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Although Ripton Rosen was a white boy living in a luxurious penthouse (豪华公寓) he liked to play baseball with his black teammates of the same street. Ripton sometimes invited the boys to his home to play video games. As time went on several of them became frequent visitors to the 16th­floor penthouse. In time the group developed into five regulars(常客) ：Will and Kindu Philippe Medina Juan Carlos Rob­inson and Carlos Suarez.

“In the beginning it was just a lot of kids moving all over the place，” says Michael Ripton's father. Things then began changing in small ways. When the Rosens realized Carlos wasn't attending school because he didn't have suitable clothes they bought him some. Then one night they took the group to a bookstore after a Chinese dinner and realized there were other_needs. “The boys had no interest in books at all，” Michael says. Back at the penthouse he insisted they sit down to read aloud and start a half­hour reading period before video games or television every day.

Slowly the five black boys became a necessary part of the Rosen family. Housework was assigned including cleaning loading the dishwasher and walking Mr Jenkins the family dog.

The boys' own families were puzzled by what was happening. “My mom didn't believe me when I told her about the penthouse，” says Kindu. “She thought I was involved with something bad.” Juan Carlos's mother Esther Ruiz wondered “Why would the Rosens be doing this？” But as time went on she noticed changes in her son. “He was geting responsible. The Rosens are the best”．

56．The Rosens bought Carlos some clothes so that ________.

A．he would study harder

B．he would feel comfortable

C．he could go to school

D．he could serve the family

57．The underlined words “other needs” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to the need of ________.

A．knowledge                         B．textbook

C．catalogue                         D．paperwork

58．We learn from the passage that the Rosens ________.

A．devoted themselves to fighting discrimination

B．knew a lot about how to encourage children

C．regarded friendship as the most important thing

D．treated the black boys with great kindness

59．The passage is constructed to confirm the fact that ________.

A．parents are expected to treat other children as gener­ously as possible

B．children ought to be encouraged to make friends with each other

C．all men are created equal and there should be no racial division

D．everyone is likely to be grateful for whatever kindness others have shown

Answer 1

CADC