题目内容
I should say I owe my success to my mother. My 1 began when I was just a kid. I 2 becoming a doctor.
My mother was a servant. Through her work,she observed that 3 people spent a lot more time reading than they 4 watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 5 TV programs during the week. In our free time,we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and 6 written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 7 because my mother was uneducated.
When I entered high school I was a (n) 8 ,but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes and I wanted to 9 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 10 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay,I'll give you all the money I 11 this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms,and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything 12 ,you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want." I was very 13 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (分配) money,there was 14 left.
I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 15 over our heads and any kind of food on the table,16 buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my 17 and became an A-student again,and eventually I 18 my dream and I became a doctor.
My mother is a woman with 19 formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job more 20 than parenting.
( ) 1. A. belief B. work C. schooling D. promise
( ) 2. A. majored in B. got used to C. dreamed of D. got tired of
( ) 3. A. lazy B. easygoing C. successful D. reliable
( ) 4. A. cost B. paid C. took D. did
( ) 5. A. preselected B. unprepared C. interesting D. foreign
( ) 6. A. read B. present C. teach D. explain
( ) 7. A. joke B. means C. tool D. trick
( ) 8. A. A-student C. B-student C. C-student D. D-student
( ) 9. A. get rid of B. hang out with
C. break away from D. keep in touch with
( ) 10. A. making B. stopping C. finishing D. getting
( ) 11. A. accept B. win C. spend D. make
( ) 12. A. left over B. paid off C. used up D. carried out
( ) 13. A. angry B. pleased C. disappointed D. bored
( ) 14. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
( ) 15. A. house B. room C. roof D. floor
( ) 16. A. let alone B. let out C. let in D. let off
( ) 17. A. guys B. mother C. studies D. play
( ) 18. A. made B. realized C. changed D. tried
( ) 19. A. little B. much C. few D. high
( ) 20. A. interesting B. natural C. important D. strange
1. A结合下文可知，我小时候就开始有了当医生的信^。
2. C我的信念是"梦想"成为一名医生，从倒数第2段最后一句...my dream and I became a doctor可知。
3. C据母亲观察，成功人士花在阅读上的时间要比花在看电视上的时间多得多。
4. D此处使用did代替前文的spent,避免重复spend time (in) doing sth.。
5. A我和弟弟每周只能看两到三个预先挑选好的电视节目。从母亲严格要求孩子抓紧时间来看，此处A项符合语境。
6. B由上下文可知，母亲非常严厉。我们每人必须阅读从底特律公共图书馆借来的两本书，还要上交读书心得。
present sth. to sb."把某物呈交给某人"。
7. D由My mother was uneducated得知，此处妈妈用的是一个花招。
8. A由but推测出：读中学时，我曾是个优等生，但好景不长。
9. B好景不长的原因是:喜欢漂亮衣服，想和别人出去闲荡。
hang out"闲荡"。
10. C由下文scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms可知，此处意为：母亲干完各种活儿回到家。
11. D 一周"挣"的钱。
12. B此处是"with+宾语+宾补"结构，"用剩下的钱你都拿去买意大利针织衫吧"。
leave over" ?T" , pay off"还清"，use up"用光"， carry out"执行(计划等) "。
13. B因为由自己理财并从中想赚一点钱，很显然，这样的决定让我高兴不已。
14. D由but可知并非如我所愿。当我把该花的钱都分配完毕，手里已分文不剩。
15. C我的母亲不愧是个理财能手,她能让我们有地方住,有各种食物吃,更不用说买衣服了。
16. A let alone"更不用说"；let out"使放出";let in"使进人";let off意为"放过，对……不予以惩罚"。
17. C通过这件事，我意识到，一时的满足并不会给我带来什么成就，而成功需要智力上的准备,于是我又发奋努力学习。
18. B最终我"实现了"自己当医生的梦想。realize"实现愿望"。
19. A由上文可知，我母亲家境贫寒，没有受过正规的教育。
20. C没有哪件事比养育子女更重要了。
