Carolyn Stradley is the founder of C&S Paving Ine.(铺路公司)in Atlanta, USA.In the following account, she recalls the job that challenged her and skill but left her flying high.
“When the Atlanta Airport was under in 1979,we were a new company struggling to make it.National Car Rental wanted to have 2500 square meters of dirt paved the cars could be on site the airport opened,and the official opening was only ten days away! other local paving company wanted to do the job, it couldn’t be done in such a short time.”
“Because we were new and really needed the work,we were to try harder.We gave National Car Rental our offer and our best effort to get the job finished within ten days.We also them that if we failed,they would be no worse off, they had plenty to gain if we succeeded.”
“We got the job and immediately went into .Working at night needed lights,so I rented a machine to produce electricity for the site. Our challenge was to keep the rock mixture enough. All the available water wagons(洒水车)were rented out for the airport construction, and we certainly couldn’t afford to buy a new one. ,I got a special to rent fire engine hoses(消防水龙带)and connect them to nearby hydrants(消防);then I held one of those hoses to down the rock.”
“Those ten days were filled with challenges that one creative idea after another.Nine days later,the night before the airport opened,National Car Rental was the company that had cars on the parking lot.”
“The key to our success was having the to take on any job and then being creative in our approach to getting it done.”
1.A.kindness B. patience C. imagination D.experience
2.A.construction B .repair C.control D.development
3.A.after B.as C.for D.so
4.A.while B.since C.where D.when
5.A.Some B.Any C.No D.Every
6.A.stating B.reporting C.telling D.warning
7.A.able B.nervous C.afraid D.willing
8.A.supported B.promised C.continued D.improved
9.A.asked B.surprised C.reminded D.demanded
10.A.though B.but C.as D.unless
11.A.discussion B.action C.practice D.production
12.A.next B.first C.past D.previous
13.A.cold B.wet C.loose D.clean
14.A.Naturally B.Obviously C.Meanwhile D.Instead
15.A.excuse B.order C.permit D.reason
16.A.exactly B.personally C.angrily D.hardly
17.A.pull B.knock C.hit D.water
18.A.required B.mixed C.followed D.formed
19.A.best B.last C.second D.only
20.A.courage B.interest C.hope D.chance
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.D
5.C
6.A
7.D
8.B
9.C
10.B
11.B
12.A
13.B
14.D
15.C
16.B
17.D
18.A
19.D
20.A
【解析】
试题分析：这篇文章描叙的是汽车租赁公司为机场建路的过程，克服了种种困难，完成了挑战的故事，成为了唯一拥有机场停车位的公司，告诫我们面对困难和挑战，我们应该拿出勇气和智慧去战胜它。
1. kindness善良；B patience耐心；C imagination想象力D experience经历，由后文“but left her flying high”得知是改变了想象和技艺是公司形势扭转，故选C。
2. construction建设；B repair修理；C control控制；D development发展 ，under construction表示“在建设中”，故选A。
3.
4. ；B since自从；C where在哪里 ；D when当.......的时候，本句的意思是当机场开放时，汽车公司需要灰尘铺，故选D。
5. D.Every每一个，本句话的意思是出了这个公司可以在这么短的时间内完成，其他的公司不可能，故选C。
6. 宣称；B.reporting报告C.telling告诉D.warning警告，本句是客观陈述事实，故选A。
7. willing to do 表示愿意做某事，故选D。
8. ；B.promised承诺；C.continued继续做D.improved提高，本句的意思是我们承诺尽力完成这10天内的工作，故选B。
9.
10. though尽管；B.but但是；C.as因为；D.unless除非，本句的意思是如果我们成功，他们将会收获很多，与前半句明显为转折关系，故选B。
11. into action表示立刻实施，故选B。
12.
13. 湿润的；C.loose松软的；D.clean干净的，根据后句“All the available water wagons(洒水车)were rented out for the airport construction,”得知是让砂石变得湿润，故选B。
14. 自然地；B.Obviously明显地；C.Meanwhile同时地；D.Instead代替地，本句的大意是用消防水管代替洒水车，故选D。
15. ；D.reason;原因，本句的意思是我获得了特别的许可得到了灭火用的消防带，故选C。
16.
17. ；D.water浇水，water down表示用水将........浇湿，故选D。
18.;形成，本句的意思是这十天的挑战让我们获得了一个又一个的创造灵感，故选A。
19..唯一的，本句的意思是9天过去后，汽车租赁公司成为唯一一家在机场有停车位的公司，故选D。
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