A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s dismay (沮丧), his mother said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teachers met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance(出现). There was a severe (严重的) scar (伤疤) that covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness of his mother with the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. However, he could hear clearly the conversation between his mother and the teacher.
“How did you get the scar on your face?” the teacher asked.
The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control, but I went in. As I was running towards his bed, I saw a burning wood falling down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked to be unconscious (无知觉的), but luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched the burned side of her face. “This scar will be forever, but until today, I have never regretted doing what I did.”
When the little boy heard this, he couldn’t help running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt his mother was greater than anyone. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
【小题1】The underline world “embarrassed” means ______ in Chinese.

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. Mom and I lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she 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 I could walk again if I wanted strongly 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 (大萧条) hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support  both of us. At that moment, I decided never to be poor again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I wasn’t satisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry that they asked me an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for many American families. I told my wife that I was going to open a motel (汽车旅馆) for families that would never ask extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Of course mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. But with my mother’s support and encouragement, I never 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 (收入) of $ 1 billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situation. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
【小题1】According to the writer, who played the most important role in making him walk back to school again?

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When I was in primary school, I had a big argument with a boy in my class. I can’t ____ what it was about, but I have never forgotten the ____ I learned that day.

   I was sure that I was right and he was wrong. ____ , he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson. She _____ a good idea. She brought both of us to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her grey desk and me on ____. In the middle of the desk was a large, round object. It was ____ for me to see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the object was. “_____” he answered in a loud voice.

   I couldn’t ____ that the object was white, considering that it was certainly black! One more argument started between the boy and me, this time ____ the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed ____, and then she asked me what the color of the object was. I ____ answer, “White.” It was then that I knew what was wrong. It was an object with two ____ colored sides, and from his side it was white. ____ from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very improtant lesson that day: You must ____ in other person’s position （位置）and look at the ____ through their eyes in order to truly understand their ideas.

1.A. understand        B. remember         C. explain         D. know

2.A. class             B. subject           C. lesson          D. book

3.A.Therefore          B. Also            C. However       D. But

4.A. thought           B. went on with     C. go along with    D. came up with

5.A. another           B. other            C. the other       D. the others

6.A. hard            B. clean            C. lucky          D. clear

7.A. Black            B. White           C. Grey           D. Brown

8.A. realize            B. describe         C. believe          D. am sure

9.A. like              B. against          C. about           D. around 

10.A. places           B. objects          C. opinions        D. seats

11.A. could          B. should          C. had to          D. must

12.A. similarly         B. differently       C. brightly         D. truly

13.A. But             B. still             C. only           D. just

14.A. appear           B. stand           C. hide            D. sit

15.A. situation         B. discussion       C. solution         D.way