题目内容
(河南省开封市2008届第四次模拟考试)
I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, 36 I dreamed of becoming a doctor.
My mother was a 37 . Through her work, she observed that 38 people spent a lot more time 39 than they did watch television. She 40 that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and 41__ written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important 42 . Years later we realized her marks were only a 43 My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be 44__
When I entered high school I was an A-student, 45 not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't 46 . I was cool.
One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I 47 about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and 48 bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very 49 with that arrangement but 50 I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 51 over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also 52 that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success 53 intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student 54 , and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a 55__.
36. A. where B. which C. when D. who
37. A.woman servant B. teacher C. worker D. nurse
38. A.healthy B. successful C. powerful D. clever
39. A.searching B. reading C. working D. training
40. A. ordered B. insisted C. suggested D. announced
41. A.hand in B. turn over C. pick up D. write down
42. A.titles B. ideas C. books D. parts
43. A.game B. trick C. pleasure D. task
44. A.anybody B. nobody C. somebody D. everybody
45. A.and B. so C. but D. or
46. A.know B. care C. face D. stop
47. A.thought B. chatted C. complained D. worried
48. A.repairing B. cleaning C. rubbing D. watching
49. A.encouraged B. puzzled C. moved D. pleased
50. A.as soon as B. if C. once D. since
51. A. wall B. house C. window D. roof
52. A. realized B. imagined C. believed D. noticed
53. A. suited B. required C. made D. matched
54. A. even B. forever C. before D. again
55. A. professor B. expert C. doctor D. boss
答案 36.C 37.A 38.B 39.B 40.D 41.A 42.D 43.B 44.A 45.C 46.B 47.C 48.B 49.D 50.C 51.D 52.A 53.B 54.D 55.C
