-I can't believe the old man can come here from his home on foot．-It's really not easy such an old man so far．( )A．to, to walkB．for, walkingC．to, walkingD．for, to walk 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

1．He has todo his homework（做家庭作业） now．

2．Benjamin Franklin is one of the greatest miracles in American history．Although he never received a formal education，he made important contributions in many fields，including literature，journalism，science，diplomacy and education．
Early Years
Franklin，one of seventeen children，was born in Boston on January 6，1706．After leaving school at the age of ten，he spent two years working for his father before learning printing from his elder brother．When he was seventeen，Franklin left Boston and traveled to Philadelphia，hoping to open his own print shop．Once he worked as a printer，Franklin began producing a newspaper and an annual magazine called Poor Richard's Almanack．It was very popular and people considered him as a talented writer．
Man of science
When Franklin was forty-two，he left his printing business to devote himself to science．He proved to be successful again．During his lifetime，Franklin invented the lightning rod （避雷针） and a new type of stove，confirmed the laws of electricity and contributed to the scientific understanding of earthquakes．With all these achievements，Franklin is best remembered for his career in politics．
Statesman and Diplomat
Franklin played an important role in drafting （起草） the Declaration of Independence《独立宣言》，won French support during the War and drafted the United States Constitution （宪法）．In his later years，he was ambassador （大使） first to England and then to France．Even before President Washington，Franklin was considered"The father of his country"．
Franklin wrote the first part of The Autobiography in 1771at the age of sixty-five．Though never completed，his Autobiography，full of his own opinions and suggestions，provides not only a record of his achievements but also an understanding of his character．

Benjamin Franklin made one of the greatest miracles in American history．
In the early years		He was born in Boston on January 6，1706in a family of （56）17 children． He was never （57）educatedformally and left school at ten． He learned to be a （58）printerand produced his own newspaper．
His later achievements	In literature	He was （59）considereda talented writer because of his magazine Poor Richard's Almanack． His Autobiography is （60）filled with his own opinions and suggestions．
	In （61）science	He （62）devotedhimself to science at the age of 42． He was the （63）inventorof the lightning rod and a new type of stove． He （64）confirmedthe laws of electricity． He contributed to the understanding of earthquakes．
	In politics	He drafted the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution． He won support from （65）France during the War． He served as an ambassador to England and France．