Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.
My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very 36 life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would 37 my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”
At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never 38 again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I didn’t want to be bad enough. She 39 that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school-walking on my own!
When the Great Depression(大蕭條) 40 , my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support(支撐) both of us. At that moment, I decided never to be 41 again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real 42 point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1916. I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels for families and was angry that they charged(收費(fèi))an extra $2 for each child. That was too 43 for most American families. I told my wife that I was going to open a hotel for families that would never charge extra for 44 . There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Not 45 , mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of hard time. But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my heart, I 46 doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world - Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $1 billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you can find a 47 in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
1.A. quiet B. boring C. hard D. strange
2.A. accept B. change C. disturb D. check
3. A. study B. speak C. listen D. walk
4.A. drove B. expected C. explained D. covered
5.A. did B. hit C. cut D. fit
6.A. excited B. brave C. patient D. poor
7.A. leading B. breaking C. turning D. celebrating
8. A. expensive B. fantastic C. different D. special
9.A. husband B. parents C. children D. wife
10.A. successfully B. surprisingly C. interestingly D. importantly
11.A. always B. sometimes C. almost D. never
12.A. task B. hotel C. company D. wor
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We can not live a modern life without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a plane
one can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country he is traveling through.
Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars. They make even the longest journey enjo
yable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large luxury liners or river boats
.They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holi
day.
Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundred
s of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interestin
g or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why peopl
e choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.1.According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is _______.
A.bycar |
B.bytrain |
C.byplane |
D.bysea |
2. If we travel by car, we can _________.
A.enjoythelongestjourney |
B.travelonlyfiftymilesaday |
C.makeourowntimetable |
D.traveltoaveryfarplaceinafewminutes. |
3. When people travel on business, they usually take _________.
A.a(chǎn)boatoratrain |
B.a(chǎn)caroratrain |
C.a(chǎn)planeoracar |
D.a(chǎn)trainoraplane |
4. _______ have comfortable seats and dinning-cars.
A.Cars |
B.Moderntrains |
C.Planes |
D.Buses |
5.If possible, people like traveling by sea because _______ .
A.itisasfastastrainsandplanes |
B.itisapleasantwaytospendaholiday |
C.itisverycheap |
D.itcanstopwherevertheylike |
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Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White’s home last before heading for home. Grandpa White’s was at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He often waited for him near the front gate with sweets or nice cakes. Besides, he often asked Bob about things he was doing—about what he was going to do for the summer and what he liked to do.
The thing that Bob didn’t like about Grandpa was his never-endless stories about his boyhood in California. Bob never asked to hear about Grandpa’s boyhood, but he couldn’t get away.
After grandpa’s wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the papers. Bob didn’t want to complain, but customers were unhappy.
1. When he took the newspapers to Grandpa, Bob would often receive .
A. old newspapers B. sweets or cakes
C. some money D. a paper with questions for him to answer
2. Which do you think is true?
A. Bob lived with Grandpa White.
B. Grandpa didn’t like to read newspapers.
C. Grandpa had many stories about his boyhood.
D. Bob took the newspaper to Grandpa first.
3. Bob could do nothing when .
A. Grandpa began to tell his boyhood
B. the customers got their newspapers late
C. he saw Grandpa feeling lonely
D. grandpa asked him about the things he was doing.
4. The passage mainly tells us that .
A. Bob was still a child B. Grandpa liked to tell stories
C. The customers sometimes got angry D. Lonely people need other peopl
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