选用方框内的单词或词组填空，其中有一个单词或词组是多余选项。

other, spread, make sure, country, sharing, young

Liu Xiu was the first emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When he was ____1____, he was very poor, but he had a donkey (驴). To make money, he sometimes rented (租) his donkey to ____2____ people. They used it to get around. After Liu Xiu became emperor, he encouraged people all over the ____3____ to do the same thing. They also started ____4____ cows and horses. To ____5____ that people returned the animals, they put special marks on them. It’s a bit like how we share bikes today!

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解析：选young。形容词。解析：be young表示 “年轻、年少时”，对应后文家境贫寒还靠租驴赚钱，是刘秀早年经历。

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解析：选other。形容词。解析：other people固定搭配，意为 “其他人”，句意：他把驴子租给其他人使用。

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解析：选country。名词。解析：固定短语all over the country，意为 “全国各地、全国”，称帝之后鼓励全国百姓这么做。

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解析：选sharing。非谓语动词。解析：start doing sth开始做某事，start 后接动名词；sharing cows and horses “共享牛马”，承接上文租驴的共享模式。

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解析：选make sure。动词短语。解析：to make sure that…不定式表目的，意为 “为了确保……”，做标记的目的就是保证牲畜能够归还。