James’s New Bicycle

　　James shook his money box again．Nothing!He carefully 　　1　　 the coins that lay on the bed．＄24.52 was all that he had．The bicycle he wanted was at least ＄90!　　2　　 on earth was he going to get the 　　3　　 of the money?

　　He knew that his friends all had bicycles．It was 　　4　　 to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels．He thought about what he could do．There was no 　　5　　 asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to 　　6　　

　　There was only one way to get money, and that was to 　　7　　 it．He would have to find a jod．　　8　　 who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask, Mr．Clay for advice, who usually had 　　9　　 on most things．

　　That was the 　　10　　 of James’s odd-job(零工)business．For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework．He was amazed by the 　　11　　 of jobs that people found for him to do．He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books．He lost count of the 　　12　　 of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the 　　13　　 increased and he knew that he would soon have 　　14　　 for the bicycle he longed for．

　　The day 　　15　　 came when James counted his money and found ＄94.32．H 　　16　　 no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted．He rode 　　17　　 home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends．It had been hard 　　18　　 for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more 　　19　　 he had bought it with his own money．He had 　　20　　 what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle．

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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，然后从下题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　I graduated from a small public school in Michigan．One day,Mr．Ledy,our football coach,asked me to play football．I couldn't help 　　1　　：me,play football? I was six feet tall and was not much over a hundred pounds in weight．I thought that they might just need another fool to increase the number of the players．However,he was persistent(坚持的) and 　　2　　 I joined the football team．That turned out to be one of my best decisions as a kid．

　　Our worst game ever was the one against Crystal Falls．They beat us 56 to 6．Yeah! That was a football not a basketball 　　3　　．We played them again when we were seniors．They 　　4　　 us again but the score was much more 　　5　　,30 to 20．

　　Coach Ledy would not let that 　　6　　 again．He encouraged us to beat them,to pay them back．And we did so in the last game we played before 　　7　　．I had scored 6 points alone in the game．Coach Ledy praised me．It was a huge 　　8　　 for me．

　　Was I a football hero? Ha! Ha! No,I couldn't 　　9　　 it without our team．The thing I learned through football was 　　10　　．We won as a team and we 　　11　　 as a team．

　　I think Mr．Ledy would be proud of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic 　　12　　 at the University of Michigan．I'm 　　13　　 to him as I would not have today's honor without him．I'll 　　14　　 life's final war with pain to win the victory；I'll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I'll 　　15　　 on working hard so as not to let him down．

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