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2013年两会上，温家宝总理在总结2012年工作时指出：2012年我国在复杂的经济形势下，扎实落实财政政策，进一步巩固和扩大了应对国际金融危机冲击成果，促进了经济平稳较快发展。阅读材料，回答下列问题。 材料一： 材料二：2012年我国政府不避民生难题，直面民意关切，把保障和改善民生作为政府工作的重要任务。在调控楼市、稳定物价、收入分配体制改革和完善社会保障体系、教育、医疗、就业、食品安全、校车安全等方面取得了重大的进展I'm from the South Bronx. At 7, my neighborhood was the beginning and end of my universe. It was a small town to me. Everyone knew each other, so if you got into trouble in school, chances are your mom knew about it before you got home. I felt watched over and safe.But just before I turned 8, things began to change. I watched two buildings on my block burn down. I remember seeing my neighbor Pito go up and down the fire escape to get people out. Where were the firemen? Where was the truck? Somebody must have called them.That same summer, after serving two tours in Vietnam, my brother was killed in the South Bronx. He was shot above the left eye and died instantly.  People who could moved out of the neighborhood, and all I wanted to do was get out, too. I used education to get away from there and got good at avoiding the topic of where I was from. To be from the South Bronx meant that you were not a good person. It felt like a stain.After college, I didn't want to come back to the South Bronx, but in order to afford graduate school, I had to. I was almost 30 and could only afford to live at my parents' home. It felt like a defeat, and I hated it.At the same time, the city was planning a huge waste facility here, and no one seemed to care — including many of us who lived here. They were like, "Well, it's a poor community; what's the difference?"I was very angry. It drove me to act. It moved my spirit in a way that I didn't know was possible. And it changed my beliefs — it changed the way I felt about myself and my community. I worked hard with others who felt the same way, and together, we defeated the plan.After that, I realized it's just as important to fight for something as it is to fight against something. So we dreamed up a new park on the site of an illegal waste dump — and after many community clean-ups, along with $3 million from the city, we have one. And it's a glory. It was the seed from which many new plans for our community have grown.Today, the South Bronx is no longer a stain; it's a badge(象征) of honor for me. I believe that where I'm from helps me to really see the world. Today, when I say I'm from the South Bronx, I stand up straight. This is home, and it always will be.41. Paragraphs 2 and 3 make the readers believe ____________.A. the author felt watched over and safeB. he author’s brother was a bad man C. the author’s neighbor Pito was braver than a firemanD. the author felt his hometown was not a safe place to live in42. The author went back to the South Bronx after college because ____________.A. he couldn’t afford to live without his parents’ helpB. he loved his hometown very muchC. he was defeated in studies at collegeD. he almost reached the age of 3043. The underlined sentences(Paragraph 2) imply that ____________.A. the author wondered where the firemen and the truck wereB. the author wanted someone to call the firemenC. the firemen didn’t come to help although calledD. the firemen didn’t find a place to park the truck44. What does the author want to convey in the passage?A. Great changes have taken place in the South Bronx.B. The South Bronx is a beautiful place.  C. You can make a difference to your hometown if you act.D. Everyone should love his hometown.