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Mrs. Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, I was getting ready to eat my
same old tuna fish (金枪鱼) sandwich and suddenly Mrs. Amatuli asked me if she could buy my sandwich
from me. She explained that, I could use the money to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria.
I was thrilled. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was too expensive for my family, and we always
carried our lunch and brought the bag back home to use again the next day. My sandwiches were either
bologna (大腊肠) or tuna fish. It rarely varied beyond that.
You can understand my delight when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch.
When we finished lunch that day, Mrs. Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to explain why she had
bought my sandwich. I really didn't care why, but it gave me a few minutes of her precious attention so I was
very quiet as she explained. You see, she was Catholic and she told me that Catholics didn't eat red meat on
Fridays-they ate fish on Fridays.
Oh, I couldn't wait to get home and tell my Mama that from now on I wanted tuna fish on Fridays. After,
my Mama understood why, she gladly fixed tuna fish for me on Fridays. She even fixed it on brown bread
because she knew Mrs. Amatuli liked brown bread. From then on, every Friday I could get in line with the
rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn't care how many of the kids complained about cafeteria food-it tasted
divine to me!
I realize now that Mrs. Amatuli could have fixed herself a tuna sandwich of Friday. But she bought my
sandwich because she saw a little girl who was thrilled over the simple act of having a hot lunch.
I will never forget her for her compassion and generosity and what I should do is follow her example.
1. Mrs. Amatuli bought the writer's sandwich because _____.
A. she was tired of cafeteria food
B. she hated getting in line with kids
C. she didn't eat red meat on Friday
D. she wanted to show care to the writer
2. What can we learn about the cafeteria food?
A. It was terrific.
B. It was terrible.
C. The writer enjoyed it.
D. Most kids were fond of it.
3. The underlined word "divine" in Paragraph 5 means _____.
A. perfect
B. sweet
C. unpleasant
D. special
4. Which of the following can best show the theme of this text?
A. It is hard to please all.
B. Better to give than to receive.
C. Love makes the world go around.
D. The more you offer, the more you are rewarded.
