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Carolyn Stradley is the founder of C&S Paving Inc. (铺路公司) in Atlanta, USA. In the following account,
she recalls the job that challenged her
1 and skill but left her flying high.
"When the Atlanta Airport was under
2 in 1979, we were a new company struggling to make it. National
Car Rental wanted to have 2,500 square meters of dirt paved
3 the cars could be on site
4 the airport
opened, and the official opening was only ten days away!
5 other local paving company wanted to do the
job,
6 it couldn't be done in such a short time.
"Because we were new and really needed the work, we were
7 to try harder. We gave National Car
Rental our offer and
8 our best effort to get the job finished within ten days. We also
9 them that if we
failed, they would be no worse off,
10 they had plenty to gain if we succeeded.
"We got the job and immediately went into
11 . Working at night needed lights, so I rented a machine to
produce electricity for the site. Our
12 challenge was to keep the rock mixture
13 enough. All the available
water wagons (洒水车) were rented out for the airport construction, and we certainly couldn't afford to buy
a new one.
14 , I got a special
15 to rent fire engine hoses (消防水龙带) and connect them to nearby hydrants (消防栓);
then I
16 held one of those hoses to
17 down the rock.
"Those ten days were filled with challenges that
18 one creative idea after another. Nine days later, the night
before the airport opened, National Car Rental was the
19 company that had cars on the parking lot.
"The key to our success was having the
20 to take on any job and then being creative in our approach to
getting it done."
( )1. A. kindness
( )2. A. construction
( )3. A. after
( )4. A. while
( )5. A. Some
( )6. A. stating
( )7. A. able
( )8. A. supported
( )9. A. asked
( )10. A. though
( )11. A. discussion
( )12. A. next
( )13. A. cold
( )14. A. Naturally
( )15. A. excuse
( )16. A. exactly
( )17. A. pull
( )18. A. required
( )19. A. best
( )20. A. courage |
B. patience
B. repair
B. as
B. since
B. Any
B. reporting
B. nervous
B. promised
B. surprised
B. but
B. action
B. first
B. wet
B. Obviously
B. order
B. personally
B. knock
B. mixed
B. last
B. interest |
C. imagination
C. control
C. for
C. where
C. No
C. telling
C. afraid
C. continued
C. reminded
C. as
C. practice
C. past
C. loose
C. Meanwhile
C. permit
C. angrily
C. hit
C. followed
C. second
C. hope |
D. experience
D. development
D. so
D. when
D. Every
D. warning
D. willing
D. improved
D. demanded
D. unless
D. production
D. previous
D. clean
D. Instead
D. reason
D. hardly
D. water
D. formed
D. only
D. chance |