题目内容
I believe in my mother, My belief began when I was just a kid, 1 I dreamed of becoming a doctor.
My mother was a __2__. Through her work, she observed that ___3__ people spent a lot more time __4__ than they did watching television. She _5__ that my brother and I could only watch two or three pre-selected TV programs during the week. In our free time, we had to read two books each time from the Detroit Public Library and__6__ written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and underline the important ___7__. Years later we realized her marks were a___8_. My mother was illiterate (不识字的). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be _9__.
When I entered high school I was an A-student, ___10__ not for long. I wanted fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn’t __11__. I was cool.
One night my mother came home from her jobs and I __12_ about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and ___13__ 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 __14___ with that arrangement but__15__ I got through allocating (支配)the money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a __16 __ over our heads and any kind of food on the table, but much less buy clothes. I also __17__ that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success __18__ intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A-student ___19___, and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a __20__.
1.A.where B.which C.when D.who
3.A.maidservant B.teacher C.worker D.nurse
3.A.healthy B.successful C.powerful D.clever
4.A.searching B.reading C.working D.training
5.A.ordered B.promised C.suggested D.announced
6.A.hand in B.turn over C.pick up D.write down
7.A.titles B.ideas C.books D.parts
8.A.game B.trick C.pleasure D.task
9.A.anybody B.nobody C.somebody D.everybody
10.A.and B.so C.but D.or
11.A.know B.care C.face D.stop
12.A.thought B.chatted C.complained D.worried
13.A.repairing B.cleaning C.rubbing D.watching
14.A.encouraged B.puzzled C.moved D.pleased
15.A.as soon as B.if C.once D.since
16.A.wall B.house C.window D.roof
17.A.realized B.imagined C.believed D.noticed
18.A.suited B.required C.made D.matched
19.A.even B.forever C.before D.again
20.A.professor B.expert C.doctor D.boss
1—5 CABBA 6—10 ADBAC 11—15 BCBDC 16—20 DABDC
26.— Andy promised to attend your wedding today last night.
— Yes, I believe he will ________.
A.tell white lies |
B.change his mind |
C.keep his word |
D.break his word |