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请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭), It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school．For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages．When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic．If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata．Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you．Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service．

　　From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain．Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break．In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them．

　　But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing．The local government want to ban rickshaws．They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city．However, there is a problem with this plan．Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside．The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job．So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw．

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　　I heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important achievements．

　　What made him 　　1　　 from others?

　　He said it all came from 　　2　　 that happened when he was two years old．He tried to 　　3　　 a bottle of milk away from the fridge, but the slippery(光滑的)bottle fell, spilling its milk all over the 　　4　　 floor．

　　When his mother came in, 　　5　　 shouting at him, she said, “Robert, what a great mess(一团糟)you have made! I have never seen such a big puddle(水坑)of milk．Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes 　　6　　 we clean it up?”

　　Indeed, he did．After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, when you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last．So, 　　7　　 would you like to do that? We would use a towel or a mop．Which do you prefer?” He chose the towel and together they cleaned up the milk．

　　His mother then said, “We had a failed 　　8　　 in how to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands in the kitchen．Let’s go out and fill the bottle with water and see if you can 　　9　　 a way to carry it without dropping it．” The little boy learned that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip(杯口)with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it．

　　This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to 　　10　　．So, what have you learnt from the story?

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完形填空，根据短文内容，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　“Never give up! ” It is my law(法则)of my life．It has brought me 　　1　　．I learned the law from my father's 　　2　　 story．

　　My father was 　　3　　 in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China．When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then 　　4　　 in the fields till sunset．And then he did his homework 　　5　　 midnight．Life was hard, because they had no 　　6　　 !

　　At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America．It was the land of gold, the land where 　　7　　 people can become rich．

　　“ 　　8　　 don't I go to America? ” he thought to himself, full of hope．

　　So, my father came to America．“ I had thought it was easy to 　　9　　 money in America, ” he told me．“But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true．They did not like to hire(雇佣)me because I spoke 　　10　　 English．Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, 　　11　　 dishes and sweeping the floor．Life was 　　12　　 for the first few years．I worked from 10a．m to 11p．m．I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible．I couldn't 　　13　　 the schooling(学费)．

　　My father 　　14　　 working hard, and reached his goal．

　　“Alan, ” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up．Things do not come 　　15　　 in life．” That is what I learned from my father．

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