ForDaveMoody,thecombinationofagoodeducation,hiswife,and...
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For Dave Moody, the combination of a good education, his wife, and a passion for architecture, led him to be a successful business owner.
Moody decided he had a passion for 21 , so he used his knowledge of architecture as a(n) 22 in the construction business. 23 , just weeks after accepting his dream job and relocating his family to Atlanta, the company that _ 24 him went under.
Dave often says, “What was my worst day became my 25 day.”
With nothing left to lose, he 26 his own business. Today, that business has 27 into the C. D. Moody Construction Company, a fullservice company that has worked on big 28 like Turner Field, which used to be called Olympic Stadium. When asked if he's a millionaire, Moody 29 not to focus on figures. Instead, he aims at the question, “If we had 30 tomorrow, would people want to be around us 31 who we are or what we have? That's how we 32 success. Do people feel better after being around us, or 33 ?”
Moody and his 34 started a scholarship foundation and have 35 large sums to Georgia Perimeter College, Howard University, and Central State University. He is a survivor of his poor childhood and speaks out about the difficulties and 36 to overcome them. “There is somebody out there who can change that person's 37 , and instil (逐步灌輸) that potential for hope. And once you 38 and get hope, you're something. You can do some 39 things,” said Dave.
To him, the American Dream is that the 40 to come have a desire and an opportunity to be successful, and he is trying to instil hope in those future generations through construction.
21.A. dancing | B.painting | C.building | D.communicating |
22.A. clue | B.movement | C.enquiry | D.opportunity |
23.A. Indeed | B.However | C.Besides | D.Though |
24.A. trusted | B.employed | C.instructed | D.improved |
25.A. best | B.easiest | C.busiest | D.coldest |
26.A. suspected | B.analyzed | C.balanced | D.started |
27.A. burst | B.divided | C.grown | D.searched |
28.A ts | B.courses | C.programmes | D.projects |
29.A. continues | B.pretends | C.prefers | D.agrees |
30.A. something | B.everything | C.nothing | D.anything |
31.A. as for | B.along with | C.instead of | D.because of |
32.A. go through | B.look at | C.pick up | D.make up |
33.A. ruder | B.cleverer | C.warmer | D.worse |
34.A. assistant | B.students | C.wife | D.parents |
35.A. linked | B.donated | C.exposed | D.lent |
36.A. when | B.what | C.why | D.how |
37.A. cheek | B.life | C.root | D.fame |
38.A. lose | B.lack | C.touch | D.doubt |
39.A. deadly | B.amazing | C.relaxing | D.romantic |
40.A. employees | B.populations | C.generations | D.travellers |
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21—25 CDBBA 26---30 DCDCC 31---35 DBDCB 36---40 DBCBC
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