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【解析】选C。细节理解题。由倒数第二段“. . . and is the owner of two car shops, and recently celebrated the 11th anniversary of her company, which is 89th on the Hispanic Business 500 with revenues of more than $45 million per year. ”可知，Marion Luna Brem自己的公司运作得非常成功。 16. The author writes the passage mainly to _____ . A. introduce one of the 500 biggest companies to us B. tell us how to conquer cancer of the breast C. praise Marion Luna Brem’s good qualities D. encourage us to follow Marion Luna Brem’s example 【解析】选D。写作意图题。身患癌症的女强人Marion Luna Brem在丈夫离开，一无所有的情况下顽强地与命运作斗争，最后战胜病魔并成功开创了自己的事业。作者意在鼓励大家以Marion Luna Brem为学习榜样，不屈服于悲惨的命运。 E （2010·天津模拟） Tony Wrench and his wife Faith, wearing the traditional woolly jacket, have set up their home in the shadows of Preseli Mountains. They built the house in the winter of 1997 with the dream of living what they call “low-impact lives”. Their dream is to get close to nature, have little pollution and prove they can change the world. But their action was stopped almost a year later by the local government. Eventually, a new rule about environment protection was brought and the government permitted the couple to carry on their “low-impact lives”. The completed house is built around a frame of 200 firs（冷杉）and made entirely of natural materials, in a style that is part-native American, part-ancient Celt. Mr. Wrench said this house was more like a sort of large basket. The most expensive part of the building was the rubber（橡胶）pond-liner for the roof at ￡650—all in it cost a grand total of ￡3, 000, the labor being supplied by the couple and a few good friends. The idea is to try to make the most of the natural resources around them, reducing their impact as much as possible on the environment. Electricity is generated from three solar panels on the roof and a small windmill. Food is mostly home-grown（自产的）and they even make their own wine from a vine（藤）on the roof. Drinking water comes from the mountain stream and hot wat