阅读理解。 Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never ha
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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 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 badly enough. She drove 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) 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 $2 for 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 $ 1 billion 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. |
1. What Kemmons" mom often told him during his childhood was ______. |
A. caring B. moving C. encouraging D. interesting |
2. According to the author, who played the most important role in making him walk back to school again? |
A. Doctors. B. Nurses. C. Friends. D. Mom. |
3. What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself? |
A. His terrible experience in the hotel. B. His previous business success of various levels. C. His mom"s support. D. His wife"s suggestion. |
4. Which of the following best describes Kemmons" mother? |
A. Modest, helpful, and hard-working. B. Loving, supportive and strong-willed. C. Careful, helpful and beautiful. D. Strict, sensitive and supportive. |
5. Which of the following led to Kemmons" success according to the passage? |
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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Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar (美洲豹) saw Jeb and his son. Tom before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too. Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar"s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb. "Tom, go" shouted his father. But Tom broke and ran and that"s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted. Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar"s claws (爪子) got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled (吼叫) and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye. Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father. "Knife, Tom," shouted Jeb. The boy ran to his father"s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar"s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar"s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains. The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds. |
1. Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar? |
A. To get ready to fight B. To frighten it away C. To protect the boy D. To cool down |
2. What do we know about cougars? |
A. They are afraid of noises B. They hesitate before they hit C. They are bigger than we think D. They like to attack running people |
3. How did Jeb try to hold the cougar"s attention? |
A. By keeping shouting and hitting B. By making a wall out of his arms C. By throwing himself on the cougar D. By swinging his fists at the cougar"s eyes |
4. Which of the following happened first? |
A. The cougar jumped from the rock B. Tom struggled free of his father C. Jeb asked Tom to get the knife D. Jeb held Tom across his body |
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When I was young, my parents ran a snack bar in our small town. One evening in early April, my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar 1 a worker who had the flu. I told her I would mess it up, 2 I had never worked at the bar before. I 3 that instead of making money, I would end up owing it. "You can do it," said my mother, " 4 , you won"t get much business until lunch." "But I"ll never remember the orders, and I"m no good 5 money. Please, Mom, don"t 6 me. "Then I"ll help you," she said. I shrugged my shoulders. I thought my mother"s 7 was a bad one, but I 8 . When I got to the bar the next day, I found my mother was 9 . Because the weather that day was rainy and cold, people wanted hot snacks and drinks. 10 , I was really slow at taking the orders and making change. The line of people grew, and everybody seemed 11 , I was so nervous that my hands shook, and I 12 a cup into pieces. What a mess! Then my mother came to 13 me, and she also showed me how to make 14 . If someone gave me $ 5 for something that cost $ 3.25, I handed over 15 quarters and a dollar and said, "75 cents makes four dollars, plus one dollar makes five." Things went more 16 after that. By the end of the day, I could remember orders, 17 the bill, and make change quickly with a smile. I was even a little 18 when the sun came out and dried up business. My mother said she was proud of me, and when she 19 that I work at the snack bar again next year, I did not even shrug. I was too busy 20 the restaurant I would open one day. |
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At first D. impatient D. ruined D. save D. change D. five D. conveniently D. add up D. distrusted D. suggested D. describing | 完形填空。 | I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents 1 the necessities of life 2 they couldn"t give much more. If I asked my father 3 a pair of jeans, he would say, "If you want them, make the money and buy them 4 ." He wasn"t being mean; he just couldn"t 5 them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school. When I 6 from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp (新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily 7 . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock (模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully 8 discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn"t 9 whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the 10 of the company. I went 11 to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I 12 most was the comseling (咨询) meeting I 13 with the family members of the men and women in my 14 , trying to help them deal with the long periods of 15 . These proved popular and word of them spread. 16 I was being asked to give encouraging 17 to business groups, educators and keds across the country. But I consider the boot camp my first real 18 , and my life is still guided by the 19 lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to 20 it. | ( )1. A. provided ( )2. A. while ( )3. A. about ( )4. A. themselves ( )5. A. pay ( )6. A. came ( )7. A. drills ( )8. A. included ( )9. A. matter ( )10. A. good ( )11. A. out ( )12. A. took ( )13. A. ended ( )14. A. charge ( )15. A. lessons ( )16. A. Long before ( )17. A. performances ( )18. A. vacation ( )19. A. important ( )20. A. gain | B. got B. but B. with B. ourselves B. find B. returned B. tasks B. asked B. mean B. boss B. on B. hated B. began B. situation B. meeting B. Before long B. descriptions B. place B. bitter B. achieve | C. made C. so C. for C. yourself C. produce C. escaped C. exercises C. required C. exist C. rest C. away C. enjoyed C. continued C. position C. training C. As usual C. speeches C. job C. normal C. show | D. bought D. or D. of D. myself D. afford D. graduated D. reports D. met D. work D. right D. off D. did D. held D. choice D. separation D. Once again D. gifts D. travel D. difficult D. match | 阅读理解。 | When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I"ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn"t let that happen. Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down. Mr. Clark was selected as Disney"s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said,"You"re all going." On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn"t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages(孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It"s now my dream to one day start a group of women"s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds. | 1. Without Mr. Clark, the writer _____. | A. might have been put into prison B. might not have won the prize C. might have joined a women"s club D. might not have moved to Atlanta | 2. The Essential 55 is _____. | A. a show B. a speech C. a classroom rule D. a book | 3. How many students"names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark? | A. None B. Three C. Fifty-five. D. All. | 4. In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that _____. | A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked travelling B. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women"s clubs C. a good teacher can help raise his or her students" scores D. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students | 语法填空。 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号 中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在相应位置上。 | I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting when my car 1______ (break) down near a remote and poor village. Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to 2______ should have the honor of receiving me 3______ a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me 4______ (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to 5______ small town some 20 kilometers away 6______ there was a garage. I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess"s courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. 7______ villagers brought me goat"s cheese and hone. We drank together and talked 8______ (merry) till far into the night. When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman 9______ the trouble I had caused 10______. |
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