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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

A Second Chance

　　Something in Stephen Pearman’s voice moved Robert Fredy one cold day two years ago．Pearman had come close to Fredy’s 　　1　　 at a crossroad in New York City, hoping to earn some money 　　2　　 washing his windshield(挡风玻璃)．Fredy waved to show he wasn’t interested．

　　Pearman leaned into the window．“Come on, mister, give me a chance．I need a 　　3　　,” he said．

　　In the seconds before traffic 　　4　　 moving again, Fredy, then general manager of the Berkeley-Carteret Hotel in Asbury Park, New Jersey, handed Pearman a business card and told him to call 　　5　　 he was serious．

　　“My friends told me he was just making a joke about me,” says Pearman, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver．“But I believed that he was a 　　6　　 businessman．”

　　The next day, 29-year-old Pearman appeared again 　　7　　 Fredy．Fredy gave him a job and three meals a day, and 　　8　　 him money while training him．

　　Today, Pearman works full time setting up the hotel’s meeting rooms．In the past two years, he’s found an apartment, married and paid back Fredy’s money．

　　“There’s no future in washing windshields,” says Pearman．“Mr．Fredy gave me a second chance, and I 　　9　　 the best use of it．”

　　Usually Fredy is very 　　10　　 with New York’s street people．“But pearman seemed so honest and open, 　　11　　 for an opportunity rather than just money,” Fredy says．“I don’t hand my business card to 　　12　　 anybody．But I’m glad I handed it to Pearman that day．”

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一位残疾人是怎样在一瞬间成了一名“英雄”的？当你填完这篇文章后，你会不得不惊叹人世间的种种“意外”或“巧合”！

　　A woman in a wheelchair(轮椅)became a heroine when a two-year-old boy fell from a third floor window into her lap．

　　Barbara Jones is the 　　1　　．She is a 31-year-old woman who is unable to 　　2　　．Ms Jones was visiting her mother in Harlem．She was sitting in her wheelchair in a favorite place outside her 　　3　　 building．“I was 　　4　　 in the sunshine talking to a friend,”she said．“When I come to visit my mother, I have a favorite place where I like to sit and talk to the neighbors．It was in the Middle of July, and the sun was very 　　5　　．

　　We decided to go to a place on the other 　　6　　 of the building．I don't usually like to sit there because it is so noisy．But there I was!　　7　　 something very strange happened．”

　　Above her, on the 　　8　　 floor of the building, Adonis Gomez was playing．He was jumping on a sofa．The sofa was near an 　　9　　．

　　“I was 　　10　　 in the kitchen,”his mother said．“It got too hot, so I opened the window in the living room．”

　　“I can jump higher than you can,”Adonis said to his brother．Adonis took a big 　　11　　, but he didn't come back 　　12　　 on the sofa．　　13　　 he bounced(弹出)out the open window．He fell three stories．His arms hit Ms Jones' 　　14　　．Then he rolled across her lap and fell to the ground next to her wheelchair．

　　Adonis was hurt, but not dead．Ms Jones had only a small cut near her left eye．“Now I know God had a 　　15　　 for me to move to that side of the building,”Ms Jones said．

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