高考英语基础复习 Unit 17 Laughter活页提升 北师大版选修6.docVIP

Unit 17　Laughter .完形填空 le around me.Thus I was always __1__ to do business.When I began to __2__ business ideas with friends at a younger age，they would shake their head and say，“It wont __3__” and I would answer，“Oh，yes it will.” At twelve I started my first business with a local newsagent.I delivered newspapers door to door.It was all about building __4__．Beginning in November__5__ that everyone in the neighborhood where I dropped papers knew who their paperboy was.The __6__ was to receive a significant Christmas bonus to pay for a bike. I was a headache to my mother and she found it __7__ to deal with a child with all these wild thoughts.At fifteen，I __8__ I didnt like school and being a scholar was not the __9__ to becoming successful.One particular autumn evening I __10__ to my mum that I no longer wished to go to school.__11__ I preferred to work on a business idea that I __12__ would make me a million within the first year，enabling me to __13__ Liverpool and move to London.So I dropped out of school. However，I __14__ and lost all my money.My business came to an end.I am very __15__ that I not only have a strong and supportive family but also an intrinsic(固有的)__16____17__ when I have lost money，relationships，or whole businesses，__18__ I always had the thirst and hunger to move forward and meet the challenges head on. I suppose that has been my motto(座右铭)throughout my life—always look at why something is __19__ rather than thinking about reasons why I cannot achieve something.I __20__erson who wants to be an entrepreneur(企业家)to keep going and fight to achieve your goals. 【语篇解读】 作者认为是自己对成功的渴望和对困难的态度促使自己走向了成功。 1．A.afraid B．able C．unsure D．eager 答案　D　[根据前句中with many business people around me可知作者渴望做生意。] 答案　B　[根据后边的对话可知作者和朋友们分享他的经商理念。] 答案　C　[根据句中shake their head可知朋友们不认可。] 答案　A　[根据后句中knew who their paperboy was可知作者意在建立与人们的联系。] 答案　C　[根据句中knew who their paperboy was可知作者保证每个人都知道他们的报童是谁。] 答案　D　[根据句中to receive a significant Christmas bonus可知这是作者的目的。] ffi