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Anna lived on the side of a valley (山谷 ). One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses were washed away. Anna’ s house was high enough to escape the flood. So, when the water had disappeared, her house was not damaged.
However, Anna’s house was quite small and there were only two little bedrooms. Her husband died when their four children were very young. But, Anna shared her house with one of the families that had lost everything in the flood until it was possible for them to rebuild their own house.
Anna’ s friends were very puzzled (困惑 ) when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give herself so much more work and trouble when she had so many children to support. Life would be even harder when another family joined them.
“ Well, ” Anna explained to her friends,
“ 30 years ago, a woman in the town was very poor, because her husband had been killed in the war, and she had a lot of children, as I have now.
“ The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘ We won’ t have much for Christmas this year, so I am going to get only one gift for all of us and I am sure we will all be glad to have it. Now I’ ll go and get it.
’ She came back wit h a little girl who was even poorer than they. And the girl had no parents.
‘ Here is our gift, ’ she said to her children.
“ The children were very excited and happy to get such a gift. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas gift. ”
31. Anna’s house was not washed away by the flood because _________.
A. the house was quite a tall one
B. the flood was not very strong
C. it was built high on the side of the valley
D. it was strong enough to keep standing
32. How many people were there in Anna’s family before her husband died?
A. 4. B. 5. C. 6. D. 7.
33. Anna was willing to share the house with a homeless family because _______.
A. she had once joined the homeless family
B. she was helped when she was homeless
C. she was once given to a family as a Christmas gift
D. she was poor and had four children
34. Which is NOT true about the family where Anna grew up?
A. Their house was once washed away by a flood.
B. The father of the family lost his life in the war.
C. The family members were all kind-hearted.
D. The children had Anna as their sister.