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You might be surprised, for even today there are many people 1 me who never learned to read when they were growing up. As farmer's daughter, I never had a 2 . We children had to get out in the fields and work as soon as we were 3 .
When I left my hometown, I had to 4 on myself, and after I was married, my babies 5 coming until there were four. Then I 6 my husband who died of illness and I had to take two jobs to keep the five of us 7 . The only one thing that I wanted most to be able to read was always out of my 8 . Later, my dream for 9 became the one for my children. What a 10 it was as, one by one, they could read for me. But sometimes I felt 11 , for being illiterate (文盲), I was made 12 of even by my own child. “Lily,” I asked my little daughter, “read what it 13 on your report card.” “Okay, Mom. Lily is… the best girl in class.” That 14 fishy (可疑的). “Really?” I asked. She 15 to study the card again. “Well, just 16 .” But her sister 17 the card, reading loud, “Lily needs to 18 more attentions on the lessons…”
Before long, I happened to see a TV announcement about a reading 19 , saying “Anyone can learn at any age. Better 20 than never.” So I decided to learn how to read from then on.
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1．“我”同许多人一样，小时候没有读书． 2．作为农民的女儿，“我”没有读书的机会．下文“We children had to get outin the fields and work…”说明“我”小时候没有机会读书． 3．指“一旦我们有工作的能力”． 4．live on oneself意为“靠自己生活，自己养活自己”． 5．指“我”结婚后就开始生孩子． 6．从其后的定语从句“who died of illness”可知，此空填lost． 7．keep…together此处指“在一起过日子”． 8．out of one's reach意为“力所不能及”，正是因为自己想读书而力所不及，才把希望寄托在孩子身上，故out of my reach符合．be out of one's mind（发狂、不想）；out of hand(失去控制，hand前无定冠词）；out of memory（记不起来，memory前无定冠词）均不切题． 9．for myself与下文for my children相呼应． 10．当孩子一个一个地能为“我”读书时，对“我”来说是极大的安慰． 11．upset指“沮丧的”． 12．作为文盲，“我”被自己的孩子取笑，有时感到不舒服． 13．say在此指书面上的内容．speak（说）常用作不及物动词；tell（告诉）需要双宾语；write填入后语法不通（该说：what is written…）． 14．Lily的话听起来可疑，故才有下文“Really?”．sounded在这里是系动词． 15．听起到妈妈的怀疑后，Lily装着再审视自己的报告单，下文她姐姐读的内容不一样，可知Lily在作假． 16．“just about”（大约、大概），Lily用此语搪塞妈妈． 17．scratch（抓，划＝rub and tear）、snatch（强夺、攫取）．C项符合文意． 18．fix one's eyes/attention on为固定搭配．若选A或B，其后介词该用to; fit不与attention搭配． 19．program意为“（电视）节目”． 20．Better late than never为一谚语，意思是：“晚做总比不做好”． |
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