Question

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 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 believed her. A year later, I returned to school—walking on my own!
When the Great Depression(大蕭條)hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the both of us. At that moment, I was determined never to be poor again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point occurred（出現）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 angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for the average 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 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 even 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 1759 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 task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
【小題1】What Kemmons’ mom often told him during his childhood was_______.

A．caring

B．moving

C．encouraging

D．interesting

【小題2】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.

【小題3】What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself?

A．His mom’s support.

B．His previous business success of various levels.

C．His terrible experience in the hotel.

D．His wife’s suggestion.

【小題4】Which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother?

A．Modest, helpful and hard-working.

B．Careful, helpful and beautiful.

C．Loving, supportive and strong-willed.

D．Strict, sensitive and supportive.

【小題5】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, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.

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

D．Mom’s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】C
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：作者在這篇短文中講述了他年幼時他媽媽對他的鼓勵。成年后他的目標明確,充滿自信心,努力地為自己的目標而奮斗,所以他成功的原因是:媽媽的鼓勵、明確的目標、自信心和勤奮工作。
【小題1】C.這是一道細節題。根據第二段中作者的媽媽說的話“Kemmons,you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”可判斷出當作者 年幼時媽媽給他最多的是鼓勵。
【小題2】D.這是一道細節題。根據第三段中的“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 believed her. A year later,I returned to school—walking on my own!”可判斷出是作者的媽媽使他重返學校。 答案:D
【小題3】C.這是一道細節題。根據倒數第三段中的“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. I told my wife that I was going to open a motel for families that would never charge extra for children.”可判斷出作者決定自己開辦旅館的原因是他在旅館的一次糟糕的經歷。       答案:C
【小題4】C.這是一道細節推斷題。根據短文的內容可推斷出作者的媽媽是一個謙虛、對人有幫助和努力工作的人。答案:C
【小題5】D.這是一道細節推斷題。作者在這篇短文中講述了他年幼時他媽媽對他的鼓勵。成年后他的目標明確,充滿自信心,努力地為自己的目標而奮斗,所以他成功的原因是:媽媽的鼓勵、明確的目標、自信心和勤奮工作。故D正確。
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點評：作者在這篇短文中講述了他年幼時他媽媽對他的鼓勵。成年后他的目標明確,充滿自信心,努力地為自己的目標而奮斗,所以他成功的原因是:媽媽的鼓勵、明確的目標、自信心和勤奮工作。本文以細節題的考查為主，細節題是針對文中某個細節、某句話或某部分具體內容設置問題，正確答案的根據一定可以在原文中找到，即原文的改寫往往成為正確選項。通常細節題的正確選項有以下特征：對原文句子中的關鍵詞進行替換。把原文中的一些詞換成意義相近的詞，成為正確選項。詞性或者語態的變化。把原文中的一些詞變換一下詞性，或者改變原文句子的語態，給考生制造障礙。語言簡化。把原文中的復雜語言現象進行簡化，成為正確答案。