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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（大萧条） 40 , my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support（支撑） 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（收费）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.
| 小题1: | | A．quiet | B．boring | C．hard | D．strange |
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| 小题2: | | A．accept | B．change | C．disturb | D．check |
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| 小题3: | | A．study | B．speak | C．listen | D．walk |
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| 小题4: | | A．drove | B．expected | C．explained | D．covered |
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| 小题6: | | A．excited | B．brave | C．patient | D．poor |
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| 小题7: | | A．leading | B．breaking | C．turning | D．celebrating |
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| 小题8: | | A．expensive | B．fantastic | C．different | D．special |
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| 小题9: | | A．husband | B．parents | C．children | D．wife |
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| 小题10: | | A．successfully | B．surprisingly | C．interestingly | D．importantly |
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| 小题11: | | A．always | B．sometimes | C．almost | D．never |
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| 小题12: | | A．task | B．hotel | C．company | D．wor |
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答案
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:A |
解析
小题1:C。live a hard time过着艰辛的生活。在我长大的过程中，我们过着艰苦的生活。
小题1:B。change改变。每天晚上，她把我放在她的膝盖上并对我说那些将会改变我一生的话。
小题1:D。walk行走。我被一辆汽车撞倒。医生说我将再不能行走。
小题1:A。drive驱使。只要我真的迫切希望行走，我就可以行走。
小题1:B。当大萧条来临（hit）的时候，母亲失业了。
小题1:D。poor贫穷。在那时，我下定决心不再贫穷。
小题1:C。turning point转折点。但真正的转折却发生在1951年我和妻子及5个孩子的旅行中。
小题1:A。expensive昂贵的。那对普通的美国家庭来说太贵了。
小题1:C。children孩子。我告诉我的妻子我将创立一家为家庭服务的永远不对孩子收取额外费用的汽车旅馆。
小题1:B。surprisingly惊奇地。毫不惊奇，母亲是我最强有力的支持者之一。
小题1:D。never从不。我从来没怀疑我会成功。
小题1:A。task任务。但如果你找到一件人生中值得为之工作的任务并且相信你自己，没有什么可以阻挡你。 |
举一反三
My young daughter and I were flying to Miami for holiday. The plane was totally 36 . We couldn’t get seats together and were separated by the aisle. I asked two men if they would like to change 37 with us, so that we could be together. They 38 .
At the same time, a mother 39 three children also had the same problem as us. The mother 40 her baby, but her young son and his older brother were separated from her. She was very concerned about the boys sitting with 41 . She was very worried, but 42 helped her. Suddenly a man said, “I think we can help you.” Then he and his group managed to make enough space for the 43 .
My young daughter, however, was afraid of not being next to a window or her mom. I told her I couldn’t do anything; we had to sit 44 we were. Amazingly, the man sitting next to me turned to me and said he really liked the seat near the aisle, so we changed seats and continued our trip 45 .
Would that man give us his seat if the others hadn’t done so for the mom and her children? I don’t know. Perhaps kindness is contagious.
| 小题1: | | A．crowded | B．uncomfortable | C．full | D．noisy |
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| 小题2: | | A．money | B．seats | C．minds | D．ideas |
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小题3:A. agreed B. refused C waited D. nodded
| 小题4: | | A．with | B．except | C．next to | D．besides |
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| 小题5: | | A．held | B．raised | C．carried | D．brought |
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| 小题6: | | A．friends | B．waitresses | C．strangers | D．relatives |
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| 小题7: | | A．somebody | B．anybody | C．everybody | D．nobody |
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| 小题8: | | A．family | B．home | C．house | D．team |
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| 小题9: | | A．that | B．what | C．where | D．when |
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| 小题10: | | A．sadly | B．hurriedly | C．slowly | D．happily |
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Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America．One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York．
The reporter was talking to them about being important．
“How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker．
The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important．”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company．“Do you agree with that?”she asked．
The man shook his head,“No．I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House．You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it．”
The reporter turned to the third man．“Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t,”he said．“I don’t think that makes the visitor important．That makes thePresident important．”
“Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked．
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,‘It’s for you．’”
小题1:This story happened in_________．| A．England | B．America | C．Japan | D．Australia |
小题2:There are_________ in this passage．| A．two men and two women | B．three men and one woman | | C．three women and one man | D．four women |
小题3:The banker thought________．| A．he was really important because he was a rich banker | | B．the visitor to the White House to meet the President of the U．S was really important | | C．the visitor who met the President of the US | | D．the reporter was really important |
小题4:The owner of the very large company thought_________．| A．she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies | | B．the banker was really important | | C．the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important | | D．the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President．the President would not answer any telephone call |
小题5:The owner of many buildings thought__________．| A．he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York | | B．the owner of the very large company was really important | | C．the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor | | D．the person who worked in the White House was really important |
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"Can I see my baby?" asked the happy new mother. When the baby was in her arms, she couldn’t believe her eyes. The baby was born without ears.
Time proved(证明) that the baby’s hearing was very good though he had no ears. He got on well with his classmates. But one day, he said to his mother, tears in his eyes, "A big boy called me a freak (畸形的)."
The boy’s father asked the family doctor. "Could nothing be done?"
"I believe I could graft (植入) on a pair of outer ears if they could be got," the doctor said. They tried to find a person who was helpful for the young man.
One day, his father said to the son, "You’re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But we must keep it a secret who the person is."
The operation(手术) was a great success, and a new person appeared. His cleverness and hard work made him a very successful person. He married and lived a happy life.
He once asked his father, "Who gave me the ears? I could do enough for him or her."
"I do not believe you could, "said the father." The agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."
For years they kept it a secret, but the day did come. He stood with his father over his mother’s body. Slowly, the father raised the thick, brown hair. To his surprise, the son found his mother had no outer ears.
"Mother said she was glad she never needed to cut her hair," his father said in a low voice, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?”
小题1:The mother was surprised to see her baby for the first time because the baby__.| A．had no outer ears | B．was born without hair | | C．was in her arms | D．could not hear her |
小题2:The sentence"...a new person appeared." means"______."| A．a new baby was born in the hospital | B．a stranger came into the hospital | | C．a new doctor took care of the boy | D．the boy began to live a new life |
小题3:Why did the boy’s mother never cut her hair?| A．Because she liked her thick, brown hair. | | B．Because her work didn’t allow her to do that | | C．Because the hair was good for her health | | D．Because she wanted to keep the fact a secret |
小题4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．The boy couldn’t hear without ears at first. | | B．The boy didn’t know the truth (真相) until his mother died. | | C．His parents often encouraged him to work hard. | | D．His classmates were always making fun of him. |
小题5:Which is the best title for the passage?| A．A Clever Boy | B．Kind Parents | C．Great Love | D．An Ear Operation |
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As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Follow Your Heart by Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream, the books says.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.
小题1:Your dreams can be very ____, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.小题2: Follow Your Heart is a ______ .| A．movie | B．song | C．book | D．dream |
小题3: What idea stops you from realizing your dream?| A．I can’t be a writer. | B．I am good at some school subjects. | | C．I think I am very great | D．I am the best student in our class. |
小题4:Don’t let ____ leave your heart.| A．your idea | B．your decision | C．your dream | D．your book |
小题5:Studying TV will help you to get better exam results ____ watching TV.| A．with | B．instead of | C．without | D．by |
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根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。
Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to envy（羡慕，妒忌）those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country road in their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents will always take good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct（纠正）it, and when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice these things, you can find that happiness is always around you.
小题1:Happiness is always around rich people.
小题2:People are happy because they can walk on the country road in their free time.
小题3:When you get success, people around you will help you correct it.
小题4:When you are in trouble, your friends will help you. We can say “You are happy.”
小题5:You can find our happiness everywhere if you notice good things. |
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