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59．Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage ?

A．Fred Astaire was a famous dancer.

B．True ability will always make itself known.

C．Some people never get discouraged

D．Albert Einstein proved his teachers wrong.

60．When Paderewski’s teachers told him he’d never be a success, the were .

A．being humorous　　　　　　　　B．cheerful, though concerned

C．somewhat hesitant　　　　　　　　D．seriously mistaken

61． “Ad astra per aspera” is used in the passage .

A．as a motto for the three men’s lives

B．to show the value of Latin

C．to send the reader to the dictionary

D．to point out that genius is always recognized early

62．The writer of the passage thinks that the reader .

A．knows that the three men were successes

B．someday dreams to become like one of the men

C．sympathizes with（同情）the poor teachers of the three men

D．knows that Fred Astaire was an actor famous for performing Shakespeare’s plays

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　C

The Erie canal（运河）was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River. It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie canal helped New York develop into the nation’s largest city.

The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. It cost $7,143,789,but it soon gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges（过运河费）were stopped, the state collected $121,461,891.

63．We can see that the Erie Canal .

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