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　　Two weeks after the Second World War(战争)began, Peter wanted to join the army(军队), but he was only 16 years old, and boys were allowed to join only if they were over 18．So when the army doctor examined him, he said that he was 18．But Peter's brother Bill had joined the army a few days before, and the same doctor had examined him, too．This doctor remembered Bill's family name, so when he saw Peter's papers, he was surprised．

　　"How old are you?" he said．

　　"Eighteen, Sir．"Said Peter．

　　"But your brother was eighteen, too．" said the doctor, "Are you twins?"

　　"Oh, no, Sir," said Peter, and his face went red," My brother is five months older than me．"

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

　　After a serious earthquake happened, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to his son's school, only to find that the building where his son studied had collapsed and looked like a pancake．

　　He was shocked．He didn't know what he should do for a while, then he remembered the words he had said to his son, “No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you!” And tears began to fill his eyes．He started digging through the ruins(废墟)．

　　As he was digging, other helpless parents and the firemen arrived and tried to pull him off the ruins, saying, “It's too late! They’re all dead! There's nothing you can do!” To them he replied with one line, “Are you going to help me now?” And then he kept on digging．

　　No one helped, however．He went on alone because he needed to know for himself：“Is my boy alive or is he dead?” He dug for eight hours…12 hours …24 hours… 36 hours…then, in the 39th hour, he pulled back a rock and heard his son's words．He shouted his son's name, “ARMAND!” He heard back, “Dad! ? ! It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry．I told them that if you were alive, you'd save me and when you saved me, they'd be saved．You promised, ‘No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you! ’ You did it, Dad!”

　　“What's going on in there? How is it?” the father asked．

　　“There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad．We’re frightened, hungry, thirsty and thankful you’re here．When the building fell down, it made a triangle(三角), and it saved us．”

　　“Come out, boy!”

　　“No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, because I know you'll get me! No matter what hap pens, I know you'll always be there for me!”

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　　Nobody has ever drawn fields or flowers like Vincent Van Gogh．His 　　1　　 are full of rich colour and sunlight．Today his paintings can be sold for millions of dollars．　　2　　 he only sold one of his paintings in all his life．

　　Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853．He began to draw pictures when he was 27,10 years before he 　　3　　．Before becoming a 　　4　　, he was a teacher．Then he started to sell and buy people's pictures 　　5　　 money．He also did some 　　6　　 jobs in his life．

　　In 1886, he left Holland and went to Paris to join his younger brother 　　7　　 was working there．After living in Paris for 2 years, he moved to the warmer place, Arles, in southern 　　8　　．Here he painted some of his most famous pictures．

　　Then Van Gogh was badly ill and became 　　9　　．When he was mad, he often hurt his friends．One day, Van Gogh 　　10　　 part of his own ear．At last he went into a 　　11　　, but he did not get any 　　12　　．

　　　　13　　, on Sunday, July 27th, 1890, in a small village of Auvers, north of Paris, Vincent Van Gogh took a gun, went into a field and killed 　　14　　．When his brother arrived, Van Gogh said to him,“I hope I did it right．”36 hours 　　15　　, Van Gogh died in his brother's arms．

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