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 （汽車旅館） 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．
【小題1】What Kemmon's mother often told him during his childhood was____．

I once had a teacher whose husband died suddenly of heart attack. About a week after his death, she  1  some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight shone  2  the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she  3  a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down.

With a   4  look on her face, she paused and said, “  5  class in over, I’d like to share with all of you a deep  6  which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on  7  to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves.   8  of us knows when this fantastic experience will   9  . It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is the God’s   10  of telling us that we must make the  11  of every single day.”

Her eyes were beginning to  12  , but she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a   13  : From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to  14  . It doesn’t have to be something you see. It could be a   15  of freshly baked bread floating out of someone’s house, or it could be the sound of the soft  16  rustling （使發(fā)出沙沙聲）the leaves in the trees…Please look for these things, and  17  them, for at anytime they can all be taken away…”

The class was completely   18  .We all picked up our books and went out of the room silently. That   19  , I observed many more beautiful things on my way home from school than usual.

Remember: Life is not  20  by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

1．A．learned                  B．shared                 C．a(chǎn)rgued                D．discussed

2．A．onto                     B．into                     C．a(chǎn)cross                 D．through

3．A．removed               B．brushed               C．swept                 D．pulled

4．A．surprised               B．worried               C．gentle                  D．strange

5．A．After                    B．Unless                 C．Before                 D．If

6．A．feeling                  B．understanding      C．love                    D．memory

7．A．business                B．time                    C．duty                    D．earth

8．A．None                    B．All                      C．Each                   D．Neither

9．A．happen                  B．begin                   C．end                     D．gain

10．A．way                    B．singal                  C．plan                    D．a(chǎn)rrangement

11．A．least                    B．worst                  C．lowest                 D．most

12．A．a(chǎn)che                   B．water                  C．shine                   D．dry

13．A．promise               B．choice                 C．wish                   D．rule

14．A．buy                     B．enjoy                   C．take                    D．learn

15．A．smell                   B．gift                     C．taste                   D．sight

16．A．wind                   B．hand                   C．light                    D．color

17．A．get                      B．a(chǎn)ppreciate            C．hide                    D．follow

18．A．puzzled               B．excited                C．quiet                   D．a(chǎn)nxious

19．A．morning              B．night                   C．noon                   D．a(chǎn)fternoon

20．A．wasted                B．measured             C．saved                  D．lost