My parents influenced us with the concepts of family,faith and patriotism when I was
young.Even though we struggled to make ends meet,they stressed how fortunate we were
to live in a great country with limitless opportunities.
I got my first real job when I was ten.My dad,Benjamin,injured his back working in a
cardboardbox factory and was retrained as a hairstylist.He rented space in a little mall
and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr Ben's Coiffure.
The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his rent for cleaning the
parking lot three nights a week,which meant getting up at 3 am.To pick up trash,Dad
used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower.Mom and I emptied garbage cans
and picked up litter by hand.It took two to three hours to clean the lot.I'd sleep in the
car on the way home.
I did this for two years,but the lessons I learned have lasted a lifetime.I acquired
discipline and a strong work morality,and learned at an early age the importance of
balancing life's competing interests-in my case,school,homework and a job.This really
helped during my senior year of high school,when I worked 40 hours a week flipping
hamburgers at a fastfood joint while taking a full load of collegeprep courses.
The_hard_work_paid_off.I attended the US Military Academy and went on to
receive graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard.Later,I joined a big Los
Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly.In these jobs and in
everything else I've done,I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot.The
experience taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to
provide for themselves and their families,that is something we should honor.
A.he is lucky to have many chances to get a job
B.it is difficult to find a job to make ends meet
C.his parents are full of complaint about their life
D.it is not acceptable to live in such bad conditions
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I'm sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But to you know who wrote the song, and for whom it was written?
A professor named Archibald Hill in Lousiville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill, were asked to write songs for a book called“ Song Stories for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. Out of them was the well-known“ Good Morning to You”. The song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children, but many grownups knew it, too. A few years later, little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday to You” to the melody of “Good Morning to You” to her little nephew, she sang the song like this:
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Archie !
Happy birthday to you.
Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song became popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simple tune and
friendly words.
(1)Archibald Hill was ________.
[ ]
A. English
B. American
C. Russian
D. Australian
(2)Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill wrote ________ for the book “Song Stories for the Sunday Morning”.
[ ]
A. a book
B. some plays
C. many songs
D. some stories
(3)The professor, Archibald Hill, was Miss Mildred Hill's ________.
[ ]
(4)The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of ________ years.
[ ]
A. ninety-seven
B. more than ninety-seven
C. less than ninety
D. about ninety
(5)The sentence “it really did” means ________.
[ ]
A. the song really became popular.
B. their wish really came true
C. children all over the world like the song
D. the song became more popular
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