That Easter day ( 复活节) 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 .
When the writer’s family was given the money for the poor , she probably felt ____________ .
A.thankful |
B.surprised |
C.fair |
D.embarrassed (难堪的) |
The mother decided to go to the church to ________________
A.hang out with her kids |
B.donate ( 捐赠 ) the money to poor people |
C.cheer her kids up |
D.show other people they were not poor |
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
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 |
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 |