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When Andra Rush started her trucking company, all she had was an old van，two used pick-up trucks and the simple certainty of a 23-year-old girl. But she planned to make her fortune in about four years to   36  her true goal: dealing with poverty on Native American reservations across North America. "I thought I could retire by the time I was 27," says Rush, "At that age, you don't know  37  you don't know."
Rush is 49 now and  38  working hard. Her tiny start-up just outside Detroit has  39  to a $400 million North American business. Today Rush is a(an)  40  not only for Native Americans but also for women in the male-controlled world of trucking.
Rush was  41 30 miles outside Detroit. When the teenage Rush visited the reservation for the first time, she was  42  by the poverty and lack of hope. "I really wanted to  43  " she says.
She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1982. She took a nursing job with a 44 pay and then practiced at an air goods company, 45 the speed of package pickups and deliveries made a little more a little more profits. "I thought I could do that 46 ," Rush says.
Within six months, Rush had ten employees, and clients(客戶)  47 Ford and GM were paying her to 48 small packages from the airport. Ford was the first to offer her a job trucking parts between its plants and supplier.
By 2001, many of Rush's 1,000 employees were Native Americans, working alongside people of every    49  But she felt she hadn't done enough. 50  she joined forces with a Canadian parts maker to design and gather auto components.
She located the plants near reservations, 51 opportunities where they were needed most. By 2009, her auto parts business was earning $370 million   52  .
She's come a long way from the  53   23-year-old who thought "the cash would just roll in." But Rush wouldn't change a thing: "I love my job," she says. "I 54 the fact that you can start to get some motivation and keep   55  yourself—and then suddenly you lift your head and it's been 25 years"
小題1:
A．makeB．accomplishC． receiveD．arrive
小題2:
A．whatB．whichC．whyD．who
小題3:
A．soB．somehowC．stillD．anyhow
小題4:
A． grownB．becomeC．gotD．gone
小題5:
A．able housewifeB．ordinary womanC．role modelD．truck driver
小題6:
A．broughtB．livedC．risen D．raised
小題7:
A．movedB．interestedC．struckD．encouraged
小題8: A have an influence           B．make a difference  C．set an example   D．make a decision
小題9:
A．lowB．highC．cheapD．expensive
小題10:
A．whichB．thatC．whenD．where
小題11:
A．wellB．badlyC．worseD．better
小題12:
A．likeB．besidesC．forD．except
小題13:
A．takeB．fetchC．bringD．lift
小題14:
A．educationB．familyC．backgroundD．city
小題15:
A．BecauseB．ForC．ButD．So
小題16:
A．seizingB．creatingC．graspingD．losing
小題17:.
A．in caseB．in turnC．in returnD．in need
小題18:
A．inexperiencedB．experiencedC．expertD．skilled
小題19:
A．enjoyB．hateC．doubtD．refuse
小題20:
A．fightingB．forcingC．challengingD．amusing

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A．they are so weak that it’s difficult for them to grow up
B．there are no black flowers in the world.
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D．they can take in the light of all wave lengths, which make the flowers dry up
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