阅读下面短文，从先入为主后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Money is a blessing when it is used correctly．　　1　　 is true of all other good things．They bless if used 　　2　　;they surse（诅咒）when misused．Many people do not seem to know 　　3　　 money is for．They want it above all other things．But they want to spend it chiefly on 　　4　　．

　　Some boys and girls appear to 　　5　　 that money is used to buy good clothes,foods,toys and amusements．Some also seem to think that money is used to buy leisure（空闲）．They 　　6　　 that the greatest happiness is to 　　7　　 without work．But that is not at all what money is for．We should get nearer to the 　　8　　 than that．

　　Money is our circulating medium（流通手段）in trade．Families need it to buy things they must 　　9　　．In this way society 　　10　　,and the world of traffic prospers（繁荣）．Money means food,clothing,housing,schools,books,wise amuse ment,and the 　　11　　 of doing good．

　　Of course money is not something to store．Its value 　　12　　 its use．A million gold dollars would have been 　　13　　 no more than a million stones 　　14　　 Robinson Crusoe on his island home．There was nothing to buy,and 　　15　　,no use for money．And so money that is 　　16　　 stored is of no value．It is not used to buy the necessaries of life,　　17　　 help those who are in need．That is not what money is for．

　　The Bible（《圣经》）　　18　　 that“the love of money is the 　　19　　 of all evil”,That is,money sought only for its own sake（缘故）is the cause of all sorts of evillying,stealing,cheating,robbery,and 　　20　　 murder．This is the best reason for avoiding the love of money．

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　　Both my parents came from towns in Mexico．I was born in E1 Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles．

　　Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how 　　1　　we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities．They 　　2　　 us with the ideas of family, faith and love．

　　I got my first 　　3　　 job when I was ten．My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist．He 　　4　　 space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr．Ben’s Coiffure．

　　The owner of the shopping center 　　5　　 my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three 　　6　　 a week, which 　　7　　 getting up at 3 a．m．Mom and I helped 　　8　　dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand．It took two to three hours to clean the lot．I 　　9　　 sleep in the car on the way home．

　　I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have 　　10　　 a lifetime．I obtained discipline(自律)and the importance of work, and learned at a(n)　　11　　 age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests－in my 　　12　　, school, homework and a job．This 　　13　　 helped during my school years, when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a full 　　14　　 of college preparation courses．

　　The hard work 　　15　　 off．I attended the U.S.Military Academy and went on to 　　16　　 graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard．　　17　　, I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly(州议会)．In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have 　　18　　 forgotten those nights in the parking lot．The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to 　　19　　 for themselves and their families, that is 　　20　　 we should honor．

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

　　The first day I arrived at Honolulu, I felt more depressed than excited One of my senior (资格老的)coworkers who picked me up at the airport told me that it would probably take twice the energy and more　　 1　　 to get my Ph. D degree of Law in the University of Hawaii　　 2　　 with at home. Well, to a girl who doesn’t expect to pass all her　　 3　　 years as a student, this was really an emotional attack. But I made my way towards my first　　 4　　 place. As a matter of fact, it’s a small single room in a house shared with a young Chinese couple, whom I communicated with via email before I came here.　　 5　　 it’s very noisy with a highway nearby and cost me $350 per month, I should say I was　　 6　　 enough because many other new students had to sleep in their friends’ sofas or stay at expensive　　 7　　. Housing in Honolulu is extremely tight, if you want to　　 8　　 a quiet, nice and comfortable place, you should pay no less than $600 per month.

　　The first morning when I woke up, I heard the barking of dogs from Hawaii Humane Society (a place for people to adopt pets)across the street. Then I　　 9　　 that my new life had begun. Some　　 10　　 things happened in the first week as follows:

　　I couldn’t tell dimes or quarters from the five－cent coins,　　 11　　 I insisted on using bills in the supermarket.　　 12　　 , so many changes were accumulated (积累)in my wallet.

　　I learned to　　 13　　 my first cake and got much praising from my　　 14　　 on our potluck party, which expected every participant (参加者)to　　 15　　 some self－made snacks to share.

　　I caught only two words —“president” and “football”—on my　　 16　　 class lecture, though the lecturer appeared to be an excellent joke teller.　　 17　　, I can’t follow his English with a strong German accent.

　　Anyway, I experienced so many small　　 18　　 as I mentioned above. Anyone who chooses to study　　 19　　 should be prepared to taste pains and　　 20　　 a lot.

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　　American grade 3 student Linda Brown had to walk a long way through a railway yard to get to her school in Topeka, Kansas．There was another school closer to home－　　1　　 Linda was black and this school was 　　2　　 white children only．Then her 　　3　　 made a decision that ended in a court case which 　　4　　 US society forever．

　　The decision was simple：Linda was to 　　5　　 in the nearby all-white school．After the school 　　6　　 her, Mr．Brown brought a charge against the local education department．

　　The case made it all the 　　7　　 to the US Supreme Court． On May 17, 1954, the court 　　8　　 that "Separate educational facilities are unequal．" This historic ruling ended racial segregation(种族隔离)by 　　9　　 black children to go to the same schools as white children, and this 　　10　　 equal treatment for blacks and whites．

　　Thanks to the Brown ruling, from the late 1950s segregation was 　　11　　 on a much wider scale．Buses, beaches, jobs, housing, voting－black people had equal rights 　　12　　 white people in most areas of society．The ruling 　　13　　 helped improve rights for women and the disabled．

　　Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said："Brown was the most important court decision in US 　　14　　．" In other countries, these problems．　　15　　 have been solved through violence, she added．

　　To 　　16　　 the 50th anniversary of the Brown decision, a museum was opened at Linda Brown's old school．　　17　　 get to walk through the "Tunnel of Courage", in 　　18　　 they are surrounded by photos of 　　19　　 crowds and barking dogs．This gives them a taste of the hardships that Brown 　　20　　 at the whites-only school．

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