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When Andra Rush started her trucking company, all she had was an old van，two used pick-up trucks and the simple certainty of a 23-year-old girl. But she planned to make her fortune in about four years to
36 her true goal: dealing with poverty on Native American reservations across North America. "I thought I could retire by the time I was 27," says Rush, "At that age, you don't know
37 you don't know."
Rush is 49 now and
38 working hard. Her tiny start-up just outside Detroit has
39 to a $400 million North American business. Today Rush is a(an)
40 not only for Native Americans but also for women in the male-controlled world of trucking.
Rush was
41 30 miles outside Detroit. When the teenage Rush visited the reservation for the first time, she was
42 by the poverty and lack of hope. "I really wanted to
43 " she says.
She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1982. She took a nursing job with a
44 pay and then practiced at an air goods company,
45 the speed of package pickups
and deliveries made a little more a little more profits. "I thought I could do that
46 ," Rush says.
Within six months, Rush had ten employees, and clients(客户)
47 Ford and GM were paying her to
48 small packages from the airport. Ford was the first to offer her a job trucking parts between its plants and supplier.
By 2001, many of Rush's 1,000 employees were Native Americans, working alongside people of every
49 But she felt she hadn't done enough.
50 she joined forces with a Canadian parts maker to design and gather auto components.
She located the plants near reservations,
51 opportunities where they were needed most. By 2009, her auto parts business was earning $370 million
52 .
She's come a long way from the
53 23-year-old who thought "the cash would just roll in." But Rush wouldn't change a thing: "I love my job," she says. "I
54 the fact that you can start to get some motivation and keep
55 yourself—and then suddenly you lift your head and it's been 25 years"
| 小题1: | | A．make | B．accomplish | C． receive | D．arrive |
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| 小题3: | | A．so | B．somehow | C．still | D．anyhow |
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| 小题4: | | A． grown | B．become | C．got | D．gone |
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| 小题5: | | A．able housewife | B．ordinary woman | C．role model | D．truck driver |
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| 小题6: | | A．brought | B．lived | C．risen | D．raised |
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| 小题7: | | A．moved | B．interested | C．struck | D．encouraged |
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小题8: A have an influence B．make a difference C．set an example D．make a decision
| 小题9: | | A．low | B．high | C．cheap | D．expensive |
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| 小题10: | | A．which | B．that | C．when | D．where |
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| 小题11: | | A．well | B．badly | C．worse | D．better |
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| 小题12: | | A．like | B．besides | C．for | D．except |
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| 小题13: | | A．take | B．fetch | C．bring | D．lift |
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| 小题14: | | A．education | B．family | C．background | D．city |
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| 小题16: | | A．seizing | B．creating | C．grasping | D．losing |
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小题17:.
| A．in case | B．in turn | C．in return | D．in need |
| 小题18: | | A．inexperienced | B．experienced | C．expert | D．skilled |
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| 小题19: | | A．enjoy | B．hate | C．doubt | D．refuse |
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| 小题20: | | A．fighting | B．forcing | C．challenging | D．amusing |
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and deliveries made a little more a little more profits. "I thought I could do that 46 ," Rush says.