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

　　One morning , a boy of twelve saw a small fire at one end of the ship“S．S．Panama”．Rua Parori 　　1　　 home immediately , against the wishes of his 　　2　　 , to see the fire at the ship．It was a good thing that he 　　3　　 , because there was nobody else around , and 　　4　　 , the small fire grew 　　5　　 big．

　　Young Rua stood at the 　　6　　 of the stairway up to the ship , 　　7　　 shouted at the top of his voice．He 　　8　　 the port workers living downstairs , who were eojoying a Sunday 　　9　　 in bed．

　　The S．S．Panama was one of the six 　　10　　 ships in port at the time , 　　11　　 of them within twenty - five 　　12　　 of old buildings , shops and houses , of wood．　　13　　 , the S．S．Panama was carrying oil , as well as 　　14　　 , and paper from ports in the Far East．

　　The fire 　　15　　 hundreds of boxes of paper , 　　16　　 is why is spread very 　　17　　．The end of the ship was now black with smoke , but 　　18　　 to Rua Parori , the fire did not 　　19　　 the paint or the oil．

　　Rua was also lucky , because his father was 　　20　　 rather than angry with him．

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　　Lillian Beard whistled and smiled while she worked．“Why are you so happy?” her co-workers asked her．

　　“Last week I got my income tax refund, ” Lillian answered．“This morning I went to the bank and cashed the check．I have ＄462 in my pocket．I’m thinking about the money．How will I spent it?”

　　After work, Lillian came home and decided to wash some clothes．She looked at the jeans she was wearing．They were dirty, so she put them in the washing machine, too．Ten minutes later she thought, “The money!It’s in the pocket of my jeans!” Lillian ran to the washing machine and took out the jeans．The money was still in the pocket, but it was wet．Lillian put the money on the kitchen table．

　　A few hours later the money was still wet．“Hmmm, ” Lillian thought．“How can I dry this money?” Then Lillian had an idea．She could dry the money in her microwave oven!Lillian put the money in the microwave, set the timer for five minutes, and left the kitchen．

　　When Lillian came back a few minutes later, she saw a fire in the microwave．She opened the oven door, blew out the fire, and looked at her money．The money was burned．

　　The next day Lillian took the burned money to the bank．A teller at the bank told her, “ If I can see the numbers on the burned bills, I can give you new money．” Unfortunately, the teller found numbers on only a few bills．The teller took those bills and gave Lillian ＄17．

　　A newspaper reporter heard about the burned money．He wrote a story about Lillian for the newspaper．Several people read the story and called the newspaper．“tell Ms．Beard to send the burned money to the US department of Treasury, ” the people said．” Maybe she can get her money back．”

　　Every year about 30,000 people send damaged money to the Treasure Department．Experts there look carefully at the damaged money．Sometimes they can give people new money for the damaged money．Once a farmer’s cow ate his money－thousands of dollars．The farmer killed the cow and sent the cow’s stomach, with the money inside, to the Treasure Department．The experts gave the farmer new money．

　　Lillian sent her money to the Treasure Department．The experts looked at Lillian’s burned money and sent her a check for ＄231．What did Lillian buy with the money?She didn’t but anything．She gave the ＄231 to friends who needed money．Lillian said, “When I burned the ＄462, I thought, ‘Well, my money is gone．’ The check for ＄231 was a big surprise．I decided to give the money to my friends．Money is important, but people are more important to me．”

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