题目内容
B. vacation
C. competition
D. invention
It was 12:45 pm on January 2, 2007. 50-year-old Wesley Autrey was waiting for the train at a subway station in New York. His two daughters, aged four and six, were with him.
Suddenly, a sick man fell down on the platform (站台). The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell again—this time, onto the track between the two rails (道轨). A train was coming into the station. It was a frightening moment.
But Mr Autrey wasn’t frightened. He looked at the man and the space that the man was in. It was about half a meter deep. And he thought, “The train is going to travel over this man. If he tries to get up, the train will kill him. But if he lies on the ground and doesn’t move, he’ll be OK.” So he got an idea.
He jumped down and kept Mr Hollopeter down on the ground. The train driver saw them. He was terrified, but he couldn’t stop in time. The train traveled over the two men before it stopped.
The people on the platform were surprised. When Mr Autrey heard them screaming, he shouted, “We’re OK down here, but I’ve got two daughters up there. Let them know their father is OK.”
In an interview on a TV show, Mr Autrey said, “The only thing that happened to me was my blue hat got dirty.”
【小题1】Why did Mr Hollopeter fall on the platform and then the track?
| A．Because he was ill. | B．Because he walked so fast. |
| C．Because he was too old. | D．Because the subway station was so crowed. |
| A．Mr Autrey was so frightened when he saw what had happened. |
| B．Mr Autrey thought the space that the man was in was about one meter deep. |
| C．The train driver saw the two men but he couldn’t stop the train in time. |
| D．Mr Autrey and Mr Hollopeter were both taken to a hospital. |
| A．his two daughters | B．Mr Hollopeter | C．his blue hat | D．the train driver |
| A．keep him calm | B．keep him down |
| C．keep him warm | D．keep him awake |
| A．A Sick Man | B．Save One’s Life |
| C．Mr Autrey and Mr Hollopeter | D．The Subway Hero |
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.
1.According to the writer, who played the most important role in making him walk back to school again?
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A．Doctors. |
B．Nurses. |
C．Friends. |
D．Mom. |
2.What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself?
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A．His terrible experience in the hotel. |
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B．His various levels of business success. |
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C．His mom’s support. |
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D．His wife’s suggestion. |
3.Which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother?
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A．Modest, helpful, and hard-working. |
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B．Careful, helpful and beautiful. |
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C．Loving, supporting and strong-willed (意志坚强的). |
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D．Strict, humorous and supporting. |
4.Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?
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A．A poor family, hard work, higher education and self-confidence (自信). |
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B．Mom’s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work. |
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C．Clear goals, mom’s encouragement, a poor family and higher education. |
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D．Mom’s encouragement, a poor family, higher education and better chances. |
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| Mr and Mrs Jones usually __1__ go out in the evening. But last Saturday, Mrs. Jones __2__ to Mr. Jones,"There's a good film at the cinema this __3__. Can we go and __4__ it?" Mr. Jones was quite __5__ about it, so they went and __6__ it. They came out of the cinema__7__ o'clock, got into the car, and began __8__ home. It was very __9__. Then Mrs. Jones said, " Look, Bill. A woman is _10__ very fast, and a man is running __11_ her. Can you see them?" Mr. Jones said, "Yes, I can." He drove the car near the woman and said to her, "Can we help you?" "No, thank you," the woman said but she didn't stop _12__, " My husband and I always run _13__ after the _14__ , and the last one _15__ the house. " | |||
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