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阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang．I 1 the front door and saw two small children in 2 huddling(挤作一团)together on the top step．
“Any old 3 , lady? ”asked one of them．I was busy．I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet．They were 4 thin little sandals(凉鞋), wet with heavy snow．
“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot 5 ”．
They walked over and sat down at the table．Their 6 sandals left marks upon the floor I served them coffee and bread with jam to fight against the cold 7 ．Then I went back to the 8 and started again on my household budget．
The silence in the front room 9 me, so I looked in．The girl held the 10 cup in her hands, looking at it．The boy asked in a flat 11 , “Lady, are you rich? ” “Am I rich? Mercy, no! ”I looked at my shabby slipcovers(破旧的沙发套)．The girl 12 her cup back in saucer(茶托)carefully and said, “Your 13 match you saucers．”Her voice was hungry with a need that large amount of food could supply．They left after that, 14 their bundles of papers against the wind．They hadn't said “Thank you”．They didn't 15 to．They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be 16 ．Plain blue china cups and saucers were 17 worth five pence．But they matched．
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room．The muddy 18 of small sandals were 19 wet upon my floor．“Let them be for a while, ”I thought．Just 20 I should begin to forget how rich I am．
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