2017 年全国各省市中考英语阅读理解汇总新鲜出炉（附答案及解析）1 心存感恩People once went hungry. A rich man who made bread and cakes sent for twentyof the 16 children in the town, and told them to take a loaf (条) of bread from a17 every day till the hard days passed.The hungry children came together 18 , and argued for the bread, because eachwished to have the largest one. Finally they went away without even thankingthe good gentleman.But Gretchen, a poorly-dressed little girl, did not argue or 19 with the rest, butremained standing quietly far away from them. 20 the bad-mannered girls left,she took the smallest bread, which alone was left in the basket, kissed thegentleman’s hand, and went home.The next day the children were as bad-mannered as before, and poor, shyGretchen 21 a loaf hardly the size of the one she got the first day. When shecame home, her mother cut the loaf open. Many new shining pieces of 22 fellout of it.Her mother was very surprised and worried, and said, “Take the money back tothe good gentleman at once, for it must have got into the dough (生面团) 23mistake. Be quick, Gretchen! Be quick!”1 / 25But when the little girl gave the rich man her mother’s 24 , he said, “No, no, mychild, it was no mistake. I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to giveyou. Always be as satisfied, quiet, and 25 as you now are. Go home now, and tellyour mother that the money is your own.”参考答案和解析2 / 25【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了一个富人每天向镇上的穷孩子发面包的故事。在其他孩子都争抢最大的面包时，一个名叫 Gretchen 的小女孩并不争抢。有一天她把面包带回家后，发现面包里装满了银币。后来知道，这是富人对她的奖励。这篇文章告诉我们不论处于什么环境，我们都要感恩，知足，并且有教养。16. C【解析】考...
