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   36  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   37  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   38  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 didn’t want to be bad enough. She   39  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）  40 , my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support（支撐） both of us. At that moment, I decided never to be   41  again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real   42  point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1916. I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels for families and was angry that they charged（收費）an extra $2 for each child. That was too   43  for most American families. I told my wife that I was going to open a hotel for families that would never charge extra for   44 . There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Not   45 , 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 hard time. But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my heart, I   46  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 of $1 billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you can find a   47  in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.

【小題1】
A．quietB．boringC．hardD．strange
【小題2】
A．a(chǎn)cceptB．changeC．disturbD．check
【小題3】
A．studyB．speakC．listenD．walk
【小題4】
A．droveB．expectedC．explainedD．covered
【小題5】
A．didB．hitC．cutD．fit
【小題6】
A．excitedB．braveC．patientD．poor
【小題7】
A．leadingB．breakingC．turningD．celebrating
【小題8】
A．expensiveB．fantastic C．differentD．special
【小題9】
A．husbandB．parentsC．childrenD．wife
【小題10】
A．successfullyB．surprisinglyC．interestinglyD．importantly
【小題11】
A．a(chǎn)lwaysB．sometimesC．a(chǎn)lmostD．never
【小題12】
A．taskB．hotelC．companyD．wor


【小題1】C
【小題1】B
【小題1】D
【小題1】A
【小題1】B
【小題1】D
【小題1】C
【小題1】A
【小題1】C
【小題1】B
【小題1】D
【小題1】A

解析【小題1】C。live a hard time過著艱辛的生活。在我長大的過程中，我們過著艱苦的生活。
【小題1】B。change改變。每天晚上，她把我放在她的膝蓋上并對我說那些將會改變我一生的話。
【小題1】D。walk行走。我被一輛汽車撞倒。醫(yī)生說我將再不能行走。
【小題1】A。drive驅(qū)使。只要我真的迫切希望行走，我就可以行走。
【小題1】B。當大蕭條來臨（hit）的時候，母親失業(yè)了。
【小題1】D。poor貧窮。在那時，我下定決心不再貧窮。
【小題1】C。turning point轉(zhuǎn)折點。但真正的轉(zhuǎn)折卻發(fā)生在1951年我和妻子及5個孩子的旅行中。
【小題1】A。expensive昂貴的。那對普通的美國家庭來說太貴了。
【小題1】C。children孩子。我告訴我的妻子我將創(chuàng)立一家為家庭服務(wù)的永遠不對孩子收取額外費用的汽車旅館。
【小題1】B。surprisingly驚奇地。毫不驚奇，母親是我最強有力的支持者之一。
【小題1】D。never從不。我從來沒懷疑我會成功。
【小題1】A。task任務(wù)。但如果你找到一件人生中值得為之工作的任務(wù)并且相信你自己，沒有什么可以阻擋你。

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