阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Bertha Ingram had been collecting them for more than 40 years．Every once in a while she would bring home a new book．She'd sit with it on her leg, looking at the meaningless black marks without moving the eyes and cry．

　　She was not stupid．She simply had not had the 　　1　　 to learn to read．Her parents were sharecroppers in Florida in the 1920s．Sharecroppers did not own the 　　2　　 they farmed．Instead, they gave a part of their crops(plants grown on farms for food)to the owner．It was quite a hard way to 　　3　　 , and both of Bertha's parents worked hard in the fields．Often Bertha had to leave school to help．Before she was a teenager, Bertha's schooling was 　　4　　．

　　Bertha Ingram didn't learn to read 　　5　　 her early married life, 　　6　　．She wanted to, but she was always too busy．She worked all day．

　　Bertha Ingram's mind was sharp(敏锐地)．　　7　　 a housekeeper for other people, she had to memorize telephone messages．She became a good cook too, but she had to 　　8　　 everything she did because there was no cookbook she could read, and she couldn't write down what she had done．

　　In 1978 Bertha Ingram became very ill with a stroke(中风)．This illness 　　9　　 her to lose the use of one arm and both legs．It also weakened her ability to speak．　　10　　 she began to get better, she had a 　　11　　 thought for the first time in her life．Because she couldn't work, she had the time to learn to read．

　　In her town there was a special program that taught adults to read, but Bertha Ingram was quite 　　12　　．Would people laugh at her? Would they 　　13　　 to teach her? It didn't happen that way．She had a teacher who worked very hard with her．

　　After the first day Ingram could 　　14　　 wait to get to the library．As she learned to read, Ingram got more and more confidence in herself．She became a reader at religious(宗教的)services, joined neighborhood groups, and 　　15　　 at meetings in city hall．Finally she wrote a book telling about her life．At age 63, Bertha Ingram proved that learning never comes too late．

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　“I'm really thankful to our government, for it provides us with such a good training program．The training greatly helps us live well．I will certainly study hard and learn the skills．Then I can 　　1　　 my family difficulties and do good to other people．” a learner on the job training program said, feeling 　　2　　．

　　The learner's grandfather is nearly 80 years old, and has mother is 　　3　　 in bed．So his father, who is a farmer, is the main 　　4　　 of the family．The family is poor．The learner graduated from high school and did not 　　5　　 the college entrance exam．The job training program helps him learn the skills that he'll 　　6　　 in the work place．

　　The story reminds me of another 　　7　　．It goes like this： Once upon a time, there was a man who liked fishing very much, and was 　　8　　 to catch lots of fish every day．The man was a kind-hearted person, so he always 　　9　　 his fish with his neighbors who did not know how to fish．One day, he thought that it would be 　　10　　 if he taught them how to fish．So he 　　11　　 his neighbors together and showed them how to fish．Everybody was very happy that they could 　　12　　 the fish they themselves caught．

　　At present, there are still a lot of poor people throughout the world．But it's not good if we give only 　　13　　 to them．　　14　　, we should give them a chance to learn new skills．Therefore, a technical training is very important to people in need, and the will learn the ability to 　　15　　 money．People can learn a lot of useful things in the training program and what they learn can help them on the way to find jobs．

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