We had poor food, but ________, we enjoyed our stay there.

  A.a(chǎn)fter a while        B.in total

C.on the whole  D.on average

 

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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

         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(大蕭條)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 (汽車旅館)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 word-Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an in income of $ 1 billion a year.

           You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.

71.What Kemmons’mom often told him during his childhood was_______.

A.caring                B.moving               C.encouraging               D.interesting

72.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.

73.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.

74.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.

75.Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?

A. Self-confidence, had 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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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2012屆重慶市渝北中學(xué)高三(上)第三次月考英語(yǔ)試卷 題型:完型填空

I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. We had   36 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was   37  and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could   38  afford a dream.
My dream was to be a   39 .When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball. I was also   40 : my high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who   41 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular   42 with him changed my life forever.
It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer   43 . This meant a chance for my first income—cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the   44 of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to   45  at it.
Then I realized I would have to   46  summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing. I was   47  about this.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as   48 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your   49 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”
I stood before him with my head   50 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth   51  his disappointment in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded.
“$ 3.25 an hour,” I replied.
“Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a   52 ?” he asked.
That   53 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to   54  that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the   55 of my dreams.

【小題1】
A.someB.littleC.noD.much
【小題2】
A.happyB.lovelyC.a(chǎn)ngryD.noisy
【小題3】
A.onlyB.everC.stillD.a(chǎn)lmost
【小題4】
A.teacherB.coachC.doctorD.sportsman
【小題5】
A.luckyB.satisfiedC.hopefulD.surprised
【小題6】
A.taughtB.a(chǎn)skedC.toldD.trained
【小題7】
A.matchB.storyC.momentD.incident
【小題8】
A.jobB.campC.holidayD.course
【小題9】
A.causeB.startC.needD.a(chǎn)mount
【小題10】
A.standB.callC.lookD.jump
【小題11】
A.take outB.cut offC.put onD.give up
【小題12】
A.excitedB.curiousC.a(chǎn)nxiousD.disappointed
【小題13】
A.madB.puzzledC.regretfulD.discouraged
【小題14】
A.workingB.playingC.learningD.shining
【小題15】
A.shakingB.hangingC.holdingD.nodding
【小題16】
A.feelingB.sufferingC.facingD.expressing
【小題17】
A.dreamB.gameC.chanceD.life
【小題18】
A.offerB.priceC.questionD.order
【小題19】
A.studyB.sportsC.homeworkD.business
【小題20】
A.clothesB.bikeC.houseD.goods

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The Price of a Dream
I grew up poor, living with my wonderful mother. We had little money but plenty of love and attention.  I was   36  and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still   37  a dream.
My dream was to be a sportsman.   38  I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and hit anything that moved on the football field.  I was also   39 . My high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me  40 to believe in myself. He   41 me the difference between having a dream and realizing the dream. One particular   42  with Coach Jarvis changed my life forever.
It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend recommended (推薦) me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike and new clothes, and the   43  of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to   44  summer baseball to deal with the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing. 
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as   45  as I expected him to be.  “You have your whole life to work,” he said.  “Your playing days are limited. You can’t   46  to waste them.” I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the   47  that would explain   48  him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his   49  in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” he asked. “Three twenty-five an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “is $3.25 an hour the   50  of a dream?”
That simple question made it   51  to me the difference between   52  something right now and following a dream. I   53  myself to sports that summer, and within the year I was   54  by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was   55  a $20,000 contract. In 2000, I bought my mother the house of my dream!

【小題1】
A.happyB.politeC.shyD.honest
【小題2】
A.loseB.haveC.makeD.need
【小題3】
A.By the timeB.The timeC.At one timeD.At a time
【小題4】
A.rightB.popularC.luckyD.confident
【小題5】
A.how B.whyC.whenD.whether
【小題6】
A.gaveB.taughtC.broughtD.a(chǎn)sked
【小題7】
A.a(chǎn)ccidentB.matterC.problemD.experience
【小題8】
A.a(chǎn)imB.ideaC.startD.purpose
【小題9】
A.keep upB.put upC.give upD.pick up
【小題10】
A.madB.happy C.frightenedD.shameful
【小題11】
A.a(chǎn)doptB.a(chǎn)ffordC.a(chǎn)ffectD.effect
【小題12】
A.a(chǎn)nswersB.excusesC.wordsD.ways
【小題13】
A.forB.toC.onD.in
【小題14】
A.sadnessB.regretC.hopelessnessD.disappointment
【小題15】
A.sourceB.prizeC.priceD.a(chǎn)llowance
【小題16】
A.directB.clearC.cleanD.straight
【小題17】
A.wantingB.changing C.dreamingD.choosing
【小題18】
A.providedB.devotedC.headedD.imagined
【小題19】
A.workedB.mentionedC.firedD.hired
【小題20】
A.paidB.gotC.offeredD.signed

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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2011屆甘肅省武威六中高三第二次診斷考試英語(yǔ)試卷 題型:閱讀理解

  The Pillow
At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer (拖車) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house—something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, “What do you want for your new room?” Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were astonished when Josh responded, “I just want a bed.”
The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.
That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, “What is that?”
“A pillow,” he replied.
“What do you do with it?” Eric continued to ask.
“When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow.
“Oh…that’s soft,” he said, hugging it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my dad gently asks, “Do you have a pillow?”
We know exactly what he means. [來(lái)源:學(xué)科網(wǎng)ZXXK]
【小題1】The writer’s first volunteer project was ______.

A.working on a poor trailer B.helping a poor family
C.donating beds and bedding D.dealing with a housing problem
【小題2】On hearing Josh’s answer, the writer was shocked because ______. 
A.the family lived in a trailerB.he expected to get some toys
C.he didn’t know what a bed wasD.the boys had no bed to sleep in
【小題3】From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen ______ before.
A.a(chǎn) trailer B.a(chǎn) truck C.a(chǎn) pillow D.a(chǎn) house
【小題4】By saying “Do you have a pillow?”, the writer’s father means that ______.  
A.what they want to get may be unnecessary
B.they should not waste money on small things
C.they should do more volunteer work for the poor
D.what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow

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