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　　Steve, a twelve－year－old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to be lost forever, by the U．S．education system．He was a big boy, yet, went 　　1　　 until Miss White．

　　Miss White was a smiling, young, beautiful lady and Steve was in love!For the first time, he couldn’t take his eyes 　　2　　 his teacher; yet, still he failed．

　　One day, Miss White’s impatient voice 　　3　　 into his daydreams．

　　“Steve!Pay attention!”

　　Steve 　　4　　 his gaze on Miss White, as she began to go over the test 　　5　　．

　　“You all did pretty well,”she told the class,“except for one boy, and 　　6　　 breaks my heart to tell you this, but”She 　　7　　, pinning Steve to his seat, with a 　　8　　 stare, her eyes searching his face,“The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!”

　　Steve 　　9　　 his eyes and carefully examined his fingertips．

　　After that, it was 　　10　　!Steve still wouldn’t do his homework．Even as the punishments became more severe, he remained 　　11　　．

　　“Just try it!ONE WEEK!”He was unmoved．

　　“Give yourself a chance!Don’t 　　12　　 up on your life!”Nothing．

　　“Steve!Please!I care about you!”

　　Wow!　　13　　, Steve got it!Someone cared about him?

　　Steve went home from school, 　　14　　, that afternoon．

　　The following Monday he arrived at school on time．Miss White, gave a quiz on the weekend homework．Steve was the first to 　　15　　 his paper．With a look of surprise, Miss White took his paper．Obviously 　　16　　, she began to look it over．Steve walked back to his desk, his heart 　　17　　 within his chest．As he sat down, he couldn’t 　　18　　 another look at the lovely woman．

　　Miss White’s face was in total shock!The 　　19　　 boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test!

　　He began to take off!And he continued this 　　20　　 throughout his school life．From that moment nothing was the same for Steve．

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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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　　A farmer's daughter was once 　　1　　 her bottle of milk from the field to the farmhouse 　　2　　 she began to think and plan．“I will 　　3　　 this milk,”she said to herself,“and 　　4　　 the money I can surely buy three hundred eggs．I will put these eggs under hens, and surely two hundred and fifty of them will hatch．I will feed these chickens, and make them fat, and I 　　5　　 them to the market when chickens are 　　6　　．I will sell them at the market, and with the money I'll 　　7　　 a new dress．In this dress, I will go to the fair．I shall look so fine that all the young men will 　　8　　 me to marry them．But I will toss my head, and refuse them all．”As she said this, she really tossed her head．Down fell the bottle, and the milk spilled all 　　9　　 the ground．That was the 　　10　　 of all her fine plans．

　　The moral of this story is; don't come your chickens before they are hatched．

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