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【17题详解】

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【18题详解】

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【19题详解】

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【20题详解】

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第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　The experience of life can show one's "determination". Complex challenges early in life helped the following people develop skills that got them to the top of their professions.

　　Sean Combs, CEO, Sean John

　　Combs began a generation of hip-hop talent and made a lasting influence on fashion. But his story could have turned out much differently: His drug dealer father was killed when he was 3. "It made me work even harder." he recently said.

　　Howard Schultz, Executive Chairman, Starbucks Schultz grew up in public housing in Brooklyn, surrounded by poverty, and was the first in his family to go to college (on a football scholarship).After training in sales, he set up the company that would later buy Starbucks. In the course of the year I spent trying to raise money，Ispoketo242people,and217ofthemsaidno.''hesaid.

　　Ursula Burns, Chairwoman, VEON; Former CEO, Xerox

Her family was so poor that her single mother traded office cleaning for health care. But Bums' early gift for maths won her a scholarship and an internship at Xerox