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D．we might meet with a lot of difficulties in our life
24.阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最
佳
选
项
。
XI′AN ------ Today more than 2000 people have written their names on a paper．They promise to use less energy and live a low-- carbon(低碳) life．Let′s follow them．Cut off the power of your computer when you don′t use it．Turn off the lights when going out．Use buses more．Share your cars with others．Eat less meat．Let′s do our best to stop the earth from warming.
XINING ------ A special train is now leaving Xining for Shanghai．It carries the last 300 Tibetan(藏族的) children．The platform is crowded with people．Most of them are parents ．These children will study in some famous schools in Shanghai until they finish high school．Those schools will pay all their expenses(费用)．The children will get 100 yuan as pocket money each month．Many parents asked us to give their thanks
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25.阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出
最佳选项。
The owner of a large company，who was about to take a trip overseas，dropped into his office early in the morning to make some arrangements．He was telephoning for a ticket for his trip when the night watchman came in，who was back from work，and said“Good morning”to the owner．Then he told him that he had dreamed that very night of the owner’s plane crashing after take-off．The owner was surprised to hear this．He decided，however，there was something in what the night watchman said
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put
off
his
trip
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As things turned out，the night watchman's dream was correct．That day the plane crashed shortly after leaving the ground．The owner sent for the night watchman and gave him 5,000 dollars and a letter．He said，“I'm very sorry to do so．But I have to do so．Read the letter when you get home．” The puzzled man hurried home and tore the letter in a hurry．After taking a look，he turned pale．There was only one sentence in it．And he knew that he had been fired(解雇)． 1．Early in the morning the owner was ________．