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第三部分：阅读理解（共2小题;每小题2分，满分4分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项

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(A)

During the early 1980S，I was a sales manager for a large training company. One of my responsibilities was to train people on how to sell

My mother lived near me for nearly 30 years，who has just had a third-grade education. The population in our area grew sufficiently and the committee members think about building a new church in our neighborhood. They decided to raise the initial capital by selling lottery (彩票）tickets. My mother jumped at the chance to participate. She had no formal training in the art of selling，but that never entered her mind. Her plan was simple: talk to as many people as possible about buying tickets and make them feel guilty if they didn't.

That's where I came into the picture. She said I was a big shot and that I must know a lot of people. She gave me 10 booklets of 10 tickets， each one worth one dollar， adding up to a grand total of $ 100. A week later，I showed up with only half of the tickets sold.

" If only I had more time，I would have been able to sell all these tickets you gave me，" I said to my mother. "I simply didn't have the time. "

" What a load of nonsense! You either do something or you have all the excuses why not，，' my mother shot back. "You made time to go out to dinner ，watch TV ，jog ，go to the movies. What does time have to do with it? Nothing! " After that blast of the truth，she started to cry. I was defeated. I quickly agreed to buy the rest of my tickets myself. She stopped crying instantly and said，" When you want something ，then you do whatever it takes to get the job done ，even cry. " With a smile she said，"I knew that crying would work with you，and for being so weak with your excuses