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第一节:阅读下面英文书信,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,使短文连贯完整。
Dear Mary,
How's everything going with you? In your last letter, you said you really wished 1 some great people in ancient China. Today I will tell you one great person in the Spring and Autumn Period. His name is Yan Hui.
Yan Hui 2 born(出生)in the State of Lu. His father, Yan Lu, was one of the earliest followers of Confucius(孔子). 3 the age of 13, Yan Hui became a student of Confucius and followed his teachings for the rest of his life.
Yan Hui was the youngest of all Confucius' students then. He was very quiet and not 4 in talking with others, so 5 students thought he was not smart. But his teacher didn't think so. Confucius watched his students very carefully and found Yan Hui was the smartest of all his students. Yan Hui was smart, and he never 6 learning.
Yan Hui lived in 7 old house, ate simple food and drank cold water. Most people could not live that way,
8 he enjoyed it. He sat 9 by himself every evening. In his free time, he always asked himself if he was friendly. That made him a better person.
Because of his hard work, he became a great person. I like 10 very much. How about you? Do you want to know more about Yan Hui? I look forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
()1. A. know B. knowing
C. to know D. knows
()2. A. is B. was
C. be D. were
()3. A. At B. On
C. In D. Over
()4. A. interest B. interested
C. interesting D. an interest
()5. A. another B. others
C. other D. the others
()6. A. stop B. stopped
C. stops D. stopping
()7. A. an B. a
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()8. A. and B. so
C. then D. but
()9. A. quiet B. quietly
C. quick D. quickly
()10. A. he B. him
C. his D. himself

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