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Summary of Text B A hero’s aspirationWhile Jonda was patrolling along a 1) __road with her police associate, David, on a rainy night in November, she sensed a car ahead of them was in trouble. Her acute 2) sense was a result of her failure in rescuing a teenager from a car fire many years ago. And since then she had lived in 3) of the tragedy. Thus, she tried to pull the car over before it was too late. The car slowed down as its driver4) _ on the brakes, but not enough to stop at the warning sign. It slipped into the Dalton River.To rescue the trapped driver, Sandy, as 5) ___by her work badge, Jonda slipped down into the river, a raging 6) _that was swallowing up the car. Through the window, she found Sandy screaming and banging the window for help, with her intense fear 7) _ in her eyes. Her rescue would admit of no delay. Hard as it was to break the thick glass with a window hammer, Jonda made it in time; and with the help of David, she pulled Sandy out of the 8) _ car.In the wake of the incident, Sandy expressed her deep gratitude to Jonda, while Jonda, in effect, had much to be grateful to Sandy for: By saving Sandy, she was 9) _ of her acute guilt and freed from the 10) _______ of her past.

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Rays of hope in rising rudenessRude deeds are becoming increasingly common. Faced with rudeness in public, most people 1) ___ it, or mind their own business, or get out of the way. It is generally 2) _ around the world that the inhabitants of large cities are ruder than their fellow citizens from smaller towns or the countryside. What are the reasons behind it? Some experts say that the trend began decades ago when people became resistant to 3) values and manners.Some people blame 4) _ modern lifestyles for contributing to a society that has little time to be polite. Others find that stress also plays a role in incident of 5) _ behavior and is becoming strikingly common. Rudeness has many forms. Beside verbal 6) ____, people tend to be violent. There is disagreement as to whether the situation is improving or not. Many see little hope for a 7) _ in today’s rude behavior. Others are feeling more hopeful.Nowadays, more people are 8) ___ their time for community projects; also, donations of goods and money to charities have increased. These acts of kindness would have a 9) _ effect on others and would help to reduce the stress in society. Let’s hope this optimistic view 10) _____ and brings a better, brighter world for us all.

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Section B Text SummaryAs the cost of attending college has soared over these years, a vigorous debate emerges over who should pay for college. While most students choose to have their parents cover all the cost of their education, I am among the small number of students who earn as they learn. I wonder why the [1]_____ refuse to take the way I did. [2]_, they claim to have no capacity to pay for college. So they tend to get [3]_, with their eyes bulging, at my choice. To cover all the costs of my college, I had to work 25 hours a week; and to graduate within four years, I had to take more [4]_ than others. [5]_ , I felt envious of an easy life the wealthy students enjoyed, as their parents provided them with every necessity and even luxuries. I am also aware that many influential studies claim to [6]_ that working while studying depresses school performance. But my story failed to bear evidence of such a link, for I pulled [7] all the way. [8], I am particularly proud that the path I’ve chosen has relieved my parents of the burden of my university education. [9]_, my “working-while-studying” approach has brought them the satisfaction of raising me successfully into adulthood. If you want to learn the skills that will serve you all your life, consider joining the ranks of those of us who [10]____________.

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