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When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing oneperson. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business."
Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.
【小题1】Helene tied several chopsticks together to show ______.
A.the strength of family unity
B.the difficulty of growing up
C.the advantage of chopsticks
D.the best way of giving a lesson
【小题2】We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the Helene An family ______.
A.started a business in 1975
B.left Vietnam without much money
C.bought a restaurant in San Francisco
D.opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles
【小题3】What can we infer about the five daughters?
A.They did not finish their college education.
B.They could not bear to work in the family business.
C.They were influenced by what Helene taught them.
D.They were troubled by disagreement among family members.
【小题4】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.How to Run a Corporation
B.Strength Comes from Peace
C.How to Achieve a Big Dream
D.Family Unity Builds Success
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同类题2

   I grew up in a small town. There was a man named Joe, who was uneducated and couldn’t talk _______. He was good-natured but not very smart, _______ everyone teased him.

One day when I was sitting on the porch, he came walking by. I was about 12 and thought it would make me _______ grown-up to play jokes on him as some _______ did.

He asked what I was doing. I told him that my father had _______ his job and that we were short of money. I could see my friends nearby _______ so I went on with the _______. From his _______ expression, I was convinced that I had fooled him ________

I knew he lived a ________ life with low income, so it was ________ when he asked whether we needed anything. I told him that we didn’t know if we would have enough to ________, and he replied, “You poon thing.”

That night I heard the door ________ softly. I thought it was the wind whipping against the door, so I ________ it. The next morning I found a small box of food outside my house. I knew it was from Joe. I looked into the box of canned food with ________ in my eyes. I felt ashamed of taking advantage of his ________ for me. Later I ________ the whole story to my father and said I wanted to return the box. My father scolded me and ________ that I keep the box; otherwise it would hurt Joe’s feelings.

Although the food was not ________, I knew Joe gave the best he had. I did not ________ the gift.

【小题1】
A.smoothlyB.loudlyC.publiclyD.honestly
【小题2】
A.ifB.orC.soD.but
【小题3】
A.feelB.appearC.soundD.smell
【小题4】
A.peersB.teenagersC.adultsD.idiots
【小题5】
A.foundB.lostC.searchedD.changed
【小题6】
A.playingB.cheeringC.smilingD.laughing
【小题7】
A.reportB.storyC.taleD.legend
【小题8】
A.doubtfulB.impatientC.puzzledD.concerned
【小题9】
A.properlyB.fairlyC.completelyD.finally
【小题10】
A.happyB.meaningfulC.simpleD.tough
【小题11】
A.embarrassingB.funnyC.reasonableD.sorrowful
【小题12】
A.drinkB.spendC.wearD.eat
【小题13】
A.knocked atB.broken intoC.turned downD.closed up
【小题14】
A.openedB.shutC.ignoredD.locked
【小题15】
A.thanksB.fearC.tearsD.pride
【小题16】
A.stupidityB.supportC.loveD.sympathy
【小题17】
A.confessedB.translatedC.repeatedD.recommended
【小题18】
A.preferredB.insistedC.orderedD.decided
【小题19】
A.freshB.cheapC.valuableD.tasty
【小题20】
A.appreciateB.admireC.cherishD.deserve

同类题3

   One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It’s like looking at the tiled(铺瓦的)ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is_____ .

Once I heard a bald(秃头的)man said,“Whenever I enter a room,_____ I see is hair.”Once you’ve_____ what your missing tile is,explore whether getting it will_____ make you happy. Then do one of the three things:get it,replace it with a different_____ ,or forget about it and_____ the tiles in your life that are not missing.

We all know people who have had a relatively easy life,yet are essentially unhappy_____ people who have suffered a great deal_____  remain happy.

The first_____ is gratitude(感激).All happy people are ______ .Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to______ ,but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The second secret is______ that happiness is a by-product(副产品)of something else. The most obvious______ are the pursuit that gives our lives purpose-anything______ studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have,the more happiness we are likely to______ .

Finally,the belief that something lasting for a long time goes beyond us and that our______ has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We______ a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy is, it should ______ this truth:If you choose to find the______ in every situation, you will be blessed;and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is______ your decision to make.

【小题1】
A.differentB.missingC.shortD.broken
【小题2】
A.nothingB.noneC.allD.anything
【小题3】
A.determinedB.predictedC.assumedD.imagined
【小题4】
A.completelyB.naturallyC.hopefullyD.really
【小题5】
A.tileB.brickC.ceilingD.house
【小题6】
A.look onB.focus onC.count onD.decide on
【小题7】
A.sinceB.becauseC.whileD.although
【小题8】
A.certainlyB.simplyC.hardlyD.generally
【小题9】
A.secretB.factorC.ruleD.key
【小题10】
A.wealthyB.gratefulC.proudD.generous
【小题11】
A.upsetB.quarrelC.complainD.disappoint
【小题12】
A.permittingB.wonderingC.provingD.realizing
【小题13】
A.sourcesB.resultsC.answersD.goals
【小题14】
A.amongB.fromC.throughD.for
【小题15】
A.advocateB.acceptC.experienceD.face
【小题16】
A.valueB.destinationC.survivalD.existence
【小题17】
A.needB.lackC.demandD.expect
【小题18】
A.connectB.includeC.absorbD.mean
【小题19】
A.worstB.bestC.positiveD.negative
【小题20】
A.normallyB.totallyC.exactlyD.largely

同类题5

   Several years ago,we planned to move out of the city and buy a country house. The first ___________ was finding a suitable country house that we could afford. We started to ___________ the real estate(房地产)listings online and thought we had found a really ___________ one. My wife Catherine went to look at it. I was expecting a positive result. ___________,my wife told me the house wasn't suitable for us at all. While this was not the ___________ of the world,it prevented us from carrying out our plans as we had expected. So,what did we do?Could we ___________ and decide to stay where we were?No. We decided to ___________ looking.

To make a long story ___________,it took us two years of weekly visits to the real estate listings before we ___________ found three houses that might be suitable. The next ____________ seemed obvious-we had to take some time off work and drive down to ____________ these houses. So,off we went and after 15 hours of steady driving,we ____________.The next three days were tight-looking,then looking again and then finally making an ____________. The final story has a ____________ ending-we found our house,and ____________ several months later.

Sometimes, ____________ show up out of nowhere to destroy the best of plans, and some of these difficulties can be the final play. ____________, if you adopt the philosophy that every obstacle has a solution, then you can find your ____________ through. Obstacles will appear no matter who you are or what you are trying to ____________, but it is only those who know there is a solution and keep digging until they find it that will ____________ one day.

【小题1】
A.rewardB.measureC.suggestionD.difficulty
【小题2】
A.make outB.look intoC.look throughD.apply for
【小题3】
A.specialB.goodC.expensiveD.large
【小题4】
A.FortunatelyB.AbsolutelyC.SadlyD.Seriously
【小题5】
A.natureB.powerC.factD.end
【小题6】
A.get offB.show upC.take offD.give up
【小题7】
A.tryB.stopC.keepD.begin
【小题8】
A.honestB.shortC.worthwhileD.interesting
【小题9】
A.finallyB.suddenlyC.graduallyD.quickly
【小题10】
A.ideaB.stepC.tipD.ceremony
【小题11】
A.decorateB.designC.seeD.paint
【小题12】
A.changedB.escapedC.settledD.arrived
【小题13】
A.offerB.opportunityC.addressD.opinion
【小题14】
A.merryB.wrongC.familiarD.traditional
【小题15】
A.celebratedB.checkedC.movedD.left
【小题16】
A.surprisesB.hopesC.disastersD.challenges
【小题17】
A.BesidesB.HoweverC.InsteadD.Furthermore
【小题18】
A.wayB.supportC.dreamD.goal
【小题19】
A.serveB.designC.achieveD.hide
【小题20】
A.struggleB.succeedC.improveD.appear