ItwasacolddayinDecemberinNewYorkCity.Alittleboyabout10yearsoldwasstandinginfrontofashoestoreonBroadway.Hewaslookingthroughthewindows,barefootedandshiveringwithcold.Aladywalkedtotheboyandsaid,“Mylittleboy,whatareyoulookingat?”

“IamaskingGodtogivemeapairofshoes,”theboysaid.

Theladytookhimbythehandandwentintothestore.Sheaskedtheclerktogetapairofsocksfortheboy.Shethenaskedifhecouldgiveherabasinofhotwaterandatowel.Theclerkquicklybroughtthethingstoher.Shewashedtheboy'slittlefeetanddriedthemwiththetowel.Bythistime,theclerkhadreturnedwiththesocks.Theladyputonthesocksfortheboy,andthenboughthimapairofshoes.Shepattedhimontheheadandsaid,“Mylittleboy,doyoufeelmorecomfortablenow?”

Assheturnedtogo,theboycaughtherbythehandsuddenlyandlookedupinherface.Withtearsinhiseyes,heansweredthequestionwiththesewords,“AreyouGod'swife?”“No,I'mamother,”saidthewoman.

Thestoryhappenedin________onacolddayinDecember.

A

NewYork

B

London

C

Moscow

Thelittleboystandingatthestorewas________.

A

eightyearsold

B

nineyearsold

C

tenyearsold

Theboywaslookingthroughthewindowbecause________.

A

hewantedapairofshoes

B

itwasfuntodoso

C

hewasinterestedinthewindow

Theladybought________fortheboy.

A

atowelandabasin

B

abasinandshoes

C

socksandshoes

Accordingtothepassagetheladywas________.

A

God'swife

B

akindwoman

C

theboy'smother