单选题

The word impoverished in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.

A difficult

B rich

C famous

D poor

解析：
词义推测题。根据文章第一段“Her mother was once a slave in a rich woman’s house. When Maggie was very young, a thief killed her father. Her family was impoverished, so Maggie’s mother started doing laundry in her home”可以得到，Maggie的母亲曾经是一名奴隶，她年幼丧父，家里没有钱，所以她的母亲只好给有钱人洗衣服，由此可推断impoverished应该是“贫穷的”意思，与poor意思相近。因此此题选D。