题目内容
根据短文内容,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand(农场工人). At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he____to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social __ with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. On Saturday evenings, the café was __ because many farmhands were there. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite satisfied(满意)with his __. In his words, he __thought of changing his job.
At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a school teacher. In the following spring I came __ into the world. Life became hard, so my mother felt unsatisfied. She told Dad that they must make a __
My mother had __of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved greatness and fame. And she __that I would some day become a great leader,ruling men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she persuaded Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and __a small business of his own. And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for __ education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother’s hope, Dad and I __what we have today. Dad runs a big international __ and I am a successful lawyer enjoying great fame in my country, __not a leader as my mother expected.
Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand.__he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.
1.A. rode B. walked C. ran D. drove
2.A. conversations B. games C. relationships D. activities
3.A. cold B. crowded C. quiet D. dirty
4.A. horse B. entertainment C. life D. beer
5.A. often B. ever C. never D. sometimes
6.A. laughing B. singing C. sleeping D. crying
7.A. living B. change C. decision D. house
8.A. dreamed B. heard C. thought D. spoken
9.A. cared B. knew C. forgot D. hoped
10.A. start B. find C. design D. sell
11.A. farther B. higher C. easier D. closer
12.A. showed B. kept C. lost D. achieved
13.A. farm B. school C. company D. cafe
14.A. though B. if C. and D. since
15.A. So B. However C. Or D. Because