[单项选择]Richard opened his own shop because
A. the shop he worked for was taken over.
B. he wanted to run tailoring business in a modern way.
C. he was eager to have his own career.

[单项选择]What is his plan for his own future
A. to take early retirement
B. to set up his own company
C. to write about his experiences

[简答题]Every man must carry his own cross.

[填空题]Mozart was acutely aware of his own remarkable talent.

[填空题]The author had learned from his own experience that a lawyer cannot learn much in classrooms.

[单项选择] Perhaps it was his own lack of adequate schooling that inspired Horace Mann to work so hard to accomplish the important reforms in education. While he was still a boy, his father died, and he had to support his family. Like most of the children in his town, he attended school two or three months a year. Later, with the help of several teachers, he was able to study law and become a member of the Massachusetts bar, but he never forgot those early struggles. While serving in the Massachusetts legislature, he signed a historic education bill that set up a state board of education. Without regret, he gave up his successful legal practice to become the first secretary of the board. There he exercised an enormous influence during the critical period of reconstruction that brought into existence the American graded elementary school as a substitute for the older district school system. Under his leadership, the curriculum was restructured, the school year was increased to a minimum o
A. The Father of American Public Education
B. Philosophy of Educational
C. Policies of Educational Institutions
D. Horace Mann and the Massachusetts State Board of Education

[填空题]Everyone is supposed to persist in his own principles, ______ (不论出身高贵或低贱).

[填空题]Mozart was actually aware of his own remarkable talent.