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　　Bob King, a Grade 12 pupil who was deserted(遗弃)at the age of 13, has become an inspiration(激励)to his 　　1　　, teachers and the society where he lives．Every day 　　2　　 school and on weekends, while his classmates are having 　　3　　, he works as a gardener to 　　4　　 his school fees(学费), and to buy food and clothes．

　　“　　5　　 is my last only,”he says．“I know that 　　6　　 I get a good education, I'll continue to live like a 　　7　　 kid for the rest of my life．”

　　Bob's being 　　8　　 into poverty(being poor)and hardship(苦难)started in 1994 when his father 　　9　　 tuberculosis(肺结核)．Then, he was sent to 　　10　　 his mother's relatives in a nearby village and a few months later, he received a message that his mother was 　　11　　．When he went back home to 　　12　　 his mother's funeral(葬礼), he learned that she was 　　13　　 not dead, but had gone to Mozambique with a boyfriend．For nine years, the young boy 　　14　　 from one village to another, living with 　　15　　 who often treated(对待)him like a slave(奴隶)．But he 　　16　　 gave up school．

　　Last year, a teacher gave him a small piece of 　　17　　 in the township where he built his own small house．

　　“He is a(n)　　18　　 to all of us,”said school master Richard Ball．“In contrast to(相比之下)what he had gone 　　19　　, many young people of his age would have given up hope or 　　20　　 to crime(犯罪)．”

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　　Have you ever wondered why some people are successful in business and others are not? Here's a story about one successful businessperson．He started out washing dishes and today he owns 168 restaurants．

　　Zubair -Kazi was born in Bhatkal, a small town in southwest India．His dream was to be an airplane pilot, and when he was 16 years old, he learned to fly a small plane．

　　At the age of 23 and with just a little money in his pocket, Mr．Kazi moved to the United States．He hoped to get a job in the airplane industry in California．Instead, he ended up working for a company that rented cars．

　　While Mr．Kazi was working at the car rental(租赁的)company, he frequently ate at a nearby KFC restaurant．To save money on food, he decided to get a job with KFC．For two months, he worked as a cook's assistant．His job was to clean the kitchen and help the cook．"I didn't like it," Mr．Kazi says, "but I always did the best I could．"

　　One day, Mr．Kazi's two co-workers failed to come to work．That day, Mr．Kazi did the work of all three people in the kitchen．This really impressed the owners of the restaurant．

　　A few months later, the owners needed a manager for a new restaurant．They gave the job to Mr．Kazi．He worked hard as the manager and soon the restaurant was making a profit．

　　A few years later, Mr．Kazi heard about a restaurant that was losing money．The restaurant was dirty inside and the food was terrible．Mr．Kazi borrowed money from a bank and bought the restaurant．For the first six months, Mr．Kazi worked in the restaurant from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m., seven days a week．He and his wife cleaned up the restaurant, remodeled the front of the building, and improved the cooking．They also tried hard to please the customers．lf someone had to wait more than ten minutes for their food, Mrs．Kazi gave them a free soda．Before long the restaurant was making a profit．

　　A year later, Mr．Kazi sold his restaurant for a profit．With the money he earned, he bought three more restaurants that were losing money．Again, he cleaned them up, improved the food, and retrained the employees．Before long these restaurants were making a profit, too．

　　Today Mr．Kazi owns 168 restaurants, but he isn't planning to stop there．He's looking for more poorly managed restaurants to buy．"I love it when I go to buy a restaurant and find it's a mess," Mr．Kazi says．"The only way it can go is up．"