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译林版 · 选择性必修第三册
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Jack was born in a poor family and had to leave school at the age of fourteen. He worked in a small factory by day and taught himself maths and physics at night. For almost ten years he studied whenever he was free. Many people laughed at him and said that he was simply wasting his time. But Jack never listened to them. At the age of thirty he published his first paper, which won high praise from famous scientists at home and abroad. His story tells us that poverty and laughter can never stop a truly determined mind.
1. When did Jack have to leave school?
Jack was born in a poor family and had to leave school at the age of fourteen. He worked in a small factory by day and taught himself maths and physics at night. For almost ten years he studied whenever he was free. Many people laughed at him and said that he was simply wasting his time. But Jack never listened to them. At the age of thirty he published his first paper, which won high praise from famous scientists at home and abroad. His story tells us that poverty and laughter can never stop a truly determined mind.
1. When did Jack have to leave school?
A. At the age of thirty.
B. At the age of twenty.
C. At the age of ten.
D. At the age of fourteen.