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　　If you walk through the streets of any big city at six or seven in the morning, the chances are that you will see women hurrying along, pushing prams(婴儿推车)．You may see more than one woman 　　1　　 on the same door and, as it opens, quickly kiss the child, 　　2　　 a package of nappies and hurry off down the street to clock on the early shift in an office, leaving their children to a child－minder－a woman who may be doing the job legally or illegally, well or badly．Brain Jackson, director of the Child－minding Researching Unit, and his colleagues have done a great deal of work in finding out 　　3　　 it means for a child to spend the first years of life in the care of a child－minder．

　　　　4　　 law, anyone who looks after a child for more than two hours a day and gets paid must be registered．　　5　　 the punishment is a 50 pounds fine．Local authorities are responsible for the registration and supervision(监管)of minders．The regulations 　　6　　 adequate provision(保障)for fire, safety and health．Very few minders can 　　7　　 these．Yet, not many districts give financial assistance．“This means,”Brain Jackson says,“that when you have one registered minder tested and proved by the local authorities, you can be sure that you will get a dozen unregistered, illegal minders 　　8　　．”

　　The researchers found themselves 　　9　　 into the role of private investigators when they conduct their 　　10　　．Getting up early to do a“Dawn Watch”following mothers through cold, dark streets and nothing where they left their babies, Jackson says, was a long, slow process．

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。

　　In 1930, a young African American, Vivien T．Thomas, a professional carpenter, was hired as a lab assistant by a famous white doctor named Dr．Alfred Blalock．Although he 　　1　　 went to college, he had an enormous 　　2　　 to learn and explore the power of knowledge．Whenever Dr．Blalock left his office, young Thomas used to 　　3　　 study the medical books on the shelves of the office．

　　Thomas 　　4　　 a great interest in learning more and more about 　　5　　 when he started to assist Blalock during his practice of surgeries on dogs．　　6　　 Dr．Blalock understood Thomas's ability to help him perform a complicated surgery, he still did not 　　7　　 Thomas as a smart person because of the social 　　8　　 of prejudice towards African Americans．

　　Dr．Blalock wanted to 　　9　　 to believe that Thomas was just a(n) 　　10　　 by profession and a lab assistant．Employees, white or black, at the hospital could not 　　11　　 that an African American, Thomas, could run the lab．He was the 　　12　　 and thus a history maker．

　　In those days, the society expected that black people were 　　13　　 to be janitors(管理员)．Despite this reality, Thomas’ cleverness, perseverance, and passion had 　　14　　 a need in Dr．Blalock's mind．Thomas ran John Hopkins Hospital's surgical(外科的)lab 　　15　　 Dr．Blalock．At the time, all other 　　16　　 employees in the hospital were janitors．Dr．Blalock and Thomas became a 　　17　　 and conducted a joint research that 　　18　　 the first heart surgery performed at John Hopkins University Hospital in 1941．

　　Many years later, Thomas's contribution was 　　19　　 and he was eventually awarded an honorary doctorate, for his creative work in the 　　20　　 procedures of modern cardiac(心脏病的)surgery．As he became Dr．Thomas, he also inspired and lifted the confidence of the future generation．He used his knowledge for the betterment of humankind．

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　It was 4 o'clock in the morning, when I received the phone call．

　　“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 　　1　　 in with severe(extremely bad or serious)burns on his face, neck and arms．We have called for a(n)　　2　　 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle．” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was 　　3　　．

　　The doctor described the 　　4　　, which caused the burns．Our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard(庭院)of their apartment．When they 　　5　　the　charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they has sprayed too much gasoline(petrol)．The flames 　　6　　 my son's shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head．

　　　　7　　, one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and 　　8　　 him on the grass．While it saved his life, it was not in 　　9　　 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars．

　　After he 　　10　　 from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months, 　　11　　 it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking(收缩)and wrinkling(起皱)．So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns．

　　When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very 　　12　　 scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it．It does not mean they will not 　　13　　 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it does not matter to you．”

　　I 　　14　　 this wisdom on to my son．He took my advice to his 　　15　　 and returned to school with his head held high ——glad he was alive．

　　By the end of six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not 　　16　　, so he made the 　　17　　 to give up any plastic surgery．

　　We all have “scars” that 　　18　　 people to keep away from us．And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better．

　　But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same 　　19　　 standards．Put your imperfections(缺陷)out of your mind and concentrate on what you value 　　20　　 yourself, and your beauty will shine through．

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