【名词&注释】
操作技能(operating skill)、阻塞性(obstructive)、印第安(indian)、辩证法(dialectics)、肺气肿(emphysema)、什么的
[单选题]How would you describe Sequoyah?
Sequoyah was a young Cherokee Indian．son of a white trader and an Indian Squaw(北美印第安女人)．At an early age，he became fascinated by“tile talking leaf”，an expression thathe used to describe the white man’s written records．Although many believe this"talking leaf”to be a gift from tile Great Spirit，Sequoyah refused to accept that theory．Like other Indians oftile period，he was illiterate，but his determination to remedy tile situation led to the inventionof a unique 86 character alphabet based on the sound patterns that he heard． His family and friends thought him mad，but while recuperating(恢复)from a huntingaccident．he diligently and independently set out to create a form of communication for his ownpeople as well as for other Indians．In l821，after twelve years of work，he had successfully de。veloped a written language that would enable thousands of Indians to read and write． Sequoyah’s desire to preserve words and events for later generation has caused him to be remembered among the important inventors．The giant redwood trees of-California，called“se-quoias(红杉)”in his honor，will further imprint his name in history． 根据以上内容，回答下面的题目。What is the most important reason that Sequoyah wiU be remeIll]bered?
A. Meek(温顺的)．
B. Mad．
C. Backward．
D. Determined．
根据以下内容，回答下面的题目。Insure means to protect _51_ a loss of money．Most people can budget their money so that their income will cover expected expenses _52_ food, clothing, housing, and public services．But, there is no way to know _53_ who will suffer a crisis (危机) such as a serious illness, fire, flood, or a car accident．Such crises usually _54_ great expense．Even if people could predict crises, it would be hard to save enough money to _55_ the expenses．Insurance is a system _56_ a company collects money from many individuals and then pays certain expenses whenever one of those insured individuals is faced with a certain crisis．An insurance policy _57_ how much the insurance costs and how much the company will pay when a policy holder is faced with a certain crisis．There are many different kinds of insurance, _58_ hospital, motor-car and fire．Insurance can be rather expensive but most people buy insurance of some kinD．Insurance is something _59_ people buy and hope they will _60_ need．_________
Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start．All the shops reduce their pricesand for two weeks，they are full of people looking for bargains．My husband and I do not nor-mally go to the sales as we don’t like crowds and in any case are short of money as we have tobuy lots of Christmas presents． Last year，however，I took my husband with me to the sales at the large shop in the centerof London．We both needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set．Whenwe got to station．So I left my husband and started looking around the shops．Unfortunately allthe clothes were in very large sizes and SO were not suitable for me．But I did buy．a televisionat a very cheap price，SO I felt quite pleased with myself． When I arrived at the station，my husband was not there．So I sat down in a nearby cafeto have a cup of tea．I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband and went out to meethim．He looked very happy．Then I saw he Was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box．“Oh，dear!”I thought．Yes，we had no new clothes but two televisions．We shall not be going to the sales again． 根据以上内容，回答下面的题目。In January__________．
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