阅读理解。 Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never ha
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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 hard 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 change 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 walk 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 wanted to. She drove that message so deep onto 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) hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the
both of us. At that moment, I was determined never to be poor again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point occurred 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 angry that they charged an extra $2for each child. That was too expensive
for the average 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 for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Not surprisingly, 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 challenges. But with my mother"s
words deeply rooted in my soul, I never 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 $ 1billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situation. But if you can find a task in life worth working
for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
B. His previous business success.
C. His mother"s objection.
D. The doctor"s words.
B. Careful, helpful and beautiful.
C. Strict, sensitive and supportive.
D. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.
B. Mom"s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.
C. Mom"s encouragement, a poor family, higher education, and clear goals.
D. Mom"s encouragement, a poor family, higher education, and opportunities.
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举一反三
became different, as I changed from an acceptably attractive woman to an object of pity and 1 .
Too busy 2 physical pain and obvious mobility limitation, I was not aware of this change at first. I was
determined to 3 , feeling good about the progress I had made, as I moved forward.
4 , as I made my first excursion outside the hospital, society had already assigned me a new status.
Happy to be free of my restriction in the hospital, I rolled through the shopping mall - a 5 survivor,
feeling like a war hero. Unfortunately, I had a rude 6 as I discovered that others did not view me in
the way I had come to view myself.
All eyes were upon me, yet no one dared to make eye contact. Their efforts to 7 my eyes forced
me to realize they saw only my missing legs. Mothers 8 held their children closer as I passed. Elderly
women patted me on the head saying, "God Bless You!" with 9 in their eyes.
While I sat thinking about what had happened, a small girl came up to me. She stared with
unembarrassed 10 at the empty pants. Finding nothing there, she looked up at me with a puzzled look,
she innocently asked, "Lady, where did your legs go?"
I explained that my legs had been sick. Since my legs hadn"t been strong and healthy like hers, the
doctors had to 11 them. Leaning her head upwards, she asked, "Did they go to "Leg Heaven"?"
That incident made me think about how 12 children and adults react to the unknown. To a child, an
odd appearance is an interesting curiosity and a 13 learning experience while adults often view the same
thing with fear and horror. I began to realize that, I, too had been 14 of the same inappropriate
reactions before I knew what life was like for an amputee.
To fulfill the wholeness of my mind and spirit, I now smile warmly, make eye contact, and speak in a
confident manner. By using a 15 approach, I attempt to enlighten society about the fact that having a
not-so-perfect body doesn"t mean having a poor quality of life.
( )2. A. crying with
( )3. A. endure
( )4. A. Instead
( )5. A. calm
( )6. A. awakening
( )7. A. turn
( )8. A. softly
( )9. A. pity
( )10. A. curiosity
( )11. A. lose
( )12. A. differently
( )13. A. painful
( )14. A. conscious
( )15. A. creative
B. figuring out
B. quit
B. Moreover
B. poor
B. ending
B. hold
B. protectively
B. anger
B. determination
B. adjust
B. positively
B. potential
B. guilty
B. flexible
C. holding back
C. revenge
C. However
C. proud
C. happening
C. catch
C. reluctantly
C. depression
C. enthusiasm
C. remove
C. strangely
C. similar
C. ignorant
C. positive
D. dealing with
D. succeed
D. Therefore
D. rare
D. proceeding
D. avoid
D. pleasantly
D. upset
D. satisfaction
D. stretch
D. sympathetically
D. common
D. short
D. scientific
Dr. Karl Menninger
I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a major insurance company. I told him 1 that the main
reason why I was 2 with them was my 3 to keep my family in Boston. My wife of 26 years old had recently died of a heart attack. A(n) 4 in Boston would also help me reduce some of the pain of the loss. Bruce, the
interviewer, was politely sympathetic, and didn"t probe (调查) any 5 .He acknowledged my loss and, with
great respect, moved on to another 6 .
After the next 7 of interview, Bruce took me to lunch with another manager. Then he asked me to take
a 8 with him. He told me that he, 9 , had lost his wife. And he had also been married 20 years and had
three children. In his sharing, I realized that he had 10 the same pain as I had, a pain that was almost 11 to
explain to someone who had not lost a loved 12. He offered his business card and home phone number
and 13 that, if I needed help or just wanted someone to 14 , I should feel 15 to give him a call, no matter
16 I got the job or not. He wanted me to know that he was there if I 17 needed any help.
From that one act of kindness, when he had no 18 whether we would ever see each other again, he
helped me 19 one of life"s greatest losses. He turned the normal 20 business interview process into an act
of caring and support for another person in a time of need.
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| A woman whose sports car was stolen with her dog in it put up notices all over the area that made it clear getting back her pet was more important than her car. "Whoever did this can keep my car. Please let Benjerman come home," the notice said. It is not known whether the thief showed any pity, but almost 30 hours after the 1 pm theft Friday, Kimberly Atkins of Dover and Benjerman,a 12-year-old black retriever,were reunited after police located them in Barrington. "He"s hungry, he"s dirty, but he"s very happy to be home,"Atkins said. The car was found at about 5 pm Saturday off Route 125 in a swampy area frequented by off-the-road cars and dirt bikes. However, the police couldn"t control Benjerman,and they had to call Atkins to come and get him. Atkins said the thief cared for Benjerman a little by providing him with some dry cat food.She believed Benjerman ended up drinking some muddy water in the area.She said they have been together for nearly 11 years after she took him back from a society shelter in Dallas, Texas. Before Benjelman was found,Atkins and several friends put up notices all over the city and in Somersworth.They also contacted animal shelters,throughout southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts The notice stated there was a reward,and also that the dog needed medication. Any caller could remain anonymous(匿名的). Atkins had parked the car outside a hardware store with the keys inside and gone in to rent a carpet cleaner. ?It was l0 minutes and I came out and my car was gone along with Benjerman in broad daylight," Atkins said. The car thief threw Atkins" wallet and other personal items out of the car before escaping from the scene. | |||
| 1.What would be the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. A car with a dog was stolen B. Lucky dog was returned to his owner C. Stealing cars:a most important social problem D. Woman wants dog back more than stolen car | |||
| 2.Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened? a. Notices were put up saying there was a reward. b. Atkins saw Benjerman again. c. Police found Atkins"car. d. Atkins took Benjerman back from a society shelter. e. Atkins hired a carpet cleaner in a hardware store. | |||
| A. d,e,a, b,c B. d,e,a,c,b C. e,a,d,b,c D. e,a,c,d,b | |||
| 3. We can infer from the passage ____. | |||
| A. the dog was treated extremely badly by the thief B. car stolen accidents happen frequently nowadays C. the dog was found because of the reward D. the thief stole the car easily | |||
| 5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | |||
| A. Benjerman was sent back immediately after Atkins put up the notices. B. Atkins and her friends made a great effort to look for Benierman. C. The thief gave the dog back but kept the sports car. D. The dog was back at 1 pm on a Friday. | |||
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| A farmer and his son were taking their ass(驴) to a market. They wanted to sell it. They passed a group of girls, 1 laughed at how foolish the farmer was to have an ass and 2 (walk), so the farmer put his son 3 the ass. Further down the road, they passed some old people who scolded the farmer for allowing his young son to ride 4 said that he should be riding himself . Further along the road, they passed some travelers who said that if he wanted to sell the ass the two of them should carry him 5 the ass would be exhausted and worthless. So the farmer and his son bound the ass"s legs to a pole and carried him. When they approached the town, people there laughed at the sight of them. The noise was so loud 6 the ass was frightened to 7 (die). He kicked out and 23 (fall) off a bridge into the river and drowned. The 9 (embarrass) farmer and son went home with nothing, except the lesson that you will achieve nothing by trying to please 10 . | |||
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| It was the summer of 1965. DeLuca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked DeLuca about his plans for the future. "I"m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it," DeLuca recalls saying. "Buck said, "You should open a sandwich shop."" That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn"t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000. But business didn"t go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, "After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn"t know how badly, because we didn"t have any financial controls." All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs. DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They"d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. "We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, "We are so successful, we are opening a second store." And they did-in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error. But the partners" learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest  strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. "It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn"  t necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, andthe personal relationships established really helped out," DeLuca says. And having a goal was also important. "There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal," DeLuca adds. DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain. | |||
| 1. DeLuca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ____. | |||
| A. support his family B. pay for his college education C. help his partner expand business D. do some research | |||
| 2. Which of the following is true of Buck? | |||
| A. He put money into the sandwich business. B. He was a professor of business administration. C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport. D. He rented a storefront for DeLuca. | |||
| 3. What can we learn about their first shop? | |||
| A. It stood at an unfavorable place. B. It lowered the prices to promote sales. C. It made no profits due to poor management D. It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches | |||
| 4. They decided to open a second store because they ___. | |||
| A. had enough money to do it. B. had succeeded in their business C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers D. wanted to make people believe that they were successful | |||
| 5. What contribute most to their success according to the author? | |||
| A. Learning by trial and error. B. Making friends with suppliers. C. Finding a good partner. D. Opening chain stores. |