.”They didn’t need had reminded me that I had so much for which to be blue china cups and saucers were only worth five they matched. I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat and brown meat soup,a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job— these matched, too. I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my them be for a while, I thought,just in case I should begin to fet how rich I am. 1. Two children came to the writer’s front door because ________ A. it was Thanksgiving Day B. they were beggars C. they wanted old papers D. they wanted a cup of cocoa 2. Why did the writer let the children in? A. She showed great pity on them. B. She had old papers to sell. C. She wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving feast. D. She wanted them to see how rich she was. 3. From the passage