My First Job
Jay Leno is a very famous TV host in NBC.He started his talk show titled The Jay Lena Show in September 2009.It was a very popular TV programm in America.Here is the story of his first job.
I gained a very strong work concept from my parents, both of whom lived through a hard period of time-the Great Depression (大蕭條).They couldn't ___
36___ people who didn't work regularly.I once told my mom that Sylvester Stallone was getting $12 million for ten weeks of work."What's he going to do the rest of the
_37__?" she asked.
I took my first job at Wilmington Ford near my homerown of Andover, Massachusetts, when I was 16.I worked until five or six o'clock on school days and _
_38____ 12-hour days during the summer as a prepper(擦洗汽車(chē)的小工).This meant washing and polishing the new cars, and making sure the paper floor mats were in __
39__.Another responsibility was taking off the hubcaps (車(chē)輪轂蓋) at night, so they wouldn't get stolen, and
40 them the next day.This wa
s 41 work because we had about seven acres of
42 One day, carrying an armful of hubcaps
43 a corner, I almost __44__ our new general manager.Scared, I dropped them all.He __
45 me on the spot.
I was too ashamed to tell my parents.Every day for about two weeks, I stayed _
_46 until evening.Then I would go home and say I had a .__
47___ day at work.
Trying to make a last
48 , I wrote a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened.I said that we were a reliable Ford family and that when I was old enough, I was going to buy a Mustang. _
_49__ the owner of the dealership(經(jīng)營(yíng)店) called."I don't know who you know in Detroit." he said."but if you want your job back, you've
50 it.”
Later, during college, I wanted to work at a Roils-Royce dealership, but the owner said there were no openings.So 1 started washing cars there anyway.When the __
_51__ noticed me, I said I was working until he _
52__ me.He did.And the second day, I started to work there as a sales clerk.
It
53 persistence (堅(jiān)持) to succeed.Attitude
54_ matters.I have never thought I was better than anyone else, but I have always believed I couldn't be
_ 55 .
小題1: | A.see | B.know | C.understand | D.love |
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小題3: | A.put in | B.took up | C.gave out | D.stuck to |
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小題4: | A.place | B.need | C.shape | D.fashion |
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小題5: | A.changing | B.selling | C.replacing | D.cleaning |
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小題6: | A.hard | B.normal | C.regular | D.plain |
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小題7: | A.mats | B.cars | C.a(chǎn)reas | D.floors |
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小題8: | A.a(chǎn)t | B.in | C.beyond | D.a(chǎn)round |
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小題9: | A.broke into | B.looked across | C.crashed into | D.came across |
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小題10: | A.fired | B.left | C.punished | D.forgot |
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小題11: | A.calm | B.busy | C.still | D.a(chǎn)lone |
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小題12: | A.stressful | B.relaxing | C.bad | D.great |
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小題13: | A.effort | B.change | C.dialogue | D.decision |
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小題14: | A.Gradually | B.Eventually | C.Temporarily | D.Hopefully |
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小題15: | A.reached | B.passed | C.got | D.caught |
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小題16: | A.prepper | B.owner | C.clerk | D.customer |
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小題17: | A.helped | B.tired | C.hired | D.called |
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小題18: | A.makes | B.shows | C.carries | D.takes |
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小題19: | A.a(chǎn)lso | B.even | C.never | D.ever |
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小題20: | A.followed | B.scolded | C.defeated | D.interrupted |
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