题目
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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 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.
B. moving
C. encouraging
D. interesting
B. Nurses.
C. Friends.
D. Mom.
B. His previous business success of various levels.
C. His moms support.
D. His wife"s suggestion.
B. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.
C. Careful, helpful and beautiful.
D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.
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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核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never ha】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father 1 me to her with these
words:"I would like you to meet the fellow who is 2 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably
start throwing rocks at you no 3 than tomorrow morning."
My stepmother walked over to me, 4 my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she
looked at my father and replied, "You are 5 . This is not the worst boy at all, 6 the smartest one who hasn"t
yet found an outlet (释放的途径) for his enthusiasm."
That statement began a(n) 7 between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had
built me up in my 8 as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She 9 my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors.
She moved our family into the county seat, where my father"s career could be more 10 and my brother and I
could be better 11 .
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand 12 and told me that she believed that I could become
a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I 13 it had already improved our lives. I accepted her 14 and began to write
for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of 15 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and
received the task which became my life"s work later. I wasn"t the 16 beneficiary (受益者). My father became
the 17 man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college
president.
What power 18 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one"s purpose and is 19
strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible (不可抗拒的) force which poverty and temporary defeat can
never 20 .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do
with your enthusiasm.
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