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Brothers Robert and Lemon grew up in a black neighborhood in Richmond, California. Both boys were    in school and got mostly A’s on their report cards through primary school. But from a working-class family, the two growing boys often stole to satisfy their      when there was not enough food at home.
Time brought about differences between the two brothers. By the end of the freshman year at Kennedy High School, Lemon had received three F’s on his report card.    the school only allowed three failures over four years, one more F and Lemon would    be kicked out of school. That’s when he made up his mind to    . He wanted to be whatever a man could hope to be. His decision to change took him in an entirely different    from his brother Robert and became a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles.
What became of What became of Robert? He    changing his unproductive behavior. He    changing his unproductive behavior. After high school he joined the army. Then after his duty he returned to his hometown,     he continued his pattern of anti-social behavior --- stealing to    himself and forming a growing drug habit. At 42 he died from AIDS.
This story reminds us that what we become is determined by the      we make. That’s what the saying “change…or be changed” is all about. Lemon changed from an underachiever to an honor student who took      action towards his life and finally     his dreams. His brother Robert,      , was changed by poverty, illegal drugs and finally a deadly disease. The    is, “Either way, you pay!” But the price that Robert paid for refusing to change was much    than the price that Lemon paid for seeking to change.

A．ill-mannered B．well-behaved C．warm-hearted D．absent-minded

A．fear B．supply C．hunger D．interest

A．Because B．Unless C．When D．Although

A．entirely B．exactly C．truly D．surely

A．change B．leave C．quarrel D．entertain

A．communication B．expression C．organization D．direction

A．continued B．started C．refused D．represented

A．where B．what C．when D．which

A．devote B．support C．express D．protect

A．chances B．promises C．choices D．achievements

A．cautious B．modest C．energetic D．active

A．followed B．broke C．achieved D．struggled

A．in return B．on the contrary C．in summary D．in charge

A．approach B．fortune C．agreement D．truth

A．higher B．lower C．larger D．smaller

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43.   A. on      B. over    C. above D. with
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45.   A. come B. has come    C. came   D. comes
46.   A. see     B. watch C. find    D. look
47.   A. missed       B. losing C. missing      D. go
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49.   A. uses    B. takes   C. brings D. fetches
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37.A. take      B. do      C. get      D. put
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44.A. offer     B. answer       C. remind       D. repeat
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46.A. total      B. lot      C. pile     D. number
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