题目列表(包括答案和解析)
75. Which of the
following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?
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 high education.
D. Mom’s encouragement,
a poor family, higher education and opportunities.
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每小题1分,满分11分)
74. Which of the
following describes Kemmons’ mother?
A. Modest, helpful and
hardworking.
B. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.
C. Careful, helpful and
beautiful.
D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.
73. What caused Kemmons
to start a motel by himself?
A. His terrible
experience in the hotel. B.
His previous business success of various levels.
C. His mom’s
support.
D. His wife’s suggestion.
72. According to the
author, who played the most important role in making him walk back to school
again?
A. Doctors. B. Nurses. C. Friends. D. Mom
71. what Kemmons mom
often told him during his childhood was ___________.
A. caring B. moving C. encouraging D. interesting
44. Which would be the
best title for the text?
A. The Invention of the
Jazz Music B. The
Father of the Jazz Style
C. The Making of a
Musician
D. The Spread of Popular Music
C
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. When
I was growing up, we lived a hard 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
change 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 walk 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 wanted to badly enough. She drove that
message so deep into my heart that I finally believe her. A year later, I
returned to school-walking on my own!
When the Great
Depression( 大萧条 )hit, my mom lost her
job. Then I left school to support the both of us. At moment I was determined
never to be poor again.
Over the years, I
experienced various lvels of business success. But the real turning point
occurred on a vocation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I was
dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry
that they charged an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for the
average American family. T told my wife that I was going to open a motel(
汽车旅馆
)for
families that would never charge extra for children. There were plenty of
doubters at that time.
Not surprisingly, mom
was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and designed the
room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of challenges. But with my
mother’s words deeply rooted in my soul, I never 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 income of
$1 billion a year.
You may not have started
out life in the best situations. But if you can find a task in life worth
working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
43. Which statement
about Armstrong is true?
A. His tale begins in New Orleans. B. He was
born before jazz was invented.
C. His music was popular
with his listeners. D. He learned
popular music at a boy’s home.
42. The third paragraph
is developed
.
A. by space B.
by examples C.
by time D.
by comparison
41. Armstrong was called
Pops because he .
A. looked like a
musician B.
was a musician of much influence
C. showed an interest in
music D.
traveled to play modern music
58. Fitzgerald's will
showed __________.
A. his desire to fool
the bidders
B. his invaluable love for his son
C. his sadness at the
death of his son
D. his regret of having
no children to take over his wealth
B
Louis Armstrong had two
famous nicknames(绰号). Some people called him
Bagamo. They said his mouth looked like a large bag, Musicians often called him
Pops, as a sign of respect for his influence(影响)on the world of music.
Born in 1901 in New
Orleans, be grew up poor, but lived among great
musicians. Jazz was invented in the city a few years before his birth.
Armstrong often said, “Jazz and I grew up together. ”
Armstrong showed a great
talent(天赋)for music when he was taught to
play the cornet(短号)at a boy’s home. In his late
teens, Armstrong began to live the life of a musician. He played in parades,
clubs, and on the steamboats that traveled on the Mississippi
River. At that time, New
Orleans was famous for the new music of jazz and was
home to many great musicians. Armstrong learned from the older musicians and
soon became respected as their equal.
In 1922 he went to Chicago. There, the tale
of Louis Armstrong begins. From then until the end of his life, Armstrong was
celebrated and loved wherever be went Armstrong had no equal when it came to
playing the American popular song.
His cornet playing had a
deep humanity(仁爱)and warmth that caused many
listeners to say, “Listening to Pops just makes you feel good all over. ”He was
the father of the jazz style(风格)and also one of the
best-known and most admired people in the world. His death, on July 6,1971, was
headline news around the world.
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