[单项选择]The artist was born poor, （　） poor he remained all his life.
A. and
B. or
C. but
D. so

[单项选择]Poor as he was, he cared little about money reward.
A. 他生活贫穷，所以对金钱报酬有些计较。
B. 他虽然生活贫穷，但对金钱报酬从不关心。
C. 尽管他生活贫穷，但对金钱报酬很少计较。
D. 他因为生活差，所以对挣钱比较关注。

[单项选择]Anyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk or a headstrong toddler starting to talk. No matter how many times the little ones stumble in their initial efforts, most keep on trying, determined to master their amazing new skill. It is only several years later, around the start of middle or junior high school, many psychologists and teachers agree, that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed and end up joining the ranks of underachievers. For the parents of such kids, whose own ambition is often inextricably tied to their children’s success, it can be a bewildering, painful experience. So it’s no wonder some parents find themselves hoping that, just maybe, ambition can be taught like any other subject at school.
It’s not quite that simple. "Kids can be given the opportunities to become passionate about a subject or activity, but they can’t be forced," says J
A. Children are born with a kind of healthy ambition.
B. How a baby learns to walk and talk.
C. Ambition can be taught like other subjects at school.
D. Some teenage children lose their drive to succeed.

[单项选择]He was in poor health. He could not make his voice （）
A. hear
B. to hear
C. heard
D. to be heard

[单项选择]When was he born
A. On January 15, 1929.
B. On January 15, 1920.
C. On June 15, 1929.
D. On July 15, 1920.

[单项选择]With his poor English, he even cannot get his ideas across, ______ exert any essential effect on others.
A. let alone B. that's to say C. not to speak D. not to say

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Abraham Lincoln was born into a very poor family, but he later become one of the most important【D1】______of the United States. In 1860, he was elected to become the 16th president of the United States, mainly because of his opposition to【D2】______By that time, most【D3】______states had abolished slavery, but the agricultural states in the【D4】______still wanted slaves to work on their plantations. After Lincoln’s election, southern states began to secede(break away)from the United States. They based their secession on a doctrine called " states’rights, " which gives citizens of individual states the power to nullify(overturn)federal laws. After Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861, he urged all sections of the United States(the Union)to remain united. He used all his powers to avoid a civil war, but his efforts【D5】______. On April 12, 1861 , the war began with the bombardment of a Union fort, Fort Sumter, South【D6】______ By the middle of the【D7】______War, Pres