阅读《部分科技发明在沪渝两地应用年份的比较表》。该表反映出近代中国（    ）

过直线外一点画这条直线的平行线。

【甲】

    于是见公输盘。子墨子解带为城，以牒为械。公输盘九设攻城之机变，子墨子九距之。公输盘之攻械尽，子墨子之守圉有余。

    公输盘诎，而曰：“吾知所以距子矣，吾不言。”

    子墨子亦曰：“吾知子之所以距我，吾不言。”

    楚王问其故。

    子墨子曰：“公输子之意不过欲杀臣。杀臣，宋莫能守，乃可攻也。然臣之弟子禽滑厘等三百人，已持臣守圉之器，在宋城上而待楚寇矣。虽杀臣，不能绝也。”

    楚王曰：“善哉。吾请无攻宋矣。”

（选自《墨子·公输》）

【乙】

    相如至，谓秦王曰：“秦自缪公以来二十余君，未尝有坚明约束者也。臣诚恐见欺于王而负赵，故令人持璧归，间至赵矣。且秦强而赵弱，大王遣一介之使至赵，赵立奉璧来。今以秦之强先割十五都予赵，赵岂敢留璧而得罪于大王乎？臣知欺大王之罪当诛，臣请就汤镬，唯大王与群臣孰计议之！”秦王与群臣相视而嘻。左右或欲引相如去，秦王因曰：“今杀相如，终不能得璧也，而绝秦赵之欢。不如因而厚遇之，使归赵，赵王岂以一璧之故欺秦邪！”卒廷见相如，毕礼而归之。

（选自《史记·廉颇蔺相如列传》）

    Having a cheetah （猎豹）as a pet in the house? Does it sound scary to you? But for a family in South Africa， one cheetah is treated as a VIP (Very Important Person) in the house. The big cheetah is named Jolie, after the film star Angelina Jolie____. She can often be found eating from the kitchen table, taking a short sleep on the sofa, or even sleeping on Lucy and Jeff's bed. The big cat also sleeps and plays with the Browns' other pet, the more usual one--- a sheepdog____

    Having a cheetah as a pet is unusual. Atfirst，Mrs.Brown wasn't willing to keep a cheetah as a pet. She said,''____. But we are now happy that we did it--- she is part of the family.''

    Just like her name, four-year-old Jolie has achieved a celebrity(名人) status（地位）in the Browns' hometown. Fans often come to take pictures of her____.

    However, a cheetah is always a cheetah____. '' She makes a lot of mess in the house, urinating （小便）everywhere and chewing everything. It's her wild instincts (天性), said Mrs. Brown. There must be some problems of having a cheetah as a pet in the house, but some unusual fun must also be waiting ahead.

A. Interestingly, Jolie enjoys all the special attention that is paid to her.

B. An impossible friendship has happened between these two animals.

C. Though Jolie is now a pet in the home, she still has some wild habits.

D. She is surely the VIP at Lucy and Jeff Brown's home.

E. I was really against the idea of getting a cheetah as a pet.