Question

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

【小题2】

A．accept B．change C．disturb D．check

【小题3】

A．study B．speak C．listen D．walk

【小题4】

A．drove B．expected C．explained D．covered

【小题5】

A．did B．hit C．cut D．fit

【小题6】

A．excited B．brave C．patient D．poor

【小题7】

A．leading B．breaking C．turning D．celebrating

【小题8】

A．expensive B．fantastic C．different D．special

【小题9】

A．husband B．parents C．children D．wife

【小题10】

A．successfully B．surprisingly C．interestingly D．importantly

【小题11】

A．always B．sometimes C．almost D．never

【小题12】

A．task B．hotel C．company D．wor

Answer 1

【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。