By serving others, a person focuses on someone other than himself or herself, __________ can be very eye-opening and rewarding.
A. who B. which
C. what D. that
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Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials (商業(yè)廣告) for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. “As long as it works," he said in 1991, “I'll continue to do those commercials."
Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. “He still won't let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had
properfitting shoes," Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted(收養(yǎng)) as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. “He fed me," Thomas said, “and if I got out of line, he'd beat me."
Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restauran
ts. But he had something much better in mind. “I thought if I owned a restaurant," he said, “I could eat for free." A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.
In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashi
oned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made to order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes$ 6 billion a year in sales.
Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer afuture for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation (基金會) for Adoption in 1992.
In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
“The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave,"says friend Pat Williams. “He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody."
1.What is the article mainly about?
A. The life of Dave Thomas. B. The dream of Dave Thomas.
C. The schooling of Dave Thomas. D. The growth of Dave Thomas's business.
2. What do we know about his childhood?
A.He lived a poor life. B.He had caring parents.
C. He stayed in one place. D. He didn't go to school.
3.Choose the right time order of the following events in Thomas's life.
a.graduated from high school b.started his own business
c.became a millionaire d.started a foundation
e.met Harland Sanders
A. e,b,c,d,a, B. a,e,c,b,d, C. e,c,b,d,a, D. a,e,b,c,
4. “He was just Joe Everybody." (in the last paragraph) means _______.
A. Dave was famous B. Dave was ordinary
C. Dave was showy D. Dave was shy
5.What is the name of Dave Thomas's business?
A. Thomas's. B. Wendy's. C. Lorraine's. D. Rex's.
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In 1980, Candy Lightner's 13-year-old daughter Cad was killed by a drunk driver as she walked down a suburban street in California. “I promised myself on the day of Cad's death that I would fight to make this needless accident count_for something positive in the years ahead,”Candy Lightner later wrote.
The drunk driver received a two-year prison sentence. However, he avoided prison by serving time in a work camp and a halfway house. Ms. Lightner was very angry about that and so organized Mothers Against Drunk Drivers(MADD), which later changed to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The aim of her organization was to raise public awareness of the serious nature of drunk driving and to promote tough legislation against the crime.
Before Ms. Lightner's MADD, intoxication (醉酒), including drunk driving, was not taken seriously. Intoxication was often used as an excuse for otherwise unacceptable behaviour: “I didn't know what I was doing—I was drunk.”
Candy Lightner appeared on major television shows, spoke before the US Congress, addressed professional and business, groups, and worked tirelessly for years to change public attitudes, change judicial(審判的) behaviour, and promote tough new legislation. Ms. Lightner left MADD because the organization that she herself created is changing its focus. “I didn't start MADD to deal with alcohol. I started MADD to deal with the issue of drunk driving.”
The President of the United States awarded her the President's Volunteer Action Award and she was the subject of the movie “Mothers Against Drunk Drivers: the Candy Lightner Story”.
6. One of the purposes of MADD was to ________.
A. improve drivers' driving skills
B. make new laws against crimes
C. tell drivers to avoid drunk driving
D. warn people not to drink alcohol
7. What does the underlined part “count for ” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. To be valuable for. B. To explain.
C. To take the place of. D. To control.
8. How did Ms. Lightner realize MADD's goals?
a. By talking on TV.
b. By giving a talk to businessmen.
c. By giving suggestions to the US Congress.
d. By applying for a job with the government.
A. a, c, d B. a, b, d C. a, b, c D. b, c, d
9. We can learn from the passage that________.
A. the drunk driver had not been caught
B. drunk driving didn't receive enough attention before MADD
C. Candy Lightner played a leading role in a film
D. MADD didn't get much support from society
10. What would be the BEST title for the passage?
A. What is MADD?
B. How to stop drunk driving?
C. New law against drunk driving
D. Candy Lightner and her MADD
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Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials (商業(yè)廣告) for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. “As long as it works," he said in 1991, “I'll continue to do those commercials."
Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. “He still won't let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes," Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted(收養(yǎng)) as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. “He fed me," Thomas said, “and if I got out of line, he'd beat me."
Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. “I thought if I owned a restaurant," he said, “I could eat for free." A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.
In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made to order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.
Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation (基金會) for Adoption in 1992.
In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
“The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," says friend Pat Williams. “He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody."
1.What is the article mainly about?
A. The life of Dave Thomas. B. The dream of Dave Thomas.
C. The schooling of Dave Thomas. D. The growth of Dave Thomas's business.
2.What do we know about his childhood?
A. He lived a poor life. B. He had caring parents.
C. He stayed in one place. D. He didn't go to school.
3.Choose the right time order of the following events in Thomas's life.
a. graduated from high school b. started his own business
c. became a millionaire d. started a foundation
e. met Harland Sanders
A. e,b,c,d,a, B. a,e,c,b,d,
C. e,c,b,d,a, D. a,e,b,c,d,
4. “He was just Joe Everybody." (in the last paragraph) means _______.
A. Dave was famous B. Dave was ordinary
C. Dave was showy D. Dave was shy
5.What is the name of Dave Thomas's business?
A. Thomas's. B. Wendy's. C. Lorraine's. D. Rex's.
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