“Depend on (依靠) yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. Others still can help you. But all these people only help you to help yourself.

　　There have been many great men in history. Many of them were very poor when they were young, and had no uncles, aunts, or friends to help them. Schools were few and not very good. They could not depend on them for education. They tried their best to learn something and never gave up. One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, “I cannot make worthy (有价值的) men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves.”

　　Some young men don't try their best to make themselves valuable (有价值的) to the human beings. If they see their weak points and change their ways, they can be successful. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as (只要) they live, unless (除非) they accept the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend on themselves.

(1) Many of great men succeeded because ________.

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A．they had got good education

B．they wanted very much to become well-known

C．they worked hard

(2) A teacher can ________ according to the famous teacher in England.

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A．make his pupils men of strength and courage (勇气)

B．make his pupils worthy men

C．help his pupils become famous in the world

(3) If young people depend on their own efforts (努力), ________.

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A．they are sure to be very famous in the world

B．they can be successful in their lives

C．they no longer need help

(4) From this passage we can learn that the writer ________.

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A．thinks highly of those who are working hard to be successful

B．thinks highly of parents and teachers

C．wants to be a famous scientist

(5) The best title for this passage is ________.

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A．What Nature Say to Every Man

B．Man Should Depend on Himself

C．How to Be Famous

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　　Mark Shackleton's opinion on people who keep pets has received a lot of comments from our readers. Here are two of them.

　　Kungsbacka

　　Sweden

　　Dear Lucy,

　　In my opinion, animals like cats or dogs are good company for old and lonely people. But in the past dogs were good helpers for hunters, they watched the house, and so on. The cats who lived on the farms helped the farmers to kill rats and keep other small animals out of the farm. I agree with Mark about the danger of keeping animals in big cities and houses and giving them plastic bones and bad food, etc. I hope we can give them the old life back again so they can live in natural environment but also close to people.

Yours sincerely,

Hans Borjesson

　　Broager Central Skole

　　Denmark

　　Dear Lucy,

　　We are some pupils who don't like Mark's opinion about pets in the October issue of Modern English. We disagree with him because we think that children have a lot of fun with pets and they learn how to treat animals. Many old people usually live alone and they love to talk to pets, they depend on them.

　　And what would happen if you let the pets go free? Very soon there would be more cats and dogs in the world than people. Or the animals would die because they weren't able to manage on their own. Look at the alleycats nowadays! They weren't taken care of. Finally, we don't think that Mark has a pet himself or else he would have known better.

Yours sincerely,

Pupils from Broager Central Skole

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1．________ agrees with Mark Shackleton's opinion on people who keep pets.

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A．Lucy

B．Hans Borjesson

C．Pupils from Broager Central Skole

D．No one

2．In Mark Shackleton's opinion, ________.

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A．it's not good to keep pets in big cities

B．it's necessary to keep all the animals in the zoo

C．it's good for the old to keep pets

D．it's possible to make the dogs watch the house and make the cats kill rats

3．According to the pupils from Denmark, ________.

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A．it's good to let the pets go free

B．children will learn how to be kind to their pets

C．children shouldn't take good care of alley-cats

D．there will be more cats and dogs than people one day

4．The Swedish thinks since most people like animals, they ________.

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A．should keep them in their house

B．should let them live a nature life

C．should keep them in the zoo

D．should be taken better care of

5．Modern English in this passage is a ________ for English learners abroad.

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