In 1867, an engineer named John Roebling was given the job of building a bridge to connect(连接)New York with Long Island．

　　Roebling thought about the idea all the time．He couldn’t get the bridge off his 　　1　　．But many people thought it was 　　2　　 to do the job．

　　The project started well, but only a few months later Roebling was killed in a terrible accident．The following month his son, Washington, was asked to 　　3　　 his work．

　　Building the bridge was a long and tough job．Not only did John Roebling die, but also up to thirty other men lost their 　　4　　．

　　Washington himself had the same bad luck 　　5　　 his father．In early summer 1872, he became very ill．He couldn’t walk, talk or 　　6　　 move．

　　“We told them so．”

　　Crazy men and their crazy dreams．”

　　“It’s foolish to follow wild ideas．”

　　Everyone criticized(批评)the bridge project．People said it would never 　　7　　．

　　But Washington was not discouraged．He kept his mind on the job．

　　One day as he lay in bed in his hospital room, an idea hit him．He could still move one 　　8　　．He decided to make the best use of it．

　　He touched(触摸)his wife’s arm with that finger．He wanted her to call the engineers．Then in the same way, he told the engineers 　　9　　 to do．The project started again．

　　For 11 years Washington tapped out his words with his finger, until the bridge was completed．Today the spectacular(壮观的)Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory (荣耀)．It tells the world a 　　10　　 story, but also a story of determination．

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　　Evening came．It was time for Mr Bell 1 ndline　 his shop． He was checking his money．His son，Tom，who was 15，had just gone outside to buy a newspaper．Just then，a big man walked 2 ndline　 the shop．He had a gun(枪)　in his hand．

　　When Tom came back，he could hear the man asking his father for 3ndline　． Tom could see the gun in the man's hand，but the man didn't 4 ndline　 or hear Tom．

　　Tom returned to the street．He looked for the police，5 ndline　 he didn't see any．Then Tom saw an old baseball bat lying in the street．“Maybe this will help，”he thought．He ran 6 ndline　 with it．

　　His father was just giving some of the money to the man．The man was watching Tom's father．Tom knew he could not 7 ndline　 long.“Now is the time．I must do it now．”Tom went up to the man and knocked him down 8ndline　 the bat．

　　Tom and his father then ran outside．This time they got the 9 ndline　 and told them what had happened．The police quickly went to the shop and 10 ndline　 the man．

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阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项

　　One day a small boy was walking along the street in London．His name was Tom．It was a cold winter day in 1900．　　1　　 he could have no breakfast 　　2　　 lunch．He wanted to buy bread，but he didn't 　　3　　 any money．

　　His father 　　4　　 when he was very young．His mother was often very ill(生病的), so she could not 　　5　　 Tom and his brother, Mike．They had to work 　　6　　 their sick(生病的)mother．

　　He was small 　　7　　 his dream was very big．His wish was 　　8　　 a great man in the world of film．So he worked very hard 　　9　　 singing and dancing．Then, a man came to him and asked, “　　10　　 for my film?” “Certainly．” He answered．And he did his 　　11　　 in it．Many people said, “We have never seen 　　12　　 interesting film．”

　　Thirty years 　　13　　 , this same boy was among the most famous people in the world．He made many good 　　14　　．A lot of people liked 　　15　　．

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