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When Andra Rush started her trucking company, all she had was an old van，two used pick-up trucks and the simple certainty of a 23-year-old girl. But she planned to make her fortune in about four years to 36 her true goal: dealing with poverty on Native American reservations across North America. "I thought I could retire by the time I was 27," says Rush, "At that age, you don't know 37 you don't know."
Rush is 49 now and 38 working hard. Her tiny start-up just outside Detroit has 39 to a $400 million North American business. Today Rush is a(an) 40 not only for Native Americans but also for women in the male-controlled world of trucking.
Rush was 41 30 miles outside Detroit. When the teenage Rush visited the reservation for the first time, she was 42 by the poverty and lack of hope. "I really wanted to 43 " she says.
She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1982. She took a nursing job with a 44 pay and then practiced at an air goods company, 45 the speed of package pickups
and deliveries made a little more a little more profits. "I thought I could do that 46 ," Rush says.
Within six months, Rush had ten employees, and clients(客户) 47 Ford and GM were paying her to 48 small packages from the airport. Ford was the first to offer her a job trucking parts between its plants and supplier.
By 2001, many of Rush's 1,000 employees were Native Americans, working alongside people of every 49 But she felt she hadn't done enough. 50 she joined forces with a Canadian parts maker to design and gather auto components.
She located the plants near reservations, 51 opportunities where they were needed most. By 2009, her auto parts business was earning $370 million 52 .
She's come a long way from the 53 23-year-old who thought "the cash would just roll in." But Rush wouldn't change a thing: "I love my job," she says. "I 54 the fact that you can start to get some motivation and keep 55 yourself—and then suddenly you lift your head and it's been 25 years"
A．make B．accomplish C． receive D．arrive
A．what B．which C．why D．who
A．so B．somehow C．still D．anyhow
A． grown B．become C．got D．gone
A．able housewife B．ordinary woman C．role model D．truck driver
A．brought B．lived C．risen D．raised
A．moved B．interested C．struck D．encouraged
A．low B．high C．cheap D．expensive
A．which B．that C．when D．where
A．well B．badly C．worse D．better
A．like B．besides C．for D．except
A．take B．fetch C．bring D．lift
A．education B．family C．background D．city
A．Because B．For C．But D．So
A．seizing B．creating C．grasping D．losing
A．in case B．in turn C．in return D．in need
A．inexperienced B．experienced C．expert D．skilled
A．enjoy B．hate C．doubt D．refuse
A．fighting B．forcing C．challenging D．amusing
One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good science storybook. I was so the story I was reading that I didn’t that it was getting dark. When I realized that it was too dark for me to read , I put the book down and got up to turn on the light. Just then I heard someone , “Help! Help!” It seemed to come from the trees at the end of the yard. I looked out but it was too dark to anything clearly. Almost immediately I heard the cry again. It like a child, but I could not what someone would be doing in our backyard, unless one of my neighbor’s children had climbed a tree and had not been able to . I decided that I ought to go out and have in the yard, just in case someone was. I got a flashlight and a stick, which I thought might be useful. With these in my hands, I went out the yard. Once again I heard the cry and this time there was no doubt that it came from the trees at the far end of the yard. “Who is there” I as I walked across the yard towards the trees. But there was no . With the help of my flashlight, I all over that end of the yard, including the branches of the trees. There was no of anybody or anything. I came to the conclusion that my made fun of me, probably because of the strange creatures (生物) on another which I read about in the story.
I had to go back into the house and put the stick and flashlight away. I had just sat down to read my book again when I was by the cry of “Help! Help!” This time it was from right behind me! I dropped my book and . There, sitting on the table was my neighbor’s large green and red.
A．worried about B．interested in C．surprised at D．tired of
A．mind B．hope C．notice D．expect
A．quietly B．quickly C．noisily D．easily
A．shouting B．laughing C．speaking D．talking
A．listen B．feel C．see D．find
A．sounded B．looked C．smelt D．tasted
A．question B．imagine C．choose D．understand
A．hurry off B．send away C．come off D．get down
A．a look B．a rest C．a sleep D．a walk
A．at work B．in shock C．on holiday D．in trouble
A．forward B．onto C．into D．backward
A．sang B．called out C．whispered D．read
A．noise B．sound C．voice D．answer
A．searched B．touched C．cut D．beat
A．seat B．sign C．place D．sort
A．neighbor B．imagination C．brother D．dog
A．world B．country C．planet D．satellite
A．called B．told C．encouraged D．frightened
A．jumped up B．sat up C．rang up D．knocked down
A．cock B．hen C．parrot D．chicken
Have you ever thought that parents make mistakes too? Memories of my childhood and parents are really , but let me tell you my story. My father was not always there for us, my mom smoking, and the unclean house. It was ; the sky was a deep navy blue, when my Mom, my brothers, and I heard the three hard knocks on our door. Dad wasn’t there because he was in prison. We saw the red and blue flashing lights outside and ,“It’s the police.” I don’t remember who, but someone opened the door to two tall and attractive policemen. The policemen my brothers and me out to their cars, while my mom staggered （蹒跚）behind with . The street was quiet as though a could be heard, and the neighbors came out to what was happening. “You can’t take them away from me. You can’t! ” cried my mom. One of the policemen replied , “We have to, Miss. This is no place to bring up children. They’ll be in（a） good .” I decided to go to the farthest police car with my younger brother, Alec, to avoid the neighbors’ . I somehow felt ashamed. The policeman turned his car key in the car and it . We drove away from my apartment, neighbors, and my mom, them behind. The night went by very fast. One minute I’m being away from my mom, the next I’m in a policeman’s car, and now I find myself in a nursery with my brothers. For three years I lived with a very nice family with my brothers in the town of Leominster. On the third year of my at the nursery home, I met this very strange lively couple who treat us well. That moment had changed everything that was going to happen to me. A major turning point in my life when my brothers and I were adopted （收养）.
A．thin B．heavy C．clear D．valid （有效的）
A．morning B．night C．spring D．fall
A．mom B．neighbor C．apartment D．house
A．replied B．answered C．said D．heard
A．present B．expose C．hear D．leak （泄露）
A．protected B．showed C．sheltered D．accompanied
A．tears B．sweats C．clothes D．schoolbags
A．voice B．whisper C．needle D．cry
A．blame B．sympathize C．appreciate D．watch
A．gently B．gratefully C．seriously D．severely
A．shape B．hands C．mood D．spirits
A．demands B．enquiries C．looks D．questions
A．started up B．held up C．took up D．turned up
A．pulling B．hearing C．keeping D．leaving
A．taken B．broken C．torn D．moved
A．kindergarten B．school C．home D．hospital
A．straight B．memorable C．recent D．green
A．play B．stay C．quarrel D．work
A．so B．or C．and D．but
A．existed B．ended C．reacted D．occurred
One day, a woman from The Express News called. She said she wanted to work on a(n) on me. When she had finished me for the article, she asked, “What are you planning to do next?”
Well, at that , there was actually nothing I was planning on doing next, and what _59 out for us was, “I’m thinking about the Guinness Book of World Records for Fastest-Talking Female.”
The newspaper article came out the next day, and the writer had my final remarks(评论)about trying to break the World’s Fastest-Talking Female record. At about 5:00 that afternoon, I got a from Larry King, asking me to go on the . They would me up at 8:00 — because they wanted me to do it that night!
I the phone for a while, and then I called Guinness to find out to break a fast-talking record. They told me I would have to recite something. I began . I was both and excited at the same time.
At 8:00, the car came. I practised the whole way there, and by the time I reached the ___ . I was tongue-tied. I asked the woman in charge, “What I don’t break the record?”
“Larry doesn’t if you break it or not,” she said. ” “He just cares that you try it on his show.” So I asked myself, “What’s the that can happen? I’ll look like a fool on television!” A thing, I told myself, I could live through that. And what if I break the record?
So I decided just to give it my best shot, and I did. I broke the record, becoming the World’s Fastest-Talking Female speaking 585 words in one minute!
A．article B．experiment C．research D．study
A．studying B．interviewing C．calling D．praising
A．day B．university C．time D．century
A．provided B．gave C．took D．came
A．setting B．breaking C．playing D．holding
A．set B．made C．spoke D．included
A．time B．chance C．call D．notice
A．show B．stage C．movie D．book
A．bring B．pick C．call D．drive
A．thought of B．stared at C．went through D．heard of
A．what B．whether C．when D．how
A．practicing B．singing C．learning D．reading
A．horrible B．tired C．nervous D．happy
A．studio(演播室) B．theatre C．lab D．office
A．unless B．if C．though D．how
A．wonder B．consider C．care D．know
A．best B．most C．least D．worst
A．small B．nice C．terrible D．big
A．reading B．carrying C．thinking D．going
A．in B．on C．with D．by
My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were sort of about what was waiting for us. However, when we at the airport, a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were made easy for us by this kind man.
He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He us in going to the bank, in buying our groceries, in telling us to buy almost everything. He told us he is our big brother.
, we watched the match in a coffee shop. During the first get-together, he us that we’ re lucky--my husband and I are in this foreign land. He said he has been for eight years now because he rarely sees his family, they are in his home country.
During the second get-together, he told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will us because he has been given a of 45 days to go back to his home country. That night, he spoke these words which a great impact in my life: “You changed my life…”
That night deep in our hearts we were by our friend’s words. We texted him upon reaching home, him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land. We told him that we feel safe in going out when we are with him, to which he , “You are my family here.”
On the first week of October, we’re going to him back from his vacation. We’ll watch the football match again in that shop that holds dear memories.
A．curious B．worried C．certain D．crazy
A．checked B．dropped C．landed D．settled
A．therefore B．instead C．anyhow D．otherwise
A．expected B．troubled C．comforted D．accompanied
A．when B．where C．why D．whether
A．Once B．So C．Twice D．Finally
A．informed B．warned C．blamed D．convinced
A．together B．nearby C．around D．apart
A．sick B．lonely C．cheerful D．scared
A．if B．unless C．as D．although
A．secretly B．jokingly C．proudly D．sincerely
A．remember B．miss C．forget D．respect
A．delay B．right C．vacation D．date
A．created B．designed C．solved D．received
A．puzzled B．touched C．astonished D．flattered
A．thanking B．forgiving C．repaying D．punishing
A．after all B．as well C．in return D．in advance
A．agreed B．objected C．added D．replied
A．see B．pick C．call D．force
A．book B．grocery C．coffee D．sports
Carolyn Stradley is the founder of C&S Paving Ine.(铺路公司)in Atlanta, USA.In the following account, she recalls the job that challenged her and skill but left her flying high.
“When the Atlanta Airport was under in 1979,we were a new company struggling to make it.National Car Rental wanted to have 2500 square meters of dirt paved the cars could be on site the airport opened,and the official opening was only ten days away! other local paving company wanted to do the job, it couldn’t be done in such a short time.”
“Because we were new and really needed the work,we were to try harder.We gave National Car Rental our offer and our best effort to get the job finished within ten days.We also them that if we failed,they would be no worse off, they had plenty to gain if we succeeded.”
“We got the job and immediately went into .Working at night needed lights,so I rented a machine to produce electricity for the site. Our challenge was to keep the rock mixture enough. All the available water wagons(洒水车)were rented out for the airport construction, and we certainly couldn’t afford to buy a new one. ,I got a special to rent fire engine hoses(消防水龙带)and connect them to nearby hydrants(消防);then I held one of those hoses to down the rock.”
“Those ten days were filled with challenges that one creative idea after another.Nine days later,the night before the airport opened,National Car Rental was the company that had cars on the parking lot.”
“The key to our success was having the to take on any job and then being creative in our approach to getting it done.”
A．kindness B．patience C．imagination D．experience
A．construction B．repair C．control D．development
A．after B．as C．for D．so
A．while B．since C．where D．when
A．Some B．Any C．No D．Every
A．stating B．reporting C．telling D．warning
A．able B．nervous C．afraid D．willing
A．supported B．promised C．continued D．improved
A．asked B．surprised C．reminded D．demanded
A．though B．but C．as D．unless
A．discussion B．action C．practice D．production
A．next B．first C．past D．previous
A．cold B．wet C．loose D．clean
A．Naturally B．Obviously C．Meanwhile D．Instead
A．excuse B．order C．permit D．reason
A．exactly B．personally C．angrily D．hardly
A．pull B．knock C．hit D．water
A．required B．mixed C．followed D．formed
A．best B．last C．second D．only
A．courage B．interest C．hope D．chance