Ryan Hickman was born in an American family. When he was three years old, Ryan Hickman visited a recycling centre in California

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问题    Ryan Hickman was born in an American family. When he was three years old, Ryan Hickman visited a recycling centre in California and found what he wanted to do most. Amazingly, the next day when he greeted his dad, Damion, he made a【C1】______"I’m going to pick up all the bottles and cans from everyone in the neighbourhood. I’ll start a new【C2】______myself."
   It’ s never too late to start a business, though there were no other staff【C3】______himself when the company was started. Today, Ryan, aged seven, the world’ s youngest garbage man, is the CEO, manager and employee of Ryan’ s recycling company. Though Ryan says he doesn’ t remember what made it all start, he remains【C4】______about what he is doing. When questioned about why he did so, he said, " It’ s【C5】______bottles get to the ocean, and then animals get sick and die. " Ryan’ s neighbours have been【C6】______to the little boy’ s knocking for their recycled goods. More and more supportive ones call to ask for a pickup or even【C7】______bags of bottles and cans at the Hickman’ s door. At school, Ryan’ s favourite activity is helping the dustmen separate the trash and taking away the recyclable. "My wife and I support him and we tell him that【C8】______he wants to quit, he can," Damion said. " I want to see him with friends, but the recycling just makes him delighted. He has actually persuaded five of his friends to join him. "
   According to Damion, Ryan has【C9】______over $11,000 through recycling bottles and cans. Ryan says he wants to buy a large trash truck to be【C10】______with enough garbage and become a true garbage man.
【C3】

选项 A、except for
B、except
C、include
D、less than

答案B

解析 except for:除……之外,常指从整体中修正某个细节,用于表示对主要部分的肯定和对局部的否定;except:除……之外,不包括所除的人或事物;include:包括;less than:少于。根据句意可知,公司成立时,除了他本人之外,没有其他员工。故选B。
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