—It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me.

    —Well, you know what they say. ______.

A. There is no smoke without fire             B. Practice makes perfect

C. All roads lead to Rome                   D. No pains, no gains

D


解析:

考查交際口語(yǔ)。由上文可知，是“不勞無(wú)獲”。

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