問題詳情

Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized onyour 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 ofeighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my momgave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would changemy life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you workhard enough to get it.At fourteen, I was hit by a car and doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, mymother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, Icould walk again if I wanted to badly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that Ifinally believed 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 supportthe 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 pointoccurred on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I was dissatisfied with thesecond-class hotels available for families and was angry with they charged an extra $2 for eachchild. That was too expensive for the average American family. I told my wife that I was going toopen a motel(汽车旅馆) for families that would never charge extra for children. There were plentyof doubters at that time.Not surprisingly, mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk andeven designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of challenges. But with mymother’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 innsin 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 worthworking for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
71. What Kemmons’ mom often told him during his childhood was .
(A) caring
(B) moving
(C) encouraging
(D) interesting

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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