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　　Two men on a touring holiday were injured by an explosion in their motor van（面包车）yesterday.

　　Shoppers, traders and businessmen in Red Lion Street were ____1____ by a loud bang, and seconds later the two men jumped over from the van, which had stopped outside Barclays Bank. Several people rushed to give ____2____ and helped to put out the fire ____3____ the van. A light American truck changed the ____4____ to provide living accomodation room, ____5____ firemen arrived.

　　The men, Mr. Gary House, who was driving, and his ____6____ Mr. Charles Lynn——were taken to hospital with slight ____7____. They were allowed to leave after ____8____. “I heard this explosion. It was ____9____ loud. I thought it could have been ____10____,”said Mr. Leslie Webster, manager of the market, who was working in his office in Red Lion Street. “I looked out of the window and saw this lad jump from the van and ____11____ on the ground. Then another lad came out of the van. He seemed to be in a ____12____ state——parts of his trousers were hanging below his knees.”

　　“I came downstairs to get a fire extinguisher（灭火器）, but ___13___ the time I got outside someone from the bank was in the ____14____ with an extinguisher.”

　　Mr. Webster said both men were shocked. One was taken into the market's office to wait for a(n) ____15____.“The second man ____16____ going back into the van to see if everything was ____17____, and five minutes later he came out with a drawer that was burning,” he added._____18_____ inside the van was mainly superficial（表在的）, ____19____ a plastic window was blown out.

　　The two men have spent the last five months ____20____ At the time of the incident their wives were shopping in the city.

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　　“Depend on yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you, but all these only help you to help yourself.

　　There have been many great men in history, but many of them were very poor in childhood, and had no uncles, aunts or friends to help them. Schools were few and not very good. They could not depend upon them for education. They saw how it was, and set to work with all their might（力量）to know something. They worked their own way up to fame.

　　One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, “I can not make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourself.”

　　Some young men have no ambition（雄心）to excel（拔尖）in anything, and they are to be pitied. They can never accomplish（成就） much unless they see their weak points and change their course. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live, unless they accept the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend on their own honest efforts.

（1）“Depend on yourself” in this passage means _________.

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A. rely on your own efforts

B. wait for others to help

C. count on your parents' help

D. rely on nature

（2）Many of the great men in history succeeded because _________.

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A. they were very poor in childhood

B. hey could not depend on schools for an education

C. they made great efforts to learn and work

D. they wanted very much to become famous

（3）According to the famous teacher in England, a teacher can ________.

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A. take his pupils worthy men

B. help his pupils find a way to fame

C. help his pupils make themselves useful men

D. make his pupils men of strength and courage

（4）If young people depend on their own efforts, _________.

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A. they are to be pitied

B. they can be ambitions

C. they are nothing now and will be nothing in the future

D. they can be successful in their careers（事业）

（5）Which title best fits this passage?

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A. How to Be Famous

B. What Nature Says to Every Man

C. Depend on Yourself

D. Dare to Excel