Never give up!
It is my law(法則) of life. It has brought me 41 . I learned
the law from my father’s 42 story.
My father was 43 in
a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young
boy, he went to school in the morning, then 44 in the fields till sunset (日落). And then he did
his homework 45 midnight. Life was hard, because
they had no 46 !
At the age of
14,my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the
land where 47 people can become
rich.
“ 48
don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of
hope.
So, my father
came to America. “I had thought it was easy to 49 money
in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true.
They did not like to hire (雇傭) me because I spoke 50 English.
Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, 51
dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was 52 for
the first few years. I worked from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t 53 the
schooling(學(xué)費(fèi)).”
My father 54
working hard, and reached his goal.
“Alan,” he often
says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up.
Things do not come 55 in
life.” That is what I learned from my father.
( ) 41. A. disaster B.
loss C.
success D.
pity
( ) 42. A.
life B. fashion C.
danger D. history
( ) 43. A.
famous B.
lucky C.
rich D. born
( ) 44. A.
taught B.
worked C.
studied D. slept
( ) 45. A.
until B.
towards C.
for D.
during
( ) 46. A. experience B.
energy C.
time D.
money
( ) 47. A.
kind B.
poor C.
strong D. lazy
( ) 48. A.
What B.
How C.
Why D.
When
( ) 49. A. discover B.
make C.
collect D. spend
( ) 50. A.
little B.
good C.
much D.
excellent
( ) 51. A.
giving B.
running C.
washing D. receiving
( ) 52. A. comfortable B.
cheerful C.
nice D. hard
( ) 53. A.
borrow B.
need C.
afford D. pay
( ) 54. A.
kept B.
finished C. minded
D. stopped
( ) 55. A.
really B.
easily C.
quietly D. slowly