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 （大萧条）．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（擦洗汽车的小工）．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 (车轮毂盖） 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(经营店） 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 (坚持） 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 ．
| 小题1: | | A．see | B．know | C．understand | D．love |
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| 小题3: | | A．put in | B．took up | C．gave out | D．stuck to |
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| 小题4: | | A．place | B．need | C．shape | D．fashion |
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| 小题5: | | A．changing | B．selling | C．replacing | D．cleaning |
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| 小题6: | | A．hard | B．normal | C．regular | D．plain |
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| 小题7: | | A．mats | B．cars | C．areas | D．floors |
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| 小题9: | | A．broke into | B．looked across | C．crashed into | D．came across |
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| 小题10: | | A．fired | B．left | C．punished | D．forgot |
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| 小题11: | | A．calm | B．busy | C．still | D．alone |
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| 小题12: | | A．stressful | B．relaxing | C．bad | D．great |
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| 小题13: | | A．effort | B．change | C．dialogue | D．decision |
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| 小题14: | | A．Gradually | B．Eventually | C．Temporarily | D．Hopefully |
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| 小题15: | | A．reached | B．passed | C．got | D．caught |
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| 小题16: | | A．prepper | B．owner | C．clerk | D．customer |
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| 小题17: | | A．helped | B．tired | C．hired | D．called |
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| 小题18: | | A．makes | B．shows | C．carries | D．takes |
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| 小题19: | | A．also | B．even | C．never | D．ever |
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| 小题20: | | A．followed | B．scolded | C．defeated | D．interrupted |
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