2013届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读能力综合培养训练集（六）
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J ack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a 36 in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often 37 to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t 38 to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went 39 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was 40 what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 41 .
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough , and Jack saw a 42 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and 43 plenty of money.
