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.

1.What Kemmon's mother often told him during his childhood was____.

A. caring B. moving

C. encouragingD. interesting

2.Who played the most important role in making the author walk back to school again?

A. Doctors.B. Nurses.

C. His friend.D. His mom.

3. What caused Kemmon to start a motel by himself?

A. His terrible experience in the hotel.B. His wife's suggestion.

C. His previous business success.D. His mom's support.

4. Which of the following best describes Kemmon's mother?

A. Modest, helpful and hard-working.

B. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.

C. Careful, beautiful and helpful.

D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.

5.. Which of the following led to Kemmon's success?

A. Self-confidence, hard work, higher education and a poor family.

B. Mom's encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.

C. Clear goals, mom's encouragement, a poor family and higher education.

D. Mom's encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.

 

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇記敘文,在文中作者回憶了母親對(duì)自己的教導(dǎo)和鼓勵(lì),他認(rèn)為他的成功都?xì)w功于母親。作者小時(shí)候日子很艱難,但是母親一直鼓勵(lì)他,相信他,使他堅(jiān)信只要努力,就可以取得一切想取得的成就。而且在他的事業(yè)中,母親也一直是他的支持者。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段中母親說的話"Kemmons, you are sure to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it. "可知母親所說的話是鼓舞人的,選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。在文章第二段中作者講述了自己車禍后母親不斷得鼓勵(lì)他,,讓作者堅(jiān)信自己會(huì)重新站起來,而且最終不僅會(huì)重新走路,而且也重返學(xué)校,故答案選D。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章倒數(shù)第三段內(nèi)容可知作者是在一次旅館糟糕的經(jīng)歷后決定開一家汽車旅館的,故答案選A。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知作者的母親是深愛著孩子的,而且從小就鼓勵(lì)他,在他出意外以后也堅(jiān)信他會(huì)站立起來,并且在作者開汽車旅館后也是他的支持者,由此判斷B選項(xiàng)正確。

5. 推理判斷題。本文講述了母親的鼓勵(lì),關(guān)愛和支持對(duì)作者的影響,在文章最后作者用But with my mom's words in my heart, I never doubted I would succeed.點(diǎn)明了中心, 故答案選B。

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