tra $ 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 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 word--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 task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
　　49. What Kemmons' morn often told him during his childhood was
　　A. caring
　　B. moving
　　C. encouraging.
　　D. interesting
　　50. 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. Morn.
　　51. What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself?
　　A. His terrible experience in the hotel.
　　B. His previous business success at various levels.
　　C. His mom's support.
　　D. His wife's suggestion.
　　52. Which of the following best describes Kemmons' mother?
　　A. Modest, helpful and hardworking.
　　B. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.
　　C. Careful, helpful and beautiful.
　　D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.
　　53. Which of the following led to Kemmons' success according to the passage?
　　A. Self-confidence, had 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 higher education.
　　D. Mom' s encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.
　　D
　　Equipped only with a pair of binoculars (双筒望远镜) and ready to spend long hours waiting in all weathers for a precious glance of a rare bullfinch(红腹灰雀). Britain's birdwatchers had long been supposed to be lovers of a minority sport. But new figures show birdwatching is fast becoming a popular pastime, with almost three million of us absorbed in our fluttering feathered friends.
　　Devoted birdwatchers, those prepared to travel thousands of miles for a sighting of a rare Siberian bird, are fast being joined by a new breed of follower whose interest is satiated by watching a few finches (雀科鸣鸟) on a Sunday walk or putting up a bird-box in the back garden.
　　"Almost three million UK birdwatchers are certainly possible if you include everyone with only a casual interest," Stephen Moss said in his newly published book--A Bird in the Bush: a Social History of Birdwatching--which records the pursuit from the rich Victorian Englishman' s love of shooting rare birds to the less offensive observational tendencies of birdwatchers today.
　　Television wildlife programmers have helped to fuel the new trend. Last summer, BBC 2' s Britain Goes Wild was a surprise success. It pulled in three million viewers and led to birdhouses selling out across the UK as 45,000 people promised to put up a box.
　　Birdwatchers' networking system first came to the attention of the nation in 1989, when a birdwatcher caught sight of the first Vermivora chrysoptera--a golden-winged songbird from North America--to be seen in Britain. He put a message out on the network service Birdline, and the next day 3,000 birdwatchers proved the full pull of a truly rare bird as they visited the Tesco car park in Kent, where it had settled. Today, birdwatchers can log on to www. birdline, co. uk or have news of the latest sightings texted to their phones.
　　"Multimillion-pound spending on binoculars, bird food and boxes point to the increasing numbers of birdwatchers," said David Cromack, the editor of Bird Watching magazine, "The number of people involved is so big that they have great potential to influence government decisions affecting the environment. "
　　54. The word "satiated" in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by _________.
　　A. affected
　　B. shared
　　C. satisfied
　　D. narrowed
　　55. What happened after the message of seeing a Vermivora chrysoptera was put on the network?
　　A. Birdwatchers helped the rare bird settle in Kent.
　　B. Large numbers of birdwatchers went to view the bird.
　　C. Many birdwatchers logged on to the website for details.
　　D. Birdwatchers showed their determination to protect the rare bird.
　　56. Which of the following CANNOT be true according to the passage?
　　A. Television wildlife programmers started the popular pastime of birdwatching.
　　B. The network service has contributed to the rapid development of birdwatching.
　　C. Birdwatching in Britain was long considered a sport with a small group of followers.
　　D. The current situation of birdwatching may promote the protection of the environment.
　　57. The passage mainly tells us about _________ in the UK.
　　A. the history of birdwatching
　　B. a growing passion for birdwatching
　　C. the impact of media on birdwatching
　　D. birdwatching as a popular expensive sport

 

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　　It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious(明显的) to the listeners. Why? Because thelisteners do not know what the speaker, plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any wiser. When such moments occur, don' t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.
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