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JohnH．JohnsonwasborninafamilyinArkansasCityin1918．HisfatherdiedinanaccidentwhenJohnwassix．Hewasreachinghighschoolagebuthishometownofferednohighschoolsfortheblacks．
Fortunatelyhehasastrong-willedandcaringmother．Johnremembersthathismothertoldhimmanytimes“Sonyoucanbeanythingyoureallywanttobeifyoujustbelieve．”Shetoldhimnottobedependentonothersincludinghismother．“Youhavetoearnsuccess”saidshe“allthepeoplewhoworkharddon’tsucceedbuttheonlypeoplewhodosucceedarethosewhoworkhard．”
Thesewordscamefromawomanwithlessthanathirdgradeeducation．Shealsoknewthatbelievingandworkingharddon’tmeaneverything．SosheworkedhardasacookfortwoyearstosaveenoughtotakehersontoChicago．
Chicagoin1933wasnotthePromisedLandthatblacksouthernerswerelookingfor．John’smothercouldnotfindwork．ButhereJohncouldgotoschoolandlearnedthepowerofwords―asaneditorofanewspaper．Hiswishwastopublishamagazinefortheblacks．
WhileothersdiscouragedhimJohn’smotherofferedhimmorewordstoliveby:“Nothingbeatsafailurebutatry．”Shealsolethimsellherfurnituretogetthe500dollarsheneededtostarttheNegromagazine．
It’snaturalthatdifficultiesandfailuresfollowedJohncloselyuntilhebecameverysuccessful．Healwayskeepshismother’swordsinmind．“Sonfailureisnotinyourdictionary．”NowJohnH．Johnsonisoneofthe400richestpeopleinAmerica―worth150milliondollars．
56．WhydidJohn’smotherdecidetomovetoChicago?Because_____．
A．lifeinChicagowouldbebetterfortheblacksthanforthewhites
B．John’sfatherdiedinhishometownwhenJohnwasveryyoung
C．therewerenoschoolsfortheblacksintheirhometown
D．Johnneedededucationandhecouldgotohighschoolthere
57．Theunderlinedsentenceinthefifthparagraphmeans________．
A．ifyoutryyouwillsurelysucceed
B．atryisalwaysfollowedbyafailure
C．onlybytryingcanyougetoutoffailure
D．afailureisdifficulttobeatevenifyoutry
58．WecanlearnfromthispassagethatJohn’smother________．
A．didn’tdependonothersorgiveupeasily
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