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