Mariah,35,wasasinglemother.Shehadfourkidsundertheage9...

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Mariah, 35, was a single mother. She had four kids under the age 9, and was hardly keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra weekend hours as a waitress. There were times when she lay in bed and cried. She didn’t know how she could pay that bill. But she knew she must find a way to change her life.

She knew how hard it was to mop(拖)the floor. “I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water and wringing (擰)out a mop,” Mariah says. “So, I got a better way.” How about a “self-wringing” mop? She designed a special tool. You could twist in two directions and still keep your hands clean and dry.

She set out to sell her mops, but the mops didn’t sell well at the market. Then Mariah met with the media. But would people buy a mop by reading an advertisement? They gave it a try, and it failed. Mariah was sure it would sell well if they let her do the on-camera show. “Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it’s a great thing,” said Mariah. So QVC let her have a try. “I got on the stage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”

Today Mariah is the president of Ingenious designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network. Talking about hr household inventions is as natural for her it is for parents to talk about their child.

Today one of her favorite products is Huggable Hangers(衣架). The thin, space-saving tool are the most successful goods ever sold on HSN, with 100 million hanging out in closets across the country.

28. According to Paragraph 1, Mariah _______.

A. had no way to take care of her children

B. lived a hard life but she didn’t give up

C. was depressed for she couldn’t pay the bill

D. did a part-time job every day to support her family

29. What was the secret of Mariah’s success?

A. She worked hard enough

B. She sold the mops herself

C. She had a lot of friends

D. She knew the needs of the market

30. From the passage we know that HSN__________.

A. is a famous TV station