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t have the heart to refuse the offer B.Pete was so greedy that he wanted to have another dinner C.Pete was suffering from hunger D.Pete enjoyed having the Thanksgiving dinner for free43.Which of the following words can best describe the Old Gentleman? A.Selfcentred. B.Modest. C.Stubborn. D.GenerousCACAD CAABD BDDBC BBCAA CDBAB ABCDB AACDBCABD BCAD。t show Pete was full? A.Pete sat on the bench now, hardly able to move. B.The buttons on his ragged shirt and coat were about to burst. C.Glad to see that the changes of another year have permitted you to move in health through this beautiful world. D.When he entered the restaurant even the smell of food almost made him sick.42.The underlined sentence I39。t think that it was a case of hunger.40.Where did Pete and the Old Gentleman meet every Thanksgiving Day? A.In the restaurant. B.In Union Square. C.At the Old Gentleman39。clock, and each time the same pleasant thing had happened.But this time Pete had e here more from habit than from hunger.Certainly today Pete was not hungry.Two rich old ladies gave him a Thanksgiving dinner of everything he could eat. Pete sat on the bench now, hardly able to move.The buttons on his ragged shirt and coat were about to burst.The November breeze and the first light fall of snow felt cool and pleasant to his face.He happened to look to the left and there in the distance he saw the old Gentleman ing toward him.He wanted to get up and run, but he was so full of food he stayed right there.Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years, the Old Gentleman had e there, found Pete on this same bench, and then taken him to a restaurant and bought him a Thanksgiving dinner.It was a kind of tradition which the Old Gentleman, who had no family and lived alone, had tried to continue. How do you do39。s coal and produce half of its steel, according to official figures. Studies also show that the visibility(能見(jiàn)度)in eastern regions of China has dropped by 7 to 15 km pared to that in the early 1960s, as a result of air pollution. Liaoning province, the Shandong Peninsula, Wuhan in Hubei province and its surrounding area, the ChangshaZhuzhouXiangtan region in Hunan province, the ChengduChongqing region, and the western coast of the Taiwan Straits are also listed as areas to carry out such regional air pollution control programs, according to the plan. The new plan also requires an improved air quality system, which will measure the pollution levels.The current system, which only measures some major pollutants, cannot reflect the true pict