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

A little boy went into a shop, reached for box and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the box so that he could get the phone. The shop-owner watched and listened to the call.

Boy: Lady, can you give me the job of cutting your lawn (草坪)?

Woman: I already have someone to cut my lawn.

Boy: Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now.

Woman: I'm very satisfied with the person who is now cutting my lawn.

Boy: Lady, I'll even sweep your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in the town.

Woman: No, thank you.

With a smile on his face, the little boy put down the phone. The shop-owner, who was listening to all this, walked over to the boy, "Son, I like your attitude (态度) and would like to offer you a job."

    "No, thanks, sir. I am the one who is working for that lady I was talking to!"

    When most 8-year-old children are in school or playing, little Anna Wang from China is looking after her grandmother and great-grandmother.

    The family lives in a poor house in the remote mountains(偏远山区) of Huling, Rui'an. Her mother and father leave her when she is only 3 months old. She has a grandmother and a 92-year-old great-grandmother. Her grandmother is ill(生病的), so she can't look after herself. Anna cooks for them, and helps them with housework every day. Every morning, she gets up early and cooks breakfast for her family. She often cleans the house, and helps them to the toilet(厕所). She has no other family to help her.

    A neighbor(邻居), Lin Feng, with a farm usually gives Anna vegetables, and he helps her carry them to her home. Sometimes he even buys clothes for her and her family. Also Lin Feng teaches her to read and write.

    Little Anna says she does the housework happily because she wants to. She always says "I should be ready to help my family and other people because we should love everyone all over the world."

    Spiderman is one of the most famous comic book heroes of all time. He was created by Stan Lee in 1963 and was first introduced to the world in the pages of Marvel comic books.

    Spiderman's story is the story of Peter Parker, a child who lost his parents and lives with his aunt and uncle. Peter is a shy, quiet boy wearing glasses and has few friends. One day, on a high school class trip to a science lab, he gets bitten by a special spider. Soon Peter realizes he has amazing powers. He is as strong and quick as a spider and also has a type of sixth sense.  He no longer needs his glasses and he can use his super power to fly through the city streets! Remembering something his Uncle Ben has told him, that "with great power, there must also come great responsibility(责任 )," Peter decides to use his powers to fight enemies who do cruel things to people. And so, Spiderman is born.

    Life is not easy for Peter even though he is a superhero. He is in love with Mary Jane but cannot tell her about his amazing powers. Besides, his best friend Harry hates Spiderman! Peter' is also short of money and time. He has to sell photos of Spiderman (himself) to a newspaper and he keeps losing his other jobs because he's so busy saving people! Yet he has to fight different kinds of cruel enemies.

    The famous scientist and thinker, Charles Darwin, was born on February 12, 1809. His family lived not far from the River Severn, England. As a boy, Charles liked to go for walks in the fields and forests. He enjoyed watching nature, and comparing what he saw with everything he had read in science books. He also liked collecting very much. He collected many things, birds, eggs, stones and leaves.

    At sixteen Darwin was sent to Edinburgh University to become a doctor. But he was interested in the history of nature.

    Then he was sent to study in Cambridge University. There he studied until 1831.

    Some time later he heard that the ship Beagle was going on a trip to South America and wanted a scientist. His teacher advised him to go. So when the Beagle left England in December, 1831, Darwin was on it. The trip lasted almost five years. Darwin saw many new plants and animals. He collected all kinds of plants.

    In 1842 Darwin went to live in Kent, and there he continued his studies of change in nature. Darwin understood that plants and animals are not always the same, and that they really change. By 1859 Darwin had finished his famous book The Origin of Species.

    In 1871 Darwin wrote another important book, the Theory of Evolution.

    Darwin continued his studies in science until he died in 1882.

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The Chongyang Festival is an important and famous Chinese festival. It is celebrated on the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(nine)day of September in the lunar (阴历) month. In 2021, it falls {#blank#}2{#/blank#}October 14th.

The festival has a history of more than 1,700 years. The number nine is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}highest odd number(奇数). In China, it is believed that two nines meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday for Chinese people {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(show) love and respect for their elders. People hold many kinds of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (activity) in honor of old people, wishing them a long life and good health.

The festival comes during the golden days of autumn. On the day, people {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(tradition) drink chrysanthemum(菊花) wine, eat special cakes {#blank#}7{#/blank#}climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant called dogwood. People in ancient times {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(consider) that the plant could drive the illness away in winter and stop them from {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(catch) by evil spirits.

Since you have known about Chongyang Festival and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(it) traditions, why not step out and make the festival this year special? Write to us and share your stories.