The birthrate in Europe has been in a steady decrease since the 1960s. European countries, realizing crisis is at hand, are providing great encouragement for parents to create more babies in the 2lst century.
Affairs Ministry concluded last year that, 1 cash encouragement, some women just don’t want to be 2 holding the baby. “What we know is that it’s good for the 3 if men and women share the burden of having children, says Soren Kindlund, family policy adviser at the Swedish ministry. 4 Swedish parents can take their paid leave as they wish, men use a mere 12% of it; 60% of fathers do not take even a(n)5 day off work.
Experts fear that the tendency for women to use most of the parental leave could make employers6 to give young women the permanent jobs they need to qualify for paid maternity leave(產(chǎn)假). In January, Sweden decided to allow new fathers two months paid leave, with a warning: use it or7 it.
Kindlund admits that men are under 8 to stay at work, even though parental pay comes out of the public purse. “It’s not popular among bosses and perhaps with other men in the workplace,. “But it’s good for the father and for the child if they can 9 a relationship. ”
In Norway, a(n)10 policy has worked wonders. 70% of dads in Norway now take parental leave, and the birthrate of 1. 85 children per woman is one of the highest in Europe.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      in spite of
    2. B.
      at the cost of
    3. C.
      in addition to
    4. D.
      due to
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      sent
    2. B.
      left
    3. C.
      caught
    4. D.
      seen
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      birthrate
    2. B.
      income
    3. C.
      health
    4. D.
      spirit
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      Just as
    2. B.
      Only if
    3. C.
      Even though
    4. D.
      Now that
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      one
    2. B.
      mere
    3. C.
      only
    4. D.
      single
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      willing
    2. B.
      reluctant
    3. C.
      likely
    4. D.
      unable
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      reserve
    2. B.
      misuse
    3. C.
      ignore
    4. D.
      lose
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      discussion
    2. B.
      attack
    3. C.
      control
    4. D.
      pressure
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      make out
    2. B.
      add up
    3. C.
      build up
    4. D.
      set aside
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      impersonal
    2. B.
      similar
    3. C.
      severe
    4. D.
      global
ABACD BDDCB
1. A。由下句“婦女仍然不愿在家照看孩子”可知，這里應(yīng)選擇表示讓步關(guān)系的in spite of；at the cost of的意思是“以犧牲……的代價(jià)”；in addition to指“除……以外”；due to的意思是“因?yàn)椤薄?br>2. B。這里指丈夫們?nèi)スぷ髦螅拮觽儽涣粼诩依镎湛春⒆印?br>3. A。照看孩子的工作是繁重的，如果男女共同來分擔(dān)這項(xiàng)工作的話，或許妻子們?cè)敢馍嗟暮⒆�，那么�?duì)提高人口出生率而言是好的。
4. C。從下文丈夫們不愿利用帶薪假期看，這里使用了表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的連接詞。
5. D。此處使用single來強(qiáng)調(diào)時(shí)間的少。其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)前面不能加不定冠詞。
6. B。婦女使用產(chǎn)假這種趨勢(shì)有可能會(huì)產(chǎn)生老板們不情愿讓年輕婦女做長(zhǎng)期工作的后果。表示否定意義的有B、D項(xiàng)，D項(xiàng)表示“沒有能力”與題意不合。
7. D。既然是警告，那么語氣是嚴(yán)厲的：要么休假，要么取消休假；reserve表示“保留”；misuse指“濫用”；ignore指“忽略”。
8. D。under pressure指“承愛壓力”；under discussion指“在討論中”，under attack指“遭受襲擊”；under control指“在……的控制之中”。
9. C。build up和relationship搭配的意思是“建立關(guān)系”；make out表示“辨別出”；add up指“合計(jì)、總計(jì)”；set aside表示“把……放在一邊”。
10. B。從下文挪威70%的父親休產(chǎn)假來看，挪威采取了和瑞典相似的政策，所以人口出生率在歐洲是最高的。impersonal“無人情味的”；severe“嚴(yán)厲的”；global“全球化的”。
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  1. 1.
    1. A.
      lost
    2. B.
      gained
    3. C.
      earned
    4. D.
      reduced
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      change
    2. B.
      move
    3. C.
      walk
    4. D.
      cry
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      remembering
    2. B.
      collecting
    3. C.
      sharing
    4. D.
      recording
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      set out
    2. B.
      set up
    3. C.
      set aside
    4. D.
      set about
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      lit
    2. B.
      swung
    3. C.
      surrounded
    4. D.
      burnt
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      spoke
    2. B.
      said
    3. C.
      wrote
    4. D.
      went
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      afraid
    2. B.
      fond
    3. C.
      tired
    4. D.
      ashamed
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      happiest
    2. B.
      saddest
    3. C.
      loneliest
    4. D.
      luckiest
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      smoking
    2. B.
      bathing
    3. C.
      dieting
    4. D.
      running
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      only
    2. B.
      right
    3. C.
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    4. D.
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  11. 11.
    1. A.
      overcoming
    2. B.
      spreading
    3. C.
      passing
    4. D.
      covering
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      but
    2. B.
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    3. C.
      since
    4. D.
      because
  13. 13.
    1. A.
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    2. B.
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    3. C.
      love
    4. D.
      touch
  14. 14.
    1. A.
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    2. B.
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    3. C.
      adult
    4. D.
      children
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      kept
    2. B.
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    3. C.
      broke
    4. D.
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  16. 16.
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    2. B.
      more
    3. C.
      slower
    4. D.
      rather
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      for
    2. B.
      over
    3. C.
      at
    4. D.
      on
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      set
    2. B.
      follow
    3. C.
      require
    4. D.
      seek
  19. 19.
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      pleasures
    2. B.
      pities
    3. C.
      challenges
    4. D.
      purposes
  20. 20.
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      expert
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  1. 1.
    1. A.
      anger
    2. B.
      health
    3. C.
      emotion
    4. D.
      spirit
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      causes
    2. B.
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    4. D.
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  3. 3.
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    2. B.
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    4. D.
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  4. 4.
    1. A.
      but
    2. B.
      if
    3. C.
      while
    4. D.
      though
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      appreciation
    2. B.
      attention
    3. C.
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      attraction
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      prepared
    2. B.
      addicted
    3. C.
      accustomed
    4. D.
      tended
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      faster
    2. B.
      more
    3. C.
      slower
    4. D.
      quicker
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      As well as
    2. B.
      In addition
    3. C.
      Except
    4. D.
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  9. 9.
    1. A.
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      expecting
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  10. 10.
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  11. 11.
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  1. 1.
    1. A.
      therefore
    2. B.
      otherwise
    3. C.
      thus
    4. D.
      however
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      like
    2. B.
      as
    3. C.
      with
    4. D.
      from
  3. 3.
    1. A.
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      houses
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      money
  4. 4.
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  5. 5.
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      younger
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  7. 7.
    1. A.
      dangerous
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    3. C.
      funny
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      true
  8. 8.
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      rather
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      certainly
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      always
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      send
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      stop
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      pay
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  11. 11.
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      reduce
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      increase
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  1. 1.
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      pleased
    2. B.
      content
    3. C.
      proud
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      satisfied
  2. 2.
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      won
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      failed
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      mountain
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      spirit
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      just then
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      on time
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    1. A.
      families
    2. B.
      relatives
    3. C.
      workers
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      friends
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      honored
    2. B.
      appointed
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      praised
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      called
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    1. A.
      who
    2. B.
      what
    3. C.
      whom
    4. D.
      which
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    1. A.
      thoughts
    2. B.
      views
    3. C.
      feelings
    4. D.
      ideas
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      never
    2. B.
      often
    3. C.
      frequently
    4. D.
      occasionally
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      occasion
    2. B.
      time
    3. C.
      opportunity
    4. D.
      choice
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      necessary
    2. B.
      embarrassing
    3. C.
      comfortable
    4. D.
      natural
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      interesting
    2. B.
      strange
    3. C.
      curious
    4. D.
      open-minded
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      Unfortunately
    2. B.
      Strangely
    3. C.
      Unbelievably
    4. D.
      Surprisingly
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      get through
    2. B.
      get along
    3. C.
      get off
    4. D.
      get over
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      put up with
    2. B.
      got rid of
    3. C.
      broke away from
    4. D.
      did away with
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      sold
    2. B.
      trusted
    3. C.
      played
    4. D.
      believed
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      allowed
    2. B.
      hoped
    3. C.
      suggested
    4. D.
      demanded
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      ride
    2. B.
      require
    3. C.
      borrow
    4. D.
      use
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      turned
    2. B.
      went
    3. C.
      changed
    4. D.
      grew
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      thought of
    2. B.
      took care
    3. C.
      attended on
    4. D.
      cared about

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：完形填空

It was early in the morning, on a lonely road. It's1heavily. A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was2him to school. Suddenly, the car went off the road, 3several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch(溝渠) filled with water.
Luckily, both the mother and son were 4seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but 5. As water came through broken windows in the car, he 6unbuckled (解開) himself, climbed out of the 7window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the 8to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to 9her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon 10.
His mother later recalled her experience of the 11. Being unable to move or even 12to offer instructions ( 指導(dǎo)) or encouragement to her son, she was 13by her little son's action. She recalled 14her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”
It seemed 15that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favourite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that 16, when everyone else had17hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had 18and took action. Obviously this book had left a 19impression before the accident that rainy 20and motivated ( 激勵(lì)) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      snowing
    2. B.
      smoking
    3. C.
      blowing
    4. D.
      raining
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      ordering
    2. B.
      driving
    3. C.
      pushing
    4. D.
      flying
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      rolled
    2. B.
      fell
    3. C.
      moved
    4. D.
      stopped
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      making
    2. B.
      watching
    3. C.
      wearing
    4. D.
      missing
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      afraid
    2. B.
      dead
    3. C.
      tired
    4. D.
      unhurt
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      quickly
    2. B.
      carefully
    3. C.
      nearly
    4. D.
      happily
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      student
    2. B.
      passenger
    3. C.
      family
    4. D.
      worker
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      box
    2. B.
      room
    3. C.
      car
    4. D.
      ditch
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      respect
    2. B.
      introduce
    3. C.
      recognize
    4. D.
      free
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      accepted
    2. B.
      rescued
    3. C.
      welcomed
    4. D.
      fed
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      accident
    2. B.
      experiment
    3. C.
      travel
    4. D.
      fire
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      listen
    2. B.
      sleep
    3. C.
      speak
    4. D.
      look
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      excited
    2. B.
      frightened
    3. C.
      wounded
    4. D.
      amazed
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      seeing
    2. B.
      hearing
    3. C.
      smelling
    4. D.
      feeling
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      clear
    2. B.
      sorry
    3. C.
      useful
    4. D.
      necessary
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      poem
    2. B.
      notice
    3. C.
      story
    4. D.
      dream
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      realized
    2. B.
      waken
    3. C.
      kept up
    4. D.
      given up
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      courage
    2. B.
      food
    3. C.
      space
    4. D.
      time
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      bad
    2. B.
      deep
    3. C.
      false
    4. D.
      general
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      afternoon
    2. B.
      night
    3. C.
      morning
    4. D.
      evening

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：完形填空

In 1883, a creative engineer, John Roebling, was inspired to build a splendid bridge connecting New York with Long Island. However, experts throughout the world thought that this was 1 . Even so, Roebling could not 2the idea in his mind. After much discussion, he3convince his son Washington, an up-and-coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built. They hired their 4and began to build their dream bridge.
Only a few months 5the project was underway a tragic on-site accident killed John Roebling and 6injured his son, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to move or 7. Surely now the project would have to be 8. Though Washington Roebling lay in his hospital bed, he was not 9and his mind remained as 10as it was before the accident. Suddenly an idea 11him. All he could move was one finger, so he 12the arm of his wife with that finger, 13to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. For 13 years Washington tapped out his 14with one finger until the bridge was 15completed.
Perhaps this is one of the best examples of never-say-die attitude that 16 a terrible physical disability and achieves an impossible 17. Often when we face difficulties in our daily lives, our problems seem very small 18what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that even the most 19dream can be realized with 20no matter what the chances are.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      impossible
    2. B.
      unnecessary
    3. C.
      hard
    4. D.
      excellent
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      recognize
    2. B.
      accept
    3. C.
      ignore
    4. D.
      believe
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      attempted to
    2. B.
      sought to
    3. C.
      failed to
    4. D.
      managed to
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      family
    2. B.
      crew
    3. C.
      class
    4. D.
      team
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      since
    2. B.
      before
    3. C.
      after
    4. D.
      when
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      severely
    2. B.
      slightly
    3. C.
      poorly
    4. D.
      hardly
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      work
    2. B.
      say
    3. C.
      eat
    4. D.
      talk
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      continued
    2. B.
      abandoned
    3. C.
      interrupted
    4. D.
      accomplished
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      defeated
    2. B.
      hurt
    3. C.
      frightened
    4. D.
      destroyed
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      sharp
    2. B.
      broad
    3. C.
      noble
    4. D.
      advanced
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      beat
    2. B.
      occurred
    3. C.
      happened
    4. D.
      hit
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      waved
    2. B.
      felt
    3. C.
      touched
    4. D.
      held
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      appealing
    2. B.
      speaking
    3. C.
      indicating
    4. D.
      advising
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      orders
    2. B.
      instructions
    3. C.
      suggestions
    4. D.
      movements
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      quickly
    2. B.
      partly
    3. C.
      eventually
    4. D.
      slowly
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      overcomes
    2. B.
      acquires
    3. C.
      fights
    4. D.
      removes
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      award
    2. B.
      fortune
    3. C.
      status
    4. D.
      goal
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      combined with
    2. B.
      separated from
    3. C.
      compared to
    4. D.
      concerned about
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      primary
    2. B.
      distant
    3. C.
      lifelong
    4. D.
      good
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      determination
    2. B.
      knowledge
    3. C.
      confidence
    4. D.
      strength

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

Diamonds may be forever. But what’s a girl to do when she gets dumped (失戀) or divorced (離婚) and those rings, necklace and love gifts lose their emotional (情感) sense?
Help is just a click away on new Web sites that provide an outlet for selling jewelry(珠寶) from past relationships, sharing break-up stories and helping broken hearts heal (愈合).
“You go through a divorce. What do you do with that ring? Maybe you have a child you can pass it on to. Maybe you don’t. It just sits there, ” said Megahn Perry, who with her stepmother (繼母) Marie Perry runs www.exboyfriendjewelry.com.
Three months after its start with the slogan(口號(hào)) “You Don’t Want It. He Can’t Have It Back,” the web site has 3,000 registered users and more than 600 postings of rings, bracelets and earrings for sale—all with a personal tale attached.
As one woman posting a diamond ring for $3,500 wrote:
“Beautiful ring came with a wrong man. Decided to sell to regain the money that I spent finishing payments on the ring that my ex didn’t.”
The idea was born when Megahn Perry, a Los Angeles actress and writer, was looking for a safe place to sell a wedding set after a divorce and realized others might have former boyfriends’ jewelry with memories(記憶) that make them too painful to wear.
The local pawn shop(當(dāng)鋪) proved an unattractive choice. So she teamed up with her stepmother Marie, researched the market and found a gap in it.

  1. 1.

    The passage is mainly about _____.

    1. A.
      how a web site is set up
    2. B.
      how sad the love stories are
    3. C.
      How much a website can make
    4. D.
      How many people like the web site
  2. 2.

    How long is it since the start of this website?

    1. A.
      Less than three months.
    2. B.
      At least three months.
    3. C.
      Less than one month.
    4. D.
      Not known.
  3. 3.

    How many people have registered on this website within three months?

    1. A.
      About 600.
    2. B.
      About 3,000.
    3. C.
      About 3,500.
    4. D.
      Not know.
  4. 4.

    Who set up this website?

    1. A.
      Megahn herself alone.
    2. B.
      Megahn and her best friend.
    3. C.
      Megahn and her stepmother.
    4. D.
      Megahn and her exboyfriend.
  5. 5.

    What’s the meaning of the underlined word “gap” in the last sentence?

    1. A.
      Gulf between two people.
    2. B.
      Misunderstandings among each other.
    3. C.
      Differences from a pawn shop.
    4. D.
      A market worth developing.

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