41. ...they ［ heroes ］ are the people against whom we measure others.

A. Compared with the contributions heroes make, those of other people are nothing.

B. We judge people by comparing them with heroes, and find out about their value.

C. Heroes set examples for other people, and in them we find the best human qualities.

D. Any anti-hero action should be guarded against, and heroes' name should be protected.

42. But Barrett was beyond all reasoning. His mind had already cracked with thirst.

A. Barrett's mind was so affected that he could no longer argue logically.

B. Barrett wouldn't listen to me because thirst had damaged his brain.

C. It was no use arguing with Barrett, for he had lost his senses.

D. Barrett was so thirsty that he couldn't think reasonably.

43. They ［ parents ］ can explain, cheerfully, that it's too expensive — except perhaps as a birthday or holiday gift — or that the child will have to contribute to its purchase from an allowance or from the earnings of an outside job.

A. The child will have to pay partially for something expensive, using his pocket money or what he / she has earned outside the home.

B. If the child wants to buy something very expensive, he/she has to make some contribution to his /her family afterwards.

C. When the child wants to buy something very expensive, he has to earn the money by working for his /her parents or other people.

D. The child will have to share the cost equally with his parents to get something very expensive as a birthday gift.

44. There was enough in them to get me hanged — if the Gestapo ever discovered them ［ my diaries ］ .

A. I would be driven out of Berlin because my diaries recorded the crimes of the Nazis.

B. I would be severely punished for the information I had collected in my diaries.

C. They would torture me by hanging me from a tree if they found my diaries.

D. They would kill me for what I had written about the Nazis in my diaries.

45. ...it is for these reasons that from the ranks of the poor so many strong, eminent, self-reliant men have always sprung and always must spring.

A. That was why poor families have produced and will continue to produce so many outstanding people.

B. As a result, so many children of poor families were determined to grow up to be somebody in society.

C. For these reasons so many children from poor families leave home early to seek their fortune outside.

D. Therefore the poor should bring up their children in such a way as to make prominent people out of them.

46. We'll manage. We can cut our list to the bone and concentrate on the kids.