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.
A．quiet B．boring C．hard D．strange
A．accept B．change C．disturb D．check
A．study B．speak C．listen D．walk
A．drove B．expected C．explained D．covered
A．did B．hit C．cut D．fit
A．excited B．brave C．patient D．poor
A．leading B．breaking C．turning D．celebrating
A．expensive B．fantastic C．different D．special
A．husband B．parents C．children D．wife
A．successfully B．surprisingly C．interestingly D．importantly
A．always B．sometimes C．almost D．never
A．task B．hotel C．company D．wor
Some people have very good memories（记忆力）and can ___learn quite long poems（诗歌）by heart. __ people have poor memories and can’t remember things ____they have said them over and over again.
The famous English writer, Charles Dickens, said that he could walk down any long street in ____ and then tell you the names of all the shops he had __. Many great men of the world have wonderful memories.
A good memory is a great help __a language. Everybody learns __ own language by remembering the things he heard when he was a small child. Some children like those who live in foreign countries with their parents, seem to learn two languages as ___ as they do one. In school it is not so easy for pupils to learn a second language because they have very __ time for it.
Memory ___a diary that we keep every day.
A．easy B．easier C．easily D．hardly
A．Some B．Other C．The others D．Others
A．until B．after C．when D．but
A．Beijing B．Paris C．London D．Moscow
A．went B．walked C．came D．passed
A．learning B．in learning C．with learn D．learn
A．his B．their C．your D．our
A．good B．better C．well D．more easily
A．few B．a little C．little D．a few
A．looks like B．does like C．likes D．is like
It was the first week of the summer vacation. Dad said to Mike, “Charlie hurt his foot and can’t for two weeks. Can you work with on the boat?” Charlie was Dad’s helper.
Mum said, “We know you had plans with your friends, but Dad really needs your .”
“Sure, Dad, I would love to,” Mike replied.
Dad and Mike left early the next morning. “Fishing is a(n) job,” Mike thought. But he kept working. When he found they were more and more crabs (蟹), Mike was so excited.
It was late afternoon when they returned home. Mum had dinner ready for them, but Mike was so tired that he went straight to bed.
The next morning Mike’s arms hurt a lot. , he had such a good time with Dad that he decided to keep helping him.
The week(s) passed soon. Charlie came back to work. Mike enjoyed being out on the , so he asked, “May I come too?”
Dad looked surprised and said, “Sure!”
They all jumped the boat and set off to the ocean. The rest of the summer would be great for the three of them.
A．play B．dance C．work D．study
A．him B．me C．us D．them
A．love B．advice C．help D．friends
A．hard B．easy C．new D．old
A．selling B．buying C．eating D．catching
A．still B．already C．never D．always
A．However B．Instead C．Actually D．Luckily
A．one B．two C．three D．four
A．train B．mountain C．ocean D．playground
A．onto B．down C．from D．over
Every day cars kill or hurt many people on roads.Sometimes the drives drive too fast or do not drive carefully enough. Some of them traffic rules and cause accidents.
According to some researchers,it is usually the pedestrians(行人) who cause the accidents. A lot of road users are very . They walk or run across the in front of the cars. Some do not take the trouble to the green lights and simply cross the roads against the red lights.
Many people think accidents often happen in roads in large cities,but this is not always true.,Tokyo is one of the world’s largest cities and probably one of the busiest cities; However, there are accidents to pedstrians.The reason is that the police there are veryand the pedstrians are very careful. Pedstrians never cross the roads against a red light and they follow the traffic rulers.
Do you know alcohol(酒精) is another main cause of traffic accidents? It delays(延缓) people’s response. Those who have drunk alcohol are in making decisions. They need a few more seconds to react. Drinking alcohol is especially dangerous for motor car drivers. It is not only drivers who may have accidents after drinking but also drunk pedestrians may put their livers in danger as well.A. Make B.break C.follow
A.tired B.cheerful C.careless
A.bus B.park C.road
A.turn on B.wait for C.set up
A.busy B.wide C.clean
A.In fact B.By the way C.For example
A.very few B.so many C.only some
A.kind B.polite C.strict
A.even B.never C.always
A.slow B.active C.excited
"Eyes are windows of the soul." Everyone knows theof the eyes. more and more students are becoming near-sighted(近视). So how to protect the eyes is still a serious problem. Here is some advice on protect your eyesight(视力).
You should not keep your eyesfor a long time. When reading, you should keep the books about a foot away from you. After reading for an hourtwo, you’d better have aby looking into the distance(远处).
You must remember not to read in dark light or in , not to read on a moving bus or in bed. Doing eye exercises will help to protect your eyesight.
In a , to keepeyesight, we must have good studying habits.A. importanceB. experienceC. difference
A. SoB. BecauseC. But
A. what toB. how toC. when to
A. working[B. walkingC. waking
A. andB. orC. as
A. talkB. restC. by
A. the earthB. the starC. the sun
A. himB. usC. you[
A. wordB. sentenceC. letter
A. badB. goodC. weak
Bruce shook his money box again.
Nothing! He carefully counted the coins that lay on the bed. All that he had was $24.52. Thewhich he wanted was at least $90. How on earth(究竟) was he going to get the rest of the?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was hard to hang out(闲逛) with people when you were the only onea bicycle. He thought abouthe could do. He couldn’t get money from his parents, because he knew they had no extra(额外的) money.
There was only one way to get money, and that was to earn(挣钱) it. He would have to find a job. He decided to ask Mr Clay for.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr Clay. “You see, my windows need cleaning and my car needs washing”.
That was the beginning of Bruce’s part-time(兼职) job. For the next threehe worked every day after finishing his homework. He took dogs for walks and cleaned rooms.
The day finally came when Brucehis money and found $94.32. He wasted no time and went down to the shop tothe bicycle he wanted. He rode home proudly, looking forward tohis new bicycle to his friends. Bruce liked his bicycle very much because he had bought it with his own money. At last, his dream came true, and his parents wereof him. A．car B．bicycle C．truck
A．money B．help C．food
A．with B．without C．behind
A．why B．how C．what
A．food B．advice C．water
A．months B．minutes C．seconds
A．lent B．lost C．counted
A．choose B．sell C．drive
A．borrowing B．showing C．asking
A．famous B．strict C．Proud