B. wealth and ability

　　C. sensibility and humor D. kindness and weakness

　　29. We can infer from Burton’s story that his namesake

　　.

　　A. never saw through his trick B. annoyed him by playing cards

　　C. could not do any job well D. intended to cheat him with a lie

　　30. We learned from the story that Edward Burton

　　.

　　A. knew the young man would kill himself

　　B. arranged the end of his namesake’s life

　　C. did much for the poor fellowman

　　D. killed his card-friend by mistake

　　第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

　　根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　For some people, the warmest memories from childhood come from being read a great story.__31__ It develops children's language skills and increases their ability to succeed in school and, later, work.

　　A new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics says reading aloud is so important that parents should start as soon as their children are born and continue to read aloud even after their children can read by themselves. They say parents should also point to and talk about pictures in books for infants(婴幼儿).__32__

　　The company Scholastic is a major US publisher of children's books. Every two years, Scholastic publishes a report on American reading attitudes and habits. The 2017 report says only 31 percent of children in the US read a book for fun almost every day.

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