Decadesago，I wasoneoftheunhappiestmeninNewYork.Iwas...

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     Decades ago，I  was one of the unhappiest men in New York. I was selling motor-trucks for a living. I didn't know what made a motor-truck run. That wasn't all: I didn't want to know. I despised (看不起）my job, I despised living in a  36 furnished room filled with cockroaches (蟑螂)，When I  37 out for a fresh necktie, they scattered in all directions. I despised eating in dirty restaurants 38 filled with cockroaches.

    I came back to my lonely room each night with a sick headache 39 by disappointment and bitterness. Was this life? Was this the adventure I had 40   ? Was this all life would ever   41 to me—working at a job I despised，living with cockjroaches，and eating bad food? I 42 for leisure to read and to write the books I had dreamed of writing back in my college days.

    I knew I had everything to gain and 43 to lose by giving up the job I despised. So I quitted the work I hated and 44 I had studied in the Teachers’ College, preparing to teach, I would make my living teaching adult classes in night schools. Then I would have my 45 free to read books，prepare lectures, and write novels.

    What subject should I teach? As I looked back and 46 my own college training，I saw that public speaking was of more 47 value to me than everything else I had studied in college because it had 48 out my lack of confidence and given me the courage to deal with people. It had also made 49 that leadership usually favors the man who can get up and speak his mind.

    Then I started teaching in night schools, where I had to show 50  results quickly。 These 511didn't come for college credits. They came for one reason only: to solve problems. They wanted to stand up on their own feet and say a few words at a business meeting without fainting from 52 , They wanted to call on a(n)  53 customer without, having to walk around the  block three times to get up_54 . They wanted to develop self-confidence, I had to 55 my students-1 had to help them. By doing this, I found my true calling and happiness.

36.A. well                B. cheap              C. fully         D. partly

37. A. sought             B. reached            C. stood         D. set

38. A. abmptly            B. barely             C. probably      D. properly

39. A. fed                B. raised             C. aroused       D. followed

40. A. stepped out for    B. looked forward to  C. worked up to in for

41. en              B. cater              C. mean          D. see

42. A. asked              B. longed             C. searched     D. went

43. A. evexything         B. anything           C something     D. nothing

44. A. once               B. while              C. since         D. after

45. A. moments            B. days               C. months        D. years

46, A. checked            B. took               C. recalled     D. evaluated

47. A. practical    B. economical   C. inner          D. technical

48. A. given        B. wiped        ied         D. got

49. A. essential    B. solid        C. clear          D. simple

50. A. concrete     B. accurate     C. absolute       D. various

51. A. salesmen     B. customers    C. children       D. adults

52, A. disappointment   B. fright   C bitterness      D. depression

53. A. unique       B. earnest      C. regular        h

54, A. Interest     B. hope         C. courage       D. expectation

55. A. assist       nize      C. lead           D. motivate

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