Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mother was one of those people.

My father died when I was one-year-old. While I was growing up, we led a very hard life, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she seated me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life, "Kemmons, you are sure 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 that I would never walk again. Every night my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me whatever those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I walked on my own to school!

When the Great Depression broke out, my mother lost her job. Then I left school to support the two of us. At that moment I decided never to be poor again.

Over the years, I experienced a lot of business success. But the real turning point happened 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 very angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for an ordinary 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 money for children. Many people did not believe me at that time.

Not surprisingly, mom was my strongest supporter. As in any business, I experienced a lot of difficulties. But with my mom's words in my heart, I never doubted I would succeed. Fifteen years later, I 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 $l billion a year.

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

1.What Kemmon's mother often told him during his childhood was____.

A. caring B. moving

C. encouragingD. interesting

2.Who played the most important role in making the author walk back to school again?

A. Doctors.B. Nurses.

C. His friend.D. His mom.

3. What caused Kemmon to start a motel by himself?

A. His terrible experience in the hotel.B. His wife's suggestion.

C. His previous business success.D. His mom's support.

4. Which of the following best describes Kemmon's mother?

A. Modest, helpful and hard-working.

B. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.

C. Careful, beautiful and helpful.

D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.

5.. Which of the following led to Kemmon's success?

A. Self-confidence, hard 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.

 

People in cities all over the world shop in supermarkets. Who decides what you buy in the supermarket? Do you decide? Does the supermarket decide?

When you enter the supermarket, you see shelves full of food. You walk in the aisles (走道) between the shelves. You push a shopping cart and put your food in it.

You probably hear soft, slow music as you walk along the aisles. This may be an attempt to please you, so you will enjoy shopping. Some supermarkets want to increase their profits by playing soft and slow music, because the slow music makes you walk slowly and you have more time to buy things.

Fresh fruit and vegetables are usually put near the entrance. When you arrive at the supermarket, you think about the kinds of fruit and vegetables you need first. Once you’ve got that out of the way, you can relax and do the rest of the shopping without any hurry. Besides, if you see fresh goods first, it gives you a “feel good” impression of freshness, so you can not help spending your money.

Maybe you go to the meat department then. There is some meat on sale, and you want to find it. The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department. The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where the customers enter. You have to walk past all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper meat. Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instead of the meat on sale.

Most of the food in supermarkets is very attractive. It all says “Buy me quickly!” to the customers. The fresh fruit and vegetables say “Buy me quickly!” as you walk by. The expensive meat says “Buy me quickly!” The supermarket tells you what to buy.

1.Some supermarkets play soft, slow music because it ______.

A. makes customers walk slowly and buy more

B. can help customers get the things they want

C. can make customers relaxed and happy

D. can tell customers exactly where to go

2.The manager knows ______.

A. where customers come from

B. which customers like slow music

C. where fresh meat should be put

D. which customers like cheap meat

3.When walking past the expensive meat, the customers will ______.

A. pay no attention to it B. possibly buy some

C. look for some cheap meat D. feel uncomfortable

4.If you see fresh goods first in the supermarket, ______.

A. you know where to get things

B. it brings you good luck

C. it makes you spend less money

D. you’ll get a fresh impression

5.Supermarket managers make the food attractive so that ______.

A. the customers will buy more B. it looks very expensive

C. the customers come often D. it seems cheap and fine

 

根据中文提示填空 (共20小题;每小题0.5分,共10分)

1.在古代奥运会上,按照传统,运动员都是男性,他们必须裸体竞技。

At the ancient Olympics, by _________ the athletes were all men and they had to compete _________ no clothes.

2.感受RealCine将让你惊叹,你一定会认为这是一项卓越的技术,值得进一步发展。

The RealCine experience will amaze you, and you will _________ that this is an extraordinary technology that deserves _________ further.

3.所有这些广告都旨在使大众受益。遵循这些广告给出的建议,你可以学到很多东西。

All of these ads are meant to benefit the public, and you can often learn a lot _________ _________ the advice they give.

4.但是,国际奥委会正在考虑调整未来奥运会体育项目的数目和种类。

However, the IOC is _________ _________ the number and type of Olympic sports in the future.

5.他们一路杀进决赛,对手是熊队。离比赛结束还有几分钟的时间,还是平局。

They went on to the final match _________ the Bears. The match was tied with _________ to go.

6.你可以从你的调研中收集此类信息。在策划一场公共福利宣传活动时,你可能需要问自己。

You can gather this information from your research. When _________ a public welfare _________, you many want to ask yourself.

7.一项体育活动要成为奥运项目可能是一个漫长的过程。一项运动必须达到许多要求,国际奥委会才会予以考虑。

______ a sport into the Olympics can be a long process. There are many _______ that must be met before a sport can be considered by the IOC.

8.我们还会在学校杂志上发表一篇文章告诉学生们吸烟的害处,并组织一次作文竞赛。

We will also publish an article in the school magazine _________ students about the _________ of smoking and we will organize an essay competition as well.

9.老师可以让学生置身于古代的城镇,从而让历史重现;也可以让学生作为鲸鱼或者松鼠来体验世界,用这种方式来进行生物课的教学。

Teachers could bring history alive by _________ students in an ancient town, or they could teach biology by allowing students to _________ the world as a whale or a squirrel.

10.运动员们不断尝试这挑战人类极限,为全世界人们带来欢乐。

There are some of the Olympic athletes who have brought joy to people across the world with their to push the of human achievement.

 

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