Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own.My mother was one of those people. My father died when I was one-year-old.While I was growing up, we led a very hard life, but my mom gave me a lot of love.Each night, she seated me on her lap and, spoke the words that would change my life, "Kemmons, you are sure 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 that I would never walk again.Every night my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me whatever those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to.She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her.A year later, I walked on my own to school! When the Great Depression broke out, my mother lost her job.Then I left school to support the two of us.At that moment I decided never to be poor again. Over the years, I experienced a lot of business success.But the real turning point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951.I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was very angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child.That was too expensive for an ordinary American family.I told my wife that I was going to open a motel (汽车旅馆) for families that would never charge extra money for children.Many people did not believe me at that time. Not surprisingly, mom was my strongest supporter.As in any business, I experienced a lot of difficulties.But with my mom"s words in my heart, I never doubted I would succeed.Fifteen years later, I 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 $l billion a year. You may not have started out life in the best situations.But if you find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you. 小题1:What Kemmon"s mother often told him during his childhood was____.A.caring | B.moving | C.encouraging | D.interesting | 小题2:Who played the most important role in making the author walk back to school again?A.Doctors. | B.Nurses. | C.His friend. | D.His mom. | 小题3:What caused Kemmon to start a motel by himself?A.His terrible experience in the hotel. | B.His wife"s suggestion. | C.His previous business success. | D.His mom"s support. | 小题4:Which of the following best describes Kemmon"s mother?A.Modest, helpful and hard-working. | B.Loving, supportive and strong-willed. | C.Careful, beautiful and helpful. | D.Strict, sensitive and supportive. | 小题5:Which of the following led to Kemmon"s success?A.Self-confidence, hard work, higher education and a poor family. | B.Mom"s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work. | C.Clear goals, mom"s encouragement, a poor family and higher education. | D.Mom"s encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities. |
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