One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved ___31____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___32___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 賒賬) at the store.
___33_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___34____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___35_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.
At Dali’s Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished   ___36_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____37____.
The farmer gave me a ___38_____look. But Buck’s face didn’t change in the slightest. “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice, “ I believe your daddy will____39____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William’s son.”
The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___40_____pride. Jame  William’s Son, these three___41____ opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I___42____ that a good name was of great importance. My father’s good name had won our neighbors’ respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (責(zé)任) that came with ____43_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___44______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.
【小題1】A. something            B. anything               C. nothing
【小題2】A. because              B. while                 C. unless
【小題3】A. Six                  B. Sixteen               C. Sixty
【小題4】 A. influenced            B. cheered               C. refused
【小題5】A. health                B. money                 C. freedom
【小題6】A. choose                B. choosing               C. to cheese
【小題7】A. carefully             B. angrily                C. easily
【小題8】A. pleasant              B. kind                  C. strange
【小題9】 A. care for              B. pay for                C. look for
【小題10】 A. was full of             B. was surprised at       C. was famous for
【小題11】 A. letters              B. words                C. sentences
【小題12】A. discover             B. discovered             C. have discovered
【小題13】A. it                    B. him                   C. them
【小題14】 A. better               B. stronger                 C. cleverer
【小題15】A. With                 B. For                      C. By

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(fèi)）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.

1.A. quiet          B. boring               C. hard          D. strange

2.A. accept         B. change               C. disturb           D. check

3. A. study         B. speak                C. listen            D. walk

4.A. drove              B. expected        C. explained        D. covered

5.A. did            B. hit             C. cut           D. fit

6.A. excited       B. brave                C. patient           D. poor

7.A. leading            B. breaking         C. turning      D. celebrating

8. A. expensive     B. fantastic            C. different        D. special

9.A. husband        B. parents          C. children          D. wife

10.A. successfully     B. surprisingly          C. interestingly     D. importantly  

11.A. always           B. sometimes            C. almost       D. never

12.A. task              B. hotel               C. company      D. wor

It was very cold outside my car. I did not want to get out of it__31__we passed by a cafe. Suddenly I noticed a short old man, __32__ with some bits of cloth, shaking(擺動(dòng))with the cold. He was waiting for anyone who would__33__ him a coin or a cup of hot coffee.

I asked my __34_ to go over and hand this old man something. He __35__ into my husband’s face, smiled and said, “__36__ . ” I felt so happy and I wished the old man could live __37__ the cold night.

   I was sure to meet him again and find out how he was the next__38__, as I have to pass this way every day. I did so the next evening, and he remembered the__39__and came up to my window and __40__ at me. This time I offered(提供) him a __41__of food. He reached out for the bag and I gave him my hand. He __42__ the food, smiled and said, “May God bless you.” I looked at the old man and he __43__ me think of my father.

 I do hope all of us will remember that maybe one day, it could happen to one of us, __44__ please do not pass by a __45__ person without offering at least a word of love and a kind smile or an act of kindness of any kind.

1.A. after            B. when        C. before     D. if

2.A. covered          B. tied         C. filled            D. provided

3.A. send             B. leave      C. greet          D. accept

4.A. father           B. son            C. husband    D. friend

5.A. watched          B. knocked     C. came       D. looked

6.A. Excuse me     B. Beg your pardon  C. Take it easy D. Thank you

7.A. in               B. through         C. under          D. off

8.A. year             B. month       C. week       D. day

9.A. office           B. gift            C. car        D. shop

10.A. smiled              B. pointed         C. called     D. shouted

11.A. box             B. bag             C. bottle         D. basket

12.A. held            B. ordered        C. dropped    D. received

13.A. got             B. forced      C. made           D. allowed

14.A. so              B. and             C. or         D. but

15.A. quiet           B. sick         C. poor          D. shy

I was not a confident girl before. I   36  spoke in fornt of the class because I was afraid of making mistakes. My family went to Mount Tai last summer holiday. Something important  37  there and it changed me greatly.
We  38  there early in the morning and began to climb. Soon all of us felt tired  39 the stairs were really steep(陡峭的). An hour later, we stopped to have a rest. While we were having a rest, my mother changed her  40 and decided not to climb any more. I couldn’t decide whether to stay there or go on  41 with my father.“No matter how hard it is, I am  42 you can get there.” Said my father. So again we  43 the hard journey. We were very tired,   44 we kept going on and on. Another hour later, we reached the top. It was really beautiful. My father and I were so excited that we couldn’t help  45 happily. What an interesting trip!
【小題1】.A. never             B. always          C. sometimes
【小題2】.A. left              B. continued       C. happened
【小題3】.A. arrive            B. arrived         C. arrived at
【小題4】A.because         B. because of      C. so
【小題5】.A. place         B. mind                C. road
【小題6】.A. climb         B. to climb            C. climbing
【小題7】A. sorry          B. afraid              C. sure
【小題8】.A. ended         B. stopped             C. started
【小題9】.A. and           B. but                 C. though
【小題10】.A. jumping up       B. jumping into        C. jump up